Miranda Lambert denies decking Nickelback's Chad Kroeger

To paraphrase Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, they say that a hero can save us, and it might be country singer Miranda Lambert. Though many have disdain for the music of Nickelback, which is probably receiving a Zoomer reappraisal thanks to the horrible march of time, Lambert denies ever punching the group’s lead singer and photograph looker, Kroeger, in the face. At least that’s the story Lambert tells The New York Times’ Popcast (via Vulture), when asked by the podcast’s host Joe Coscarelli, “True or false: You hit Chad Kroeger in the face.” The rumor is the fault of her now-ex-husband Blake Shelton, who, in a 2014 Rolling Stone cover story, said, “People always try to pop off and call her bluff at bars. One of them, I don’t want to say the guy’s name, but he’s the lead singer of a very popular rock band. His initials are C.K.”