Blake Shelton defends ‘Minimum Wage’ song after backlash: 'They want to pick a fight'

Blake Shelton defended his recent song "Minimum Wage" after receiving backlash for some of its lyrics. 
Some people online called the song "tone deaf" since Shelton sings about living on minimum wage when he's been far from that for years. 
"I just feel like these days, there are people out there who don’t want to know the truth," the country star, 44, told CMT. "They just want to hear what they want to hear, and they want to pick a fight."

"No matter what your intention is, no matter what the truth is, they want it to be something that they can be upset about so that they can get on social media and try to grab a headline," he added.

The "Voice" coach called "Minimum Wage" a "love song" and described how its supposed to speak to when times are tough "as long as you have love and you’re happy — at the end of the day, that’s all any of us can really hope for."
He said love is "all that matters" and "if that’s offensive to you, then we’ll just have to agree to disagree."

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Source: Fox News
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