CMT Awards: Ashton Kutcher Drops the Mic With a Catfish
Some country music fans wondered why the hell Ashton Kutcher “dropped the mic” using a catfish rather than an actual microphone at the CMT Awards on Wednesday.
Well, you can thank Nashville Predators hockey fans for the fishy move.
A Predators fan who chucked a dead catfish onto the ice during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins was arrested for “disorderly conduct, disrupting a meeting and possession of an instrument of a crime” late last month.
Also Read: CMT Music Awards 2017: Complete Winners List
But when Kutcher did it — in Nashville, Tennessee, of course — he got applause and laughter from the audience. Yeah, they’re a bit more friendly than Pittsburgh fans …
Ashton Kutcher – Preds fan. #StandWithUs pic.twitter.com/Wg8GcxGFRl
— Barstool Rocky Top (@BarstoolTenn) June 8, 2017
Kutcher was a presenter at the CMT Awards on Wednesday, and while he hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa — not Nashville — he’s in tune with the catfish obsession.
The “That ’70s Show” actor embraced the hockey tradition before announcing the award for best collaborative video, name-checking each of the nominees — including Carrie Underwood, the wife of Nashville Predators captain Mike Fisher.
Also Read: Dierks Bentley Destroyed on Twitter as He 'Butchers' National Anthem at Stanley Cup Finals
“Carrie the Stanley Cup across this great city of Nashville,” Kutcher dubbed the “American Idol” alum, who went on to win yet more CMT Awards throughout the night.
Related stories from TheWrap:
CMT Music Awards 2017: Complete Winners List
CMT Host Cody Alan Comes Out on Instagram
'Nashville' Adds Transgender Actress Jen Richards for Season 5 on CMT
