In August and September 2025, a claim spread online that country singer Carrie Underwood was struggling to run her farm in Tennessee because migrant workers did not want to show up to work amid U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
The rumor spread on Facebook, Threads, YouTube and TikTok.
One Facebook post attempted to compare her purported support for Trump with the supposed consequences of his immigration policy:
Remember Carrie Underwood, who sang at Trump's inaugural? Well, she is reportedly struggling! Her huge farm in Tennessee is collapsing. Why? Her migrant workers are afraid to come to work now! Forgive me as I shed ZERO tears for her.
However, no concrete evidence supported this claim, which appeared to originate from an Aug. 11 story by gossip site RadarOnline. Still, as a representative for Underwood did immediately not return an emailed request for more information — nor did the reporter behind the RadarOnline story — we have not rated this claim.
While Underwood did sing at Trump's January 2025 inauguration, she has not, as of this writing, explicitly endorsed the president. In a statement provided to People magazine in response to backlash about her decision to perform at the inauguration, Underwood did not address allegations that the performance indicated her support for Trump.
"I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event," the "American Idol" winner said. "I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future."
RadarOnline's story, which was based on a single anonymous source, claimed Underwood has "had a hard time finding and keeping hired hands." However, the story did not elaborate any further on reasons why Underwood's farm purportedly had employee issues.
While many reports from reputable news outlets, such as NPR, indicated that Trump's hardline immigration enforcement has prevented some migrant farmworkers from showing up to work, we have previously noted that some of these reports have possibly been exaggerated, such as a claim that 75% of farmworkers did not go to work due to immigration raids in a California city.
RadarOnline is also not a reputable source, meaning it may not even be true that Underwood is struggling to hire or retain workers for her farm. For example, in 2024, Snopes looked into a RadarOnline claim that Michelle and Barack Obama were "secretly plotting" the former first lady's run for the 2024 presidential election. Michelle Obama did not run for office in 2024.
No reputable reports offered concrete proof Underwood had any issues with her farm, based on a Google search. In May 2025, the singer posted on Instagram about the birth of a new sheep on her farm and provided no indication that she had issues with farm life or workers.
Snopes has previously fact-checked various claims about Underwood, including a fake image of the country star in a Ku Klux Klan outfit.