10 Things You Didn’t Know About Carrie Underwood
3. She's got her own 'Cleaning This Gun' story.
The night of Carrie Underwood's very first date, her father decided to pull out his shotguns for a polish. Fortunately, her mom stood up for the then-16-year-old, but the young man never came calling again. While Underwood is a vegan, much of her family hunts regularly.
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