{"id":58689,"date":"2026-02-23T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/lee-brice-trolls-haters-with-kiss-my-fish-themed-merch\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:13:46","slug":"lee-brice-trolls-haters-with-kiss-my-fish-themed-merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/lee-brice-trolls-haters-with-kiss-my-fish-themed-merch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Brice Trolls Haters With &#8216;Kiss My Fish&#8217;-Themed Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/lee-brice\">Lee Brice<\/a> gave his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU-3-RZEZU4\/\" target=\"_blank\">first interview<\/a> after his controversial Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show performance and within it, he announced the upcoming release of special &#8220;Kiss My Fish&#8221; merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like the singer is leaning into the funny side of all the backlash he&#8217;s gotten since he played the <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kid-rock\" target=\"_blank\">Kid Rock<\/a>-led alternative halftime show back on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of that backlash had to do with politics, and not just because the TP USA show was billed as a patriotic alternative to the Spanish-singing Super Bowl headliner Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/lee-brice-country-nowadays-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Brice&#8217;s &#8216;Country Nowadays&#8217; Caused Division<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brice <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/lee-brice-country-nowadays-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">caught criticism<\/a> for debuting his song &#8220;Country Nowadays,&#8221; where he sings disparagingly about a world where the evening news tells him that he&#8217;ll be canceled if he teaches his daughter that &#8220;<em>little boys ain&#8217;t little girls.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the part of the backlash that gave Brice the idea for his new merch line.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does Kiss My Fish Mean?<\/h3>\n<p>In the song &#8220;Country Nowadays,&#8221; Brice sings, &#8220;<em>I just wanna catch my fish<\/em>.&#8221; But the Internet heard, &#8220;<em>I just wanna kiss my fish<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of being upset that the internet made a meme out of his performance, Brice latched onto the humor by announcing that he is putting special &#8220;Kiss My Fish&#8221; merchandise into his store online.<\/p>\n<p>Brice told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bigdandbubba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big D and Bubba,<\/a> &#8220;Now I got a store and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Thank you for the million dollar idea.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/lee-brice-country-nowadays-interview\/\">Lee Brice on Turning Point USA Performance: \u2018I Was Never Out to Hurt Anyone\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brice continued, &#8220;Those hats will be in in like 4 days.&#8221; Note that this interview took place on Friday (Feb. 20), meaning that the &#8220;Kiss My Fish&#8221; hats should be hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardsandsouthern.com\/collections\/lee-brice\" target=\"_blank\">Brice&#8217;s online store<\/a> any day now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I just checked and as of time of publish, the hats had yet to arrive at his official store.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is Brice embracing the &#8220;Kiss My Fish&#8221; thing, he has already started saying it on stage while performing &#8220;Country Nowadays.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"width:calc(100% - 2px);padding:0;min-width:326px;max-width:540px;margin:1px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-radius:3px;border:0;background:#FFF\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DU84vHLAJQt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Brice explained on the radio show that he doesn&#8217;t have social media apps on his phone and he doesn&#8217;t let his kids use social media at all, so he has been able to use the &#8216;Ignorance is bliss&#8217; factor to the fullest when it came to the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Enough about backlash, lets get positive and check out some good old clean American TV shows to watch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Family-Friendly, Faith-Based Shows Available to Stream on Netflix<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>It can be difficult to find faith-based, family-friendly content without turning to specifically Christian streaming services. 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