Carrie Underwood Takes A Tumble During Rainy Concert Performance
Ever the consummate professional, Carrie Underwood seems to be in good spirits after a minor slip-up during her rainy Sunday concert in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Footage of Underwood’s June 9 performance at the Carolina Country Music Fest shows the eight-time Grammy winner appearing to lose her balance while descending a short flight of stairs at the rear of the stage, which had been pummeled in a sudden downpour.
The tumble ― which took place moments after Underwood had finished performing her 2006 smash, “Before He Cheats” ― did not go unnoticed by audience members. In a clip obtained by TMZ, several fans can be heard proclaiming: “She fell!”
Watch TMZ’s footage of Underwood’s Myrtle Beach performance below.
On Monday, Underwood appeared to allude to the slip while sharing photos and a short video of her rain-soaked show on social media.
“Well, last night sure was fun! And though the ending was quite unexpected, it made for a night we’ll never forget!” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
She reiterated that sentiment on Instagram, noting: “We won’t let a little rain stop us! We won’t let a massive downpour stop us, either!”
The moment brought to mind Underwood’s more serious accident seven years ago. In 2017, she “missed a step” outside her home in Nashville, Tennessee, while walking her dogs, requiring surgery and more than 40 stitches after she suffered a broken wrist and numerous cuts to her face.
“I was taking the dogs out to go pee one last time, and I just — I tripped,” she recalled on iHeart Radio’s “The Bobby Bones Show” in 2018. “There was one step, and I didn’t let go of the leashes! Priorities! So that’s why my left hand’s fine.”
She added: “If I had fallen anywhere else, I would have been