https://youtu.be/Ci0Ni33WOFg Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines took to Twitter to address the backlash surrounding the group’s performance with Beyoncé at the Country Music Association Awards. The country music trio teamed up with Beyonce to perform the singer’s track “Daddy Lessons” at the ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night. While the performance was raved about by most, it did attract some criticism from some due to the Dixie Chicks’ previous comments about Republican politics and Beyoncé’s involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement. It was then claimed that the Country Music Association (CMA) had pulled footage of the performance from their website following the backlash – allegations the organization denied. On Thursday, singer Natalie addressed the controversy with some humorous remarks on her social media page. When one fan commented that the Dixie Chicks should explore a different musical genre due to the amount of hate in the country music industry, Natalie responded: “We were in Bey’s world not the CMA world.” https://twitter.com/1NatalieMaines/status/794303040308191233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Another fan then got involved and accused the CMA of “using” the Dixie Chicks to garner attention through their performance with Beyonce, to which Natalie responded: “It’s ok. I used them to fulfill my dream of singing with Bey. (On their dime).” https://twitter.com/1NatalieMaines/status/794089128547717120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks are both considered controversial by some Americans – Beyoncé upset many earlier this year by taking a stance against extreme police force by seemingly paying tribute to the Black Panthers movement at the Super Bowl, and the Dixie Chicks came under attack in 2003 when they criticized then U.S. President George W. Bush during a concert in London, telling fans there they were “ashamed” of the leader and his decision to invade Iraq.