A Look Back At Toby Keith's Feud With The Chicks (& How They Moved On From The Drama)

Toby Keith obviously heard what Maines had said about him, and he had some thoughts. "I'm a songwriter. She's not," Keith said during a 2002 interview, per CMT.com. "She can say my song is ignorant, then it's ignorant for her to say that because she's not a songwriter."

A few months later, in March 2003, Maines found herself in a feud with not just Keith but with the seeming entirety of country music after she made comments about then-President George W. Bush at a concert in London. "We don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas," Maines said, via Entertainment Weekly. Keep in mind that this was just before the Iraq War started. Maines's comment got The Chicks blacklisted in country music.

Keith, who was particularly patriotic, seemed to respond to Maines' comment by displaying doctored images of Maines and Saddam Hussein during his concerts, with the connotation being that she was a terrorist.