Jack White responds to “cowboy” Charley Crockett’s “accusations” as country star says he’s “lost a lot of respect for him”

Charley Crockett has said he “lost a lot of respect” for Jack White after the latter invited Twin Temple to open for him on tour.

Country artist Crockett kicked LA rock duo Twin Temple off his tour over their “Satanic imagery” last month.

This caught the attention of the former White Stripes frontman, who offered them a support slot at his Hollywood Palladium gig on September 29.

Read More: Jack White – ‘Frozen Charlotte’ review: cheeky classic rock meant for the stage Twin Temple have since made their US late-night debut with a performance on The Daily Show .

Crockett criticised White’s political beliefs, writing: “ FUCK TRUMP , FUCK EPSTEIN, BUT HAIL SATAN? NOT ME JACK.” A spokesperson for Crockett also issued a statement from the singer to Billboard , in which he said of Twin Temple: “I thought they were like Black Sabbath , but they ain’t.

Not today, Satan.” Now, Crockett has taken to Instagram to share a since-deleted post to “clear this up right quick”.

The singer-songwriter rejected the claim that he’d dropped Twin Temple over their “Satanic imagery”, saying the band had “made it up and dragged me by a rope real good” (via Rolling Stone ).

He went on to accuse various artists of using the controversy “to kick me in the dick”, despite them previously “showering me with praise”.

Turning his attention to White specifically, Crockett wrote: “[H]e used it to sell tickets too and I lost a lot of respect for him.

I wonder why he wasn’t so outspoken back when he was in the White Stripes 20 something years ago.

“They purposely avoided political issues.

Maybe he was worried about losing audience back when it was all on the line and he needed all the help he could get.” White has responded to the comments on his Instagram page, writing: “I never said nothing about this young buck before but since he’s trying to drag me into this here rodeo again, here’s my official response to Cowboy Charley’s accusations.” He then shared the lyrics to Shawn Brown’s 1984 hip-hop novelty song, ‘Rappin’ Duke’.

See the post here: View this post on Instagram Elsewhere in Crockett’s post, the singer claimed that he decided to remove Twin Temple about a month before their scheduled gigs together due to concerns about their live stage set-up.

He said the duo’s “production requests raised eyebrows” because “we couldn’t accommodate them physically”, but not over their Satanic imagery.