Sheryl Crow has detailed how she was left ‘afraid’ after an armed man was discovered on her property.
The American singer-songwriter is best known for her 90s tracks All I Wanna Do, Strong Enough and Tomorrow Never Dies.
Throughout her career, she’s won nine Grammy Awards and sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
She’s also appeared in a string of shows and movies, including 30 Rock, Cougar Town, One Tree Hill, and NCIS: New Orleans.
However, she’s now revealed she was recently left terrified after a man appeared at her home following criticism she made of Elon Musk.
In February, the Nashville-based musician, 63, shared a video waving goodbye to her Tesla car as it was being towed away.
‘My parents always said… you are who you hang out with,’ she captioned the post on Instagram.
‘There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
‘Money donated to @npr, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes that the truth will continue to find its way to those willing to know the truth.’
The organisation she donated to was the National Public Radio, which Musk indicated he wanted to defund as part of his blitz to cut billions of dollars from the U.S. Government’s budget.
But a few months on she’s explained how a man was so incensed by her actions he turned up at her house.
Sheryl lives in Tennessee where there is widespread support for the Republican Party.
‘This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns [in a 1996 song], not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,’ she told Variety.
‘So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed.
‘It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.’
When asked by the publication if she would post the video again given the extreme response.
After saying she ‘can’t help’ but think she would, Sheryl added she felt like she was ‘fighting for my kids’ – sons Wyatt, 18, and Levi, 15.
‘That’s the way I was raised. There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?’ she explained.
In the same interview Sheryl admitted she’d’ struggled’ living in Tennessee since moving from Los Angeles in 2003.
However, she explained she called her representatives ‘every day’ as she said: ‘We have to stand up and be vocal and fight for the future for our kids.’
Musk served as the leader of Donald Trump’s hugely controversial Department of Government Efficiency since the president took office for his second term in January, however the cuts in government funding have been widely slammed.
Earlier this month it was also revealed the profits of Musk’s company Tesla had fell by 71%, while its stock plummeted more than 40%.
Musk alone has lost at least £102 billion since the beginning of 2025, according to Bloomberg.
In March he held back tears telling Fox Business that running his company right now saw him facing ‘great difficulty’.
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