Radio host Bobby Bones caused a stir when he gave ashoutout to his fiancee Caitlin Parker.
Now tongues are wagging about what Carrie Underwood did right after the final award of the night was announced.
Was Carrie Underwood’s wink a shout-out or a shrug?
Fans were hoping that one of the two ladies would help break the streak of this male-dominated category.
But when the envelope was opened, Church’s name was inside.
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Speculation immediately flew among her followers about what that enigmatic gesture meant.
Was she paying tribute to the winner?
Or was she subtly showing how she felt about being snubbed for the category for the third time?
Twitter theories about Winkgate abound
Fans shared their thoughts.
“I saw Carrie give that sly wink, like ‘It doesn’t matter’ HELL YES!
Nobody puts on a show like Carrie.
Not everyone saw bitterness in the gesture.
“I didn’t see it that way at all!
When it was announced she looked as genuinely happy in her own way as Luke did.
I feel this wink was a little grin in a way,” a Carrie fantweeted.
Yetanotherwondered if she were nodding to her husband, Mike Fisher.
Other followers speculated that perhaps it was just a reaction to her false eyelashes coming unglued.
As for the winker herself?
She’s keeping quiet for now.
