Sheryl Crow has revealed an armed man barged onto her property after she posted a video about ditching her Tesla vehicle.
In February, the All I Wanna Do hitmaker shared a humorous clip on Instagram in which she could be seen waving goodbye to her car as it was being driven away on a tow truck.
In the caption, Sheryl explained that she sold the Tesla and donated the proceeds to public broadcaster NPR as means of protesting Tesla executive Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to cut federal spending via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
But in an interview for Variety published on Wednesday, the Nashville-based star explained that she didn't fully anticipate the reaction of some followers to the footage.
"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 the publication. "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."
Sheryl went on to note that she calls Tennessee representative Andy Ogles and Senator Marsha Blackburn "every day" to share her concerns over issues in the community.
And the singer-songwriter admitted that she would post the Tesla video again despite the backlash she received from far-right campaigners.
"I can't help it. I feel like I'm fighting for my kids. Also, 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?" the 63-year-old added, referring to similarities between her own lawyer father and the protagonist of Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
