Garth Brooks is making sure he keeps his head above water as he used a rare public appearance to praise his wife, Trisha Yearwood , as well as women in the industry, RadarOnline.com can reveal

On Wednesday, June 4, the country icon presented Stacy Vee with the Executive of the Year award at Billboard's Country Power Players event in Nashville, but his speech went off the rails. Article continues below advertisement

Brooks Gives Love To All The Women

"... I got about 90 seconds up here, so let's just cut to the chase. Everything that is a blessing is a curse, and everything that is a curse is a blessing," Brooks said during his speech.

He continued: "The curse in this business, like so many businesses, a female needs to work a thousand times harder than a male to get a tenth as mu

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