Aaron Lewis is opening up about why he thinks industry executives have cast him aside.

During a recent interview on the “Pickin’ It Out with Andrew Pope” podcast, the 54-year-old musician spoke about his upcoming record and why he believes the music industry has turned its back on him.

“Everything’s too political now,” he explained. “I’ve played the [Grand Ole] Opry a whole bunch of times, and I don’t get invited to the Opry anymore. All because I believe in this beautiful, amazing country that we’re so blessed to have.”

The musician first found fame as the lead vocalist and founding member of the band Staind. He stayed with the band until the early 2000s, before embarking on a successful solo career in 2010.

During the interview, he reflected on the idea that in two years it would be 30 years since he formed Staind, calling it “such a blessing to still be able to do this after doing it for almost 30 years.”

“We’re now eligible for the Hall of Fame,” he said, before adding, “It’ll never happen.”

His upcoming sixth studio album, “Give My Country Back,” is set to drop July 17. Lewis and Pope said they hope listeners will be able to find the album to listen to it.

“You got to look for it. Any of my stuff,” Lewis explained. “The machine that is has no problem turning its back on me.”

Lewis isn’t the only musician to deal with backlash due to politics. 

Vanilla Ice recently received backlash when he was announced as one of the performers at the Great American State Fair, celebrating the 250th anniversary of America.

After the lineup was announced May 29, several performers, including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Young MC, the Commodores, Morris Day and others announced they were dropping out.

When it comes to the backlash he received for agreeing to perform at President Trump-backed Freedom 250 events, the rapper said he is “just an entertainer” and that it isn’t fair for him or any other entertainer “to be dragged into politics and stuff.”

“I think people are taking everything too serious, and you should enjoy this concert, this celebration of our country, and we should all come together. That’s what music’s for anyway, to bring people together,” he said. “Music brings people together, and that’s what it’s all about.”

While he chose not to drop out, he didn’t blame the other artists for choosing not to perform at the concert, saying “they have their own reasons, and they live in different places and it’s different,” but that he was “honored” to be able to celebrate his country.

Bunnie Xo doesn’t want her painful divorce from Jelly Roll to be a “permanent headline.”

The influencer addressed taking down her revealing “Dumb Blonde” podcast episode all about her divorce from the singer that she released last month, explaining that while she wants to be open with fans, it’s “backfired” on her.

“I do always feel like I owe you guys the truth of things even when, to me, they’re obvious, but for some reason people always want to try to make things like a negative thing,” she said on her latest podcast episode that dropped Friday.

“I took it down because I realized I just don’t want one of the hardest moments of my life to become a permanent headline,” she continued. “I don’t want to live in that.”

The former OnlyFans creator explained she didn’t want her divorce to be her entire personality. She revealed that she made $100K from the podcast episode, which was one of her highest-viewed episodes ever.

“But, I don’t care about the money,” she stressed. “If I cared about the money, I would have left it up and let it get another f–king 100 grand.”

Bunnie Xo said she deserved the space to heal and move forward. She shared that while people accused her of moving on too fast from her split, she had actually been “mourning the loss” of her marriage for at least a year.

“There is so much behind the scenes that I have not spoken on and that I will never speak on,” she insisted.

“I have been sitting in purgatory for two and a half months in my studio house,” she continued. “Literally, there was times where I was on the floor, screaming, crying, because I could not understand what the f–k was going on.”

She said she lost 20 pounds and was not eating or drinking, adding that there were moments when her friends had to get her IVs because she was so malnourished.

Page Six confirmed last month that Jelly Roll. 41, quietly filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo, 46, in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 18, after nearly 10 years of marriage.

She said on her now-deleted podcast that Jelly Roll was already dating again, and she’s clearly moved on as well — she was spotted making out with 24-year-old “Calabasas Confidential” star Dylan Wolf at her ex’s bar in Nashville on the Fourth of July.

She told her podcast listeners Friday that Jelly Roll had “no issue at all” with her kissing the much younger reality star, noting, “he gets it.”

Randolph Mantooth, the actor best known for playing firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on NBC’s hit 1970s series “Emergency!,” has died. He was 80.

Mantooth died Thursday at a hospice facility in Ventura, Calif., after a long illness, his brother Donald Mantooth told The Hollywood Reporter.

Donald said the actor had “been ill for a number of years and kept getting thinner and thinner.”

Mantooth shot to fame in 1972 when he was cast as Johnny Gage on “Emergency!,” the NBC drama that introduced the profession of paramedics to millions of viewers.

He starred alongside Kevin Tighe on the series, which ran for six seasons, and performed most of his own stunts.

The actor later reprised his role as Gage on shows including “Adam-12” and remained a longtime advocate for firefighters, paramedics and EMTs.

Mantooth recalled the positive reception he received from firefighters after the show aired, saying the “Emergency!” cast “did not want to make them look bad.”

“They were so ecstatic that they had a show about them,” Mantooth said in a 2013 interview, according to the Television Academy. “Because there’s always shows about cops. There’s always shows about lawyers and doctors. But here’s a show about the fire department! I mean, their hair stood up on end. It’s like, ‘yeah, honey, that’s what I do!’”

“They took to us well because we did not want to make them look bad. We wanted to make them look like exactly who they were — heroes,” Mantooth added. “Now, everyone’s got to have a flaw. It drives me crazy. I don’t care about your flaws. Just show me what you do. How’s the job done? And do it real. Show me!”

Born in Sacramento, Calif., Mantooth discovered acting through school plays after his family settled in the Santa Barbara area, according to IMDb.

He attended Santa Barbara City College before earning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

After being spotted in a stage production of “Philadelphia, Here I Come,” he signed with Universal and launched his television career.

Before “Emergency!,” he appeared on series including “Ironside,” “The Virginian,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “The Bold Ones,” “McCloud” and “Alias Smith and Jones.”

After the show ended, Mantooth continued acting for decades, appearing on “Dallas,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Criminal Minds,” “Ghost Whisperer” and “Sons of Anarchy.”

He also had a lengthy run in daytime television, playing Clay Alden and later Alex Masters on “Loving,” Richard Halifax on “General Hospital,” and appearing on “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns” and “The City.”

Mantooth’s “Loving” co-star Rena Sofer mourned her “dear friend” and mentor, who “took me under his wing.”

“I have so much to say about him, so much love for him that I am left speechless,” Sofer posted on Instagram on Friday night. “This man came into my life when I was 18 years old and never left. He took me under his wing as he did to most young actors he ever met. He treated me with respect and kindness but most of all friendship.

“We have been lifelong friends and I cherish every moment I had with him. He was a friend to so many, a true great friend.”

Mantooth is survived by his wife, Kristen, and his siblings, Donald and Tonya.