Garth Brooks has been all over everything lately—social media, the internet, morning and evening TV. It makes sense—he’s got a lot going on including stadium tours, and upcoming A&E documentary and his big win at the CMAs.

A lot of the attention he’s been getting recently is because of the latter. Of course by now you know that Garth took home Entertainer of the Year. There’s not really any doubt that he was deserving of the award, but many people thought some others might be a littttle more so.

There was a lot of backlash from fans of Carrie Underwood and Eric Church. Carrie has remained mum on the whole thing, but Eric seemed to throw a little shade during a recent concert. If you haven’t seen the video, you can check it out HERE.

One person who DID at least HEAR about the lyric change was Garth himself. And, he ain’t made about it. He gave NashFM his take on the whole thing:

“I’ve heard from him that (not winning) doesn’t bother him. But the line, ‘They pissed the wrong fans off,’ that’s perfect. Because if our name hadn’t been called, then in Knoxville there would have been signs everywhere, ‘You’re the entertainer of a lifetime!'”

“It brings you closer to your team…Those guys will keep going, and the year that he wins it will be the sweetest year for him. So I guess I just don’t see what everybody else is seeing.”

He also spoke to Carrie Underwood not getting the award on Good Morning America. He said he thought she was going to win, so much so that he didn’t prepare a speech. Although he didn’t acknowledge her in his acceptance, the two apparently had a pleasant exchange later backstage according to Taste of Country.