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Alexis Wilkins to Perform at Freedom 250 D.C. Event, Addresses Critics

Country singer Alexis Wilkins, girlfriend of Kash Patel, will perform at a Freedom 250 event on the National Mall. She denies "sham accusations," stating her invitation to sing the anthem was "on my own accord."

Variety Music·Jun 24, 2026·via Variety Music

Alexis Wilkins to Perform at Freedom 250 D.C. Event, Addresses Critics

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Jun 23, 2026 6:16pm PT

Alexis Wilkins, Kash Patel’s Country-Singer Girlfriend, Gets Booked for Freedom 250 Event in D.C., Rebuts ‘Sham Accusations’: ‘I Was Invited to Sing This Anthem on My Own Accord’

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Alexis Wilkins , the conservative country singer who is the longtime girlfriend of FBI director Kash Patel , is responding to critics after announcing that she has been booked to perform at a Freedom 250 event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. She was invited to sing because of her standing as a popular performer, “on my own accord,” she insisted, slamming “sham accusations” suggesting otherwise.

The outspoken artist tweeted about her appearance on Tuesday afternoon, writing on X, “What a great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great nation!,” with an image of the Washington Monument behind her. Evidently she was checking her replies, because within two hours of the initial tweet, the outspoken artist responded angrily to a freelance journalist who wrote, “Does having the FBI director’s girlfriend getting paid by the taxpayers to perform violate federal ethics laws?”