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Carrie Underwood has addressed recent reports claiming she makes $1 million every week off of ‘Sunday Night Football.’

Underwood is the voice of the NBC broadcast, and her song “I’ve been waiting all day for Sunday Night” introduces the featured game every weekend.

Of course, she deserves top dollar for her voice, especially as it pulls up the curtains before a primetime clash. But fans were absolutely shocked to find out how much she makes every time NBC plays her song.

Underwood was recently rumored to be making a cool million every week, which would mean $18 million a season.  However, she’s revealed that it’s false and isn’t even close to what she makes, which is actually nothing.

“I wish, that’d be great. That would be awesome,” she told Howard Stern in a recent interview. “It’s pretty pro-bono.” 

 

Fans Weren’t Sure What To Believe After Carrie Underwood Denied The Reports

Fans weren’t quite sure what to believe following Carrie’s denial.

“Welp, that was pretty quickly squashed haha,” someone laughed.

“She’s lying in this clip. Listen how her voice goes up? Sign of deception,” another user claimed.

“Never a good idea to tell the world you make millions a day. The IRS would love to investigate you,” someone noted.

“NFL doesn’t even pay for Halftime entertainers. Never ever.  It is NFL exposure!” a fan pointed out.

This is just as surprising as the million-dollar rumor. Underwood is A-list and certainly deserves more than a pro-bono deal. But, while she wishes she got a big cheque every week, it appears she’s happy with the current arrangement.

Meanwhile, the New York Giants and Cincinnati Bengals, two struggling teams, will be featured on ‘SNF’ this week.

You’re definitely going to hear Carrie Underwood if you tune in.

NFL Fans All Said The Same Thing About Carrie Underwood’s New ‘Sunday Night Football’ Song

Carrie Underwood performing songCarrie Underwood (Photo via SNFonNBC/Twitter)
Every NFL fan gets a warm feeling in their body whenever they hear the words “waiting all day for Sunday Night” ahead of NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcast, and Carrie Underwood delivers every time.

Sunday Night Football returned to our screens with Carrie Underwood performing the show open for the 2024 NFL season.

Since accepting the job in 2013, Carrie has been the face of Sunday Night Football for 12 years.

You simply cannot watch a game on Sunday Night Football until you hear her voice.

Prior to kickoff, the dynamic songstress officially started the season with her “Sunday Night Football” song, but this season, it has a new twist.

Fans loved it:

Carrie Underwood Singing Before ‘Sunday Night Football’ Almst Didn’t Happen

Carrie Underwood has been the face of Sunday Night Football since 2013 as her version of “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night” has joined the ranks of fans wanting to hear the iconic theme before taking in the final game of a long day.

The American Idol season 4 champion kicked off her 12th straight season of welcoming NFL enthusiasts back to the gridiron when the Lions took on the Rams at Ford Field.

It’s crazy to think having Underwood sing almost never happened.

Sunday Night Football has been a thing since 2006.

Around that time, Carrie Underwood was just a year removed from her American Idol victory.

Fred Gaudelli, executive producer of NBC’s NFL coverage, reached out to Underwood about taking the job but she “wasn’t really interested,” he told Yahoo Sports.

“At that time in my life, there was so much going on,” said the multi GRAMMY-winning artist. “It wasn’t the right time.”

The job would go to Pink, and then Faith Hill the following year.

Hill opened the program for six years before she bowed out.

“She said, ‘I think it’d be better if you kind of change horses,’” Gaudelli said.

Gaudelli then reached out to Carrie Underwood again.

“I said, ‘Look, we’re the No. 1 show in primetime television. This is going to air in front of 20 million people plus every single week,’” Gaudelli said.

He continued, “I showed her the demographic breakdown, and once that was done, she’s like, ‘You know what? You’re right. We should do this.’ And that began a now 12-year run.”