--- --- # Brad Paisley Took a Very Unimpressed Selfie With the Westboro Baptist Church by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 3, 2014 3:59 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 3, 2014 3:59 PM UTC Country singer Brad Paisley is an equal opportunity selfie-taker. Before a Kansas concert Sunday, the country singer decided to take a picture with members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who happened to be protesting outside. Paisley, 41, posted the image to his Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages along with the caption: “Westboro Baptist Selfie!! Or west-Burro(ass) selfie. Hopefully they can hear the show out here. We’ll play loud.” Westboro Baptist Selfie!! Or west-Burro(ass) selfie. Hopefully they can hear the show out here. We'll play loud. [pic.twitter.com/OrMhJjD8NE](http://t.co/OrMhJjD8NE) — Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley) [June 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/BradPaisley/status/473256080458264576?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) The photo has almost [238,000 Facebook likes](https://www.facebook.com/bradpaisley/photos/a.466234428097.250706.6791933097/10152875927318098/?type=1) and counting two days later. Many fans have [posted messages of support for Paisley](https://www.facebook.com/bradpaisley/photos/a.466234428097.250706.6791933097/10152875927318098/?type=1&comment%5Fid=10152876014703098&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=10864) and ridicule of the extremist group. The church wasn’t as sure that Paisley was mocking them: The Westboro Baptist Church has protested other country stars, including [Blake Shelton](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/blake-shelton-westboro-baptist-commandment%5Fn%5F4101429.html) and [Taylor Swift](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/westboro-baptist-church-taylor-swift%5Fn%5F3516005.html). Brad Paisley Took a Selfie With the Westboro Baptist Church ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2818167/brad-paisley-selfie-westboro-baptist-church/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2818167/brad-paisley-selfie-westboro-baptist-church/"},"headline":"Brad Paisley Took a Very Unimpressed Selfie With the Westboro Baptist Church","datePublished":"2014-06-03T15:59:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:18.197Z","description":"Members of the extremist church was picketing his concert Sunday","url":"https://time.com/2818167/brad-paisley-selfie-westboro-baptist-church/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Religion","selfie","entertainment","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2818167/brad-paisley-selfie-westboro-baptist-church/","name":"Brad Paisley Took a Very Unimpressed Selfie With the Westboro Baptist Church"}}]}] ```