Christie Brinkley Stands Up for John Mellencamp Against ''Unfair'' and &#03…

Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp may have broken up earlier this week, but that’s not stopping the actress from standing up for him.

A report was published on Wednesday, claiming Brinkley split from Mellencamp due to his “hellbent political opinions and his redneck ways,” quoting lyrics from two of his famous songs and saying he “sometimes sounds like a Donald Trump supporter.”

Brinkley couldn’t stay quiet on the subject, taking to Instagram with a photo of the article and standing up for Mellencamp. 

“While much has been written over the years about me that I simply allow to roll off my back…I do stand up for my friends when things seem unfair and this is the case here,” she captioned the photo. “On the heels of a mutual statement…which clearly explained that distance and work were all that stood in the way of our relationship…comes this convoluted article.”

She continued, “[It] cherry picks lyrics from a Mellencamp song, Peaceful World, (which was written right before we went to war w Iraq )…and another more obscure song, The West End , which is about Seymour Indiana and how big box stores have ruined the small towns..and somehow Richard Johnson extrapolates from these old lyrics that John is against progressive Democratic politics and somehow sounds like a Trump fan and that ‘hell-bent political opinions and redneck ways’ were the reasons we parted.”

However, Brinkley argues that she and Mellencamp are both supporters of Hillary Clinton and have been adamant about supporting the causes they believe in.

“John and I are actually both patriotic Americans who do our fair share of working to bring Americans together John primarily thru his work with Farm Aid and thru his music , which by the way he just gave Hilary Clinton his song for her campaign ‘Our Country.’ I was a delegate from the 1st congressional district of NY for Al Gore and have been on the campaign trails speaking out on behalf of our environmental health and nuclear disarmament.”

She added, “We both believe that we stand a better chance of overcoming the problems America faces when Americans of every race religion ethnicity , gender, black lives, blue lives, come together in mutual respect and love and that’s why we are both voting for Hillary.”

Finally, she concluded, “As to the problem JOHN and I faced it’s just Mileage. Pure and simple. Not that exciting or salacious, sorry.”

Meanwhile, news of Brinkley and Mellencamp’s split was announced on Tuesday in a joint statement. 

“Both the mileage between their homes and their heavy career demands interfered with their ability to maintain the relationship,” the statement said, noting that both Brinkley and Mellencamp, who dated for one year prior to their split, have “vowed to remain best of friends.”