Carrie Underwood dropped the most unexpected flex of the summer, and it’s not a new single or a headlining tour. It’s a tomato the size of a damn cantaloupe.
The country superstar turned backyard gardener showed off her latest harvest on Instagram, and folks can’t stop talking about the absolute unit of a tomato she pulled out of her garden. We’re talking 2.6 pounds of pure, juicy tomato glory. That sucker is so big it looks like it should have its own tour manager and merch table.
Carrie Underwood, who’s got 13.4 million Instagram followers and the kind of voice that can raise the rafters in a Vegas residency, casually held the beast of a tomato up next to her face for scale. It was roughly the size of her head, if not bigger, and had fans, gardeners, and tomato obsessives alike wondering if she’d just stumbled into the produce Hall of Fame.
Spoiler alert, it’s not the actual world record. That honor belongs to Del and Julie Faust of Stillwater, Minnesota, who grew an 11.65-pound tomato in 2022 that was the size of a toddler and probably required a forklift. But hey, Carrie’s got plenty of time to chase that record if she wants it. Judging by her already-impressive green thumb, nobody’s doubting she’s got it in her.
Carrie’s garden has always been her little slice of sanity, tucked away on the 400-acre spread she shares with husband Mike Fisher and their two boys in Tennessee. From massive melons to homegrown loofahs (yes, the kind you scrub with in the shower), Carrie’s been giving off low-key homesteader vibes for years. It’s not all for the’ gram either. She’s out there weeding, fertilizing, chasing rogue sheep, and occasionally battling bees, according to folks who’ve been close enough to see the reality beyond the Instagram filters.
That said, Carrie’s latest monster tomato is the kind of wholesome flex we love to see from our country queens. No makeup, no spotlight, just a woman and her absurdly large produce. It’s the most “country” Carrie’s ever been, and this is coming from someone who made her debut with “Jesus, Take the Wheel.”
And let’s not forget, all of this is happening while she juggles American Idol judging duties, her ongoing fitness empire, raising two kids, and allegedly dealing with the chaos of keeping her farm running. Rumors from insiders say she’s been up at dawn wrangling animals and handling it all like a champ, even though she’s admitted that farm life isn’t always picture perfect. It’s tough, dirty work, but apparently she’s out there doing it in between Vegas sets and radio interviews.
Carrie’s roots in rural Oklahoma clearly never left her. Before she became a household name at 21, she was pumping gas and probably dreaming of stages, not squash. But she’s managed to do both. Win American Idol, launch a platinum-selling career, and now, apparently, grow mutant tomatoes that have the internet losing its mind.
So what’s she going to do with the tomato? No clue. Will it end up in a BLT the size of a sleeping bag? Salsa for the whole tour crew? A science experiment for her kids? Maybe she’ll just bronze it and display it in the foyer next to her Grammy Awards. Honestly, she’s earned that right.
It’s not every day a country music icon breaks the internet with a piece of produce, but Carrie Underwood has always done things her way, whether it’s topping the charts, rocking a rhinestone-studded outfit, or casually cradling a tomato the size of a bowling ball in her Tennessee backyard.
