Kash Patel’s country singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins has gone ballistic amid fresh backlash over the apparent perks of her relationship with the FBI director.
Wilkins, 27, announced on Tuesday that she had landed a gig to perform at the Great American State Fair, which was abandoned last month by a wave of planned performers who backed out due to the event’s links to the Trump administration.
But critics immediately questioned whether Wilkins landed the gig, organized by the Trump-created Freedom 250 group, because of her relationship with Patel, 46, and whether her performance presented a conflict of interest.
“Does having the FBI director’s girlfriend getting paid by the taxpayers to perform violate federal ethics laws?” Sara Higdon, a reporter for the right-wing news website The Post Millennial, wrote on X.
Less than an hour later, Wilkins lashed out at Higdon in a furious post, declaring that she would no longer tolerate “sham accusations” that “diminish” her “hard work and earned accomplishments.”
“Let’s just get a few things straight, because this is long overdue,” she began, before launching into a numbered list of grievances.
“I have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary/strategy. People don’t get to negate that for clicks or headlines,” wrote Wilkins, who began releasing music in 2020 and whose work is yet to register on any major music chart. The highlights of her previous career as an actress include appearances on the sitcoms Dog With a Blog and Instant Mom.
She claimed, “I was invited to sing this anthem on my own accord, as I have been many other places throughout my career,” adding that she was not accepting payment “for this great honor.”
Wilkins then insisted that no National Mall celebrations are taxpayer-funded, writing, “You would think, as a journalist, this would be something she would know or at least look into.”
But Freedom 250, the group President Donald Trump created through an executive order, received $80 million in taxpayer dollars, according to NOTUS, and events on federal land often result in indirect taxpayer expenses.
Wilkins, who started dating Patel early in 2023, ended her post by saying she would continue to air her grievances online.
“I’m no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue,” she wrote.
The Daily Beast reported last week that Wilkins would fly to Belgium to perform a rendition of the national anthem at the U.S. embassy in Brussels.
Wilkins’ relationship with Patel has been a persistent source of controversy amid revelations that the FBI director is allocating agency resources to protect and accommodate her. In April, it emerged that the agency had begun investigating a journalist at The New York Times whose reporting had angered Wilkins.
Wilkins is currently suing MS NOW and its parent company, Versant, over an article that alleged she asked her FBI security detail to drive her drunk friend home.
