Kid Rock says he’s not running for US Senate in Michigan.

The Detroit-area rocker told SiriusXM host Howard Stern, “Are you kidding me?” during an expletive-laden interview on Tuesday.

Kid Rock has been teasing the public for months. At a 12 September concert, Kid Rock was introduced as Michigan’s “next senator” and talked about running for president.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Kid Rock said his staff knew there wouldn’t be a run for office. But with all the attention, and a new album in the works, he says he told them: “Let’s roll with it for a while.”

Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, was a target of protests during recent Detroit concerts because of his use of the Confederate flag.



He told the Guardian in 2015: “I am definitely a Republican on fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues.”