Chris Stapleton is over in Australia taking part in his first tour of that country, but the country music superstar apparently isn’t one of those folks who fully embraces the traditions of the locals.

And you can’t really blame him for refusing to do a “shoey,” if you know what it is. UFC fans might know best among the American fans exactly what a “shoey” is because it has been a common practice for fighters from that country to celebrate a win by taking part in the tradition.

So, what is a “shoey?”

It’s disgusting. That’s what it is.

Really folks, a “shoey,” is the fine art of taking the shoe right off of someone’s foot, filling it with beer, and then chugging the alcohol right out of that used piece of footwear.

Told you. Disgusting.

And, apparently, it’s a big-time tradition for performers to do a “shoey” following a show in Australia.

“I’ve heard about this,” Stapleton reportedly said. “I asked somebody before I went on for the first night, ‘Is there anything that I should be prepared for?’

“And then they’re like, ‘Yes, a shoey. They’ll want you to drink beer out of a shoe,’ ” he said. “And I said I will graciously decline to do that. But no one has asked me to do that yet and maybe this interview will make someone want to do that.

“I don’t know. But I’m probably going to decline the request.

“I mean is there some kind of penalty if I don’t do it?” he continued.

“Are they going to throw things at me?”

Billboard reported that Stapleton isn’t the first to pass on the tradition.

The site listed Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen as artists who have also declined to drink out of someone’s used shoe.

Drake, iheartmedia settle legal dispute

Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” according to court records.

In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Bexar County, Texas, where San Antonio is located, alleging that iHeartMedia had received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay for “Not Like Us.” UMG is the parent record label for both Drake and Lamar.

The petition, a precursor to a potential lawsuit, had sought depositions from corporate representatives of both companies.

In a court document filed Thursday, attorneys for Drake stated that the popular rapper and iHeartMedia had “reached an amicable resolution of the dispute,” but the attorneys did not divulge any other information.

— From wire reports