A Country Catfight Between Dixie Chicks, Reba McEntire

Insults flowing from someone with a lame sitcom on the WB?

We’re not sure how seriously the Dixie Chicks can take criticisms from Reba McEntire, but this country catfight appears to be gaining momentum.

The red-haired singer says she’s “very disappointed” in the group for comments its made about the country music insutry, along with wel-publicized comments about President Bush.

Martie Maguire, one third of this controversial trio, told Time magazine the singers don’t care very much. They prefer to attract fans who “will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith …

“We don’t want those kinds of fans.”

Snaps, yo. In response, Reba defended her field and those within it.

“I’ve never turned my back on country music,” she told the CMT network.

“So when somebody talks bad about my music, my family, that does not set well with me. And when you bite the hand that feeds you, I just don’t think that’s very nice.”

(Getty Images for CMT)

Reba also said she was “very glad” the comments about her and Keith were made public because “I was ready to say that because I hope they realize that they’re not doing themselves any favors.”

Now, about that sitcom …