Country singer Carrie Underwood has said she takes being a role model “very seriously”.

The 26-year-old said at an Invitation Only Q&A: “I take it [my responsibility] very seriously, and my motto is I would never want to do anything that would embarrass my own children, in the future. And I think that’s the best way to look at things.”

She added: “I never want to do anything that would make my parents, you know, my role models, disappointed in me.”

Underwood also said that she is not going to be hindered by her American Idol roots.

She said: “I literally would not change a thing at all, not bad stuff. Not Simon [Cowell] ripping me apart on national television, in front of millions and millions of people, because that brought me to where I am now. And I’m so blessed, I wouldn’t change a thing.”