After Natalie Maines' public criticism of Toby Kieth's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," you wouldn't expect to see Toby on the Dixie Chicks' NBC-TV special.

He wasn't a special guest, and he didn't perform -- but there he was singing away during a commercial break -- on his Ford Truck commercial!

We wonder if Toby and the Chicks are enjoying the irony. . .