<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country singer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jessie James Decker recently discussed why her husband, former </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NFL</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> star Eric Decker, was reluctant to get a vasectomy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I keep asking him, ‘Go make that appointment’ and he won’t. He just won’t do it,” she </span><a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jessie-james-decker-eric-decker-refuses-to-get-a-vasectomy/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> US Weekly during a recent interview. “He says it takes, like, his manhood away from him. So he’s just gonna leave it, I guess.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When asked if the couple planned to have any more kids, the 34-year-old singer said, “I feel like as of right now, it’s probably a no.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Deckers have been married since 2013 and share three </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parents"><span style="font-weight: 400;">children</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Vivianne, 8, Eric Jr., 7, and Forrest, 4.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessie went on to say they could have more kids even though that’s not the plan. “I mean, you know, if it happens, it’s always a blessing,” she told the publication. “We’re not doing anything to truly prevent [more kids].”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Should Have Known Better” singer talked about wanting her husband to get a vasectomy and his reluctance in the past. “He won’t book it. He will not book it,” she said during a January 2022 interview. “It’s still TBD.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, the former Denver Broncos player said part of his hesitation was nerves while another part had to do with not knowing the future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eric told US Weekly in 2022 that “the papers are filled out,” but that he couldn’t bring himself to schedule the procedure. “It’s a little power being taken. That’s how I feel,” he said. “I’m a little nervous about it, to be honest.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You don’t know where life will take you in the next five years … We have amazing kids, so I don’t want a lot of love being taken,” he went on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessie was at the center of a controversy last November when she was accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-singer-responds-to-claims-she-photoshopped-abs-on-her-kids-after-photo-goes-viral">editing a photo</a> of her kids in bathing suits to make it look like they had pronounced abdominal muscles. The singer called the claims “bonkers” but was getting so much backlash she felt the need to talk about it publicly, as The Daily Wire previously reported. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“&#8230; Being accused of photoshopping abs on my kids (I can’t help but laugh) or … the polar opposite over ‘overtraining’ our kids makes me realize how bizarre our world has gotten regarding the body and what’s normal and what’s not,” she said of the claims, going on to explain how her kids are very muscular from being active. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I want to raise my kids to feel proud of their bodies,” she went on. “Let’s not pick and choose what we normalize regarding bodies and be accepting of all people and children. If we wanna do ‘better’ then do better.”</span></p>


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Jessie James Decker Says Eric Decker Refuses To Get Vasectomy Because It ‘Takes His Manhood Away’

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<p>Country star Ricky Skaggs said concert goers at his shows are more open these days to hearing about the gospel after all &#8220;the latest craziness,&#8221; &#8220;the virus,&#8221; and more.</p>
<p>The 68-year-old country and bluegrass singer talked about his Christian faith and said he&#8217;s noticed that people seem to have more of a &#8220;stomach&#8221; to want to listen now to the gospel than they did &#8220;pre-pandemic,&#8221; the <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/20/ricky-skaggs-found-his-calling-honor-god-and-bluegrass-and-play-as-fast-as-he-can/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federalist</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t have done the things we&#8217;re doing now but with all the latest craziness, the virus and all that, the temperature of people having a stomach to listen to the gospel is much, much better than it was pre-pandemic,&#8221; Skaggs explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;People are seeing the writing on the wall,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They&#8217;re seeing the way our nation is turning. God does not let those prayers go to waste. People are given another chance. God is the God of the second, third, fourth chance — he&#8217;s got all kinds of chances.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ricky Skaggs Found His Calling: Honor God And Bluegrass — And Play As Fast As He Can<a href="https://t.co/BAmVZ8kV2t">https://t.co/BAmVZ8kV2t</a></p>
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<p>And Skaggs said he knows that something&#8217;s changed because there was a time in his career when he said he would hear complaints from those who went to his shows where he was open about his faith.</p>
<p>&#8220;One guy wrote a letter complaining that he didn&#8217;t pay $100 to hear a sermon,&#8221; the country singer recounted. &#8220;So I sent him a check for $100. We play great music with such quality and such finesse.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;These musicians are at the top of their game,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I feel like God wants us to earn the right to share with the audience. It just is something we should do. They see that we&#8217;re just normal people, we love our country, we love God, and we love y&#8217;all too. And we&#8217;re just gonna share as we do, and make it part of the whole performance.&#8221;</p>
<p>Skaggs is a member of the three halls of fame: Country Music, Bluegrass, and Gospel Music. The country star has won 15 Grammys during his career, scored four number 1 country albums, seven number 1 bluegrass albums, and 11 number 1 country singles. But it&#8217;s his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/faith">faith</a> that the singer says he&#8217;s most proud of, the outlet noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patricia-heaton-says-one-year-ago-she-set-goal-to-read-entire-bible-reveals-how-it-went">Patricia Heaton Says One Year Ago She Set Goal To Read Entire Bible, Reveals How It Went</a></strong></p>


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Ricky Skaggs Says Concert Goers More Open Now To Hearing Gospel After All The ‘Craziness,’ ‘The Virus,’ And More

Ricky Skaggs Says Concert Goers More Open Now To Hearing Gospel After All The 'Craziness,’ ‘The Virus,’ And More

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<p>Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-rich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Rich</a> celebrated after winning a lawsuit against a concert promoter who sued him during the pandemic after the singer canceled a show at a venue that changed its policy about unvaccinated attendees.</p>
<p>The 49-year-old country singer-songwriter shared the <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1616149207747788818?s=20&amp;t=EdGUKEd-ESgj6_G7ZVMgjw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news</a> on Thursday with his hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers.</p>
<p>&#8220;During the lockdowns, I stated I&#8217;d NEVER play a concert venue that forced fans to show their &#8216;papers&#8217; for entry concerning COVID,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lies-and-tyrannical-agenda-conservative-stars-and-pundits-react-to-news-of-fauci-stepping-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rich</a> tweeted.</p>
<p>&#8220;One venue added that rule after I agreed to play, so I cancelled it,&#8221; the country star added. &#8220;The promoter sued me. He LOST the case today! Happy to say I never bent the knee.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">During the lockdowns, I stated I&#39;d NEVER play a concert venue that forced fans to show their &quot;papers&quot; for entry concerning Covid. One venue added that rule after I agreed to play, so I cancelled it. The promoter sued me. He LOST the case today! Happy to say I never bent the knee.</p>
<p>&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1616149207747788818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Reading through the responses to the &#8220;Save A Horse&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-torches-rob-reiner-after-actor-worries-who-musk-will-allow-back-on-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hitmaker&#8217;s</a> post, most of those who follow him celebrated the singer&#8217;s victory along with Rich, thanking him for &#8220;sticking to his principles,&#8221; and for &#8220;standing up to tyranny!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for sticking to your principles. Stands like this are few and far between with high profile people who have a lot to lose.</p>
<p>&mdash; Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) <a href="https://twitter.com/SKMorefield/status/1616192733369991170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">we all need to stand our ground, great job</p>
<p>&mdash; 6 (@jbfranklin64) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbfranklin64/status/1616153742923165696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for standing up to tyranny! We are with you!! 🇺🇸🙏🏻❤️ <a href="https://t.co/9lHlDCYPLg">pic.twitter.com/9lHlDCYPLg</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jana (@JanaMcadams) <a href="https://twitter.com/JanaMcadams/status/1616169046692478985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Despite the comments of praise, there were those who hit back at the singer&#8217;s post, threatening to never attend one of his shows again.</p>
<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t be attending any of your concerts anytime soon,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;With that attitude, the likely attendees are going to be a concentrated group of anti-vaxxers. It sounds like a great place to catch COVID. To other John Rich fans: if you&#8217;re smart, you will stay away too.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sounds like a plan👍</p>
<p>&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1616194466133549059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The &#8220;Progress&#8221; hitmaker responded by simply writing back, &#8220;Sounds like a plan.&#8221;</p>
<p>The conservative country star has spoken out against the lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and has been especially critical of President Joe Biden&#8217;s top medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci.</p>
<p>When Fauci announced in August that he was resigning from his role in the federal government in December, Rich was one of many who reacted to the news, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lies-and-tyrannical-agenda-conservative-stars-and-pundits-react-to-news-of-fauci-stepping-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fauci has resigned. I&#39;m guessing it&#39;s so he has time to prepare with his lawyers for his appearance at the 2023 Nuremberg Code trials.</p>
<p>&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1561735042669371395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Fauci has resigned,&#8221; the country star tweeted. &#8220;I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s so he has time to prepare with his lawyers for his appearance at the 2023 Nuremberg Code trials.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-posts-patriotic-video-of-concertgoers-singing-after-he-and-country-stars-raise-an-incredible-amount-for-hurricane-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Rich Posts Patriotic Video Of Concertgoers Singing After He And Country Stars Raise An Incredible Amount For Hurricane Victims</a></strong></p>


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‘I Never Bent The Knee’: Country Star John Rich Celebrates Pandemic-Era Suit Win Against Concert Promoter

Country Star John Rich Celebrates Pandemic-Era Suit Win Against Concert Promoter

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Country music singer Naomi Judd, who formed the famed Judds duo with her daughter Wynonna, left a post-it note before her suicide asserting she did not want Wynonna at her funeral.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Judd, 76, was found dead at her Tennessee mansion last April in an apparent suicide from a gunshot wound.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Do Not let Wy come to my funeral. She&#8217;s mentally ill,” the post-it note — released by the  Williamson County Sheriff&#8217;s Department — read, with the word “not” underlined, Radar Online <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/naomi-judd-suicide-note-wynonna-mentally-ill-banned-funeral/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The day of Naomi Judd’s death, her daughter, actress Ashley Judd, reportedly sent <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/ashley-judd-texts-therapist-naomi-suicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">frantic texts</a> to Naomi&#8217;s therapist, Dr. Ted Klontz, saying her mother was having a manic episode. “She’s having an episode. Yelling and crying and pacing … Emergency … Please come to mom’s … Now,&#8221; she wrote. After Naomi allegedly calmed down, she went upstairs while Ashley Judd and the doctor spoke. But when Ashley Judd went upstairs, she found her mother with a gunshot wound to the head, prompting her to tell Klontz: “She did it. She finally did it.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A Williamson County Sheriff’s Deputy who responded to the scene <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/naomi-judd-sad-last-days-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, “Didn’t like being alone/Larry in Europe &#8230; She threatened to kill herself a half a dozen times, guns were involved. She locked herself in her bedroom. She would threaten to shoot the people who took her [illegible.]”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Naomi Judd <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/naomi-judd-cut-wynonna-ashley-25-million-will-suicide-documents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> had left both her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, out of her will, leaving everything to her husband of 33 years, Larry Strickland. “I nominate and appoint my spouse, Larry Strickland, as Executor of my estate. &#8230; In the event my spouse ceases or fails to serve, then I nominate and appoint my brother-in-law, Reginald Strickland, and Daniel Kris Wiatr as Co-Executors. I direct that no bond shall be required of my Executor,” she wrote.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Wynonna dismissed rumors that she and Ashley were fighting over their mother’s estate, telling <a href="https://people.com/country/wynonna-judd-addresses-rumors-fighting-with-sister-ashley-judd-over-mom-naomi-judd-estate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People Magazine</a>, “Someone told me while I was at Ashley&#8217;s house, ‘Hey, did you know that they’re saying this about you?’ I went, ‘Huh? I’m fighting with Ashley? Oh. Again?’ Fighting over what? I have such a great life. Ashley has a great life. Why would we be fighting over the will?”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I am the last person in this family — and if Ashley was here, I’d hope she&#8217;d agree with me — who knows stuff like this,” she continued. “I’m not savvy enough to go, ‘I’m going to contest the will.’ It never occurred to me.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Sources told Radar Online that Wynonna did indeed attend her mother’s funeral.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Judds dominated country music in the 1980s, winning five Grammys, nine CMAs, and selling tens of millions of records.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0">If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to </em><a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</em></a><em class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0"> for a list of additional resources.</em></p>


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Naomi Judd’s Suicide Note Revealed

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maren Morris just made an apology to &#8220;</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LGBTQ+</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> members&#8221; on behalf of the entire </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music"><span style="font-weight: 400;">country music</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> genre.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 32-year-old singer became emotional during an appearance on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">after-show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Untucked.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Coming from country music and its relationship with LGBTQ+ members, I just want to say I’m sorry,” Morris said in a video clip posted to the show’s Instagram page. “I love you guys for making me feel like a brave voice in country music. So I just thank you guys so much for inspiring me.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morris told the gathered group of drag performers that she was “going to cry” after expressing her feelings. Contestant Isabelle Brooks added, “Just you being here shows you’re an ally.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drag performer Spice chimed in, “I love hearing Maren share her story because a lot of times with country artists, they can’t really express their more progressive ideals. Just her being here shows she’s down to roll with the LGBT.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, the “Chasing After You” singer got into a public spat with Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany Aldean, over transgender policies, especially regarding the transition of minors. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase,” Brittany captioned her post. “I love this girly life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morris called Brittany an “Insurrection Barbie” and told her to “not be a scumbag human” in reply to the post, setting off a back-and-forth that involved several other celebrities. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer <a href="https://people.com/country/cmas-2022-maren-morris-skips-cmas-despite-nomination/">skipped</a> the 2022 Country Music Awards red carpet in November because she wasn’t “comfortable” attending. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think there are people in country music that want it to be niche,” Morris </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liberal-country-star-says-shes-not-comfortable-going-to-cma-awards-after-attacking-brittany-aldean-over-trans-post"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explained</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of her dilemma. “They don’t want it to expand. They don’t care about it becoming more inclusive. It’s theirs, and everyone else is an other, or woke, or whatever.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morris also criticized actress Candace Cameron Bure and her plans to “keep traditional marriage at the core” after leaving the Hallmark Channel for the Great American Family network. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram influencer Matt Bernstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/make-dj-gay-again-country-star-takes-time-out-from-feud-with-brittany-aldean-to-attack-candace-cameron-bure">shared</a> a post saying, in part, “You went decades without ever having to see an LGBTQ character on screen. Now, we’re in 1 out of 5 movies. Sorry if this disturbs you. Sending thoughts and prayers.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morris commented on it, saying, “Make DJ Gay Again,” referring to Bure’s “Full House” character.</span></p>


57th Academy of Country Music Awards – Arrivals

Maren Morris Apologizes To ‘LGBTQ+ Members’ On Behalf Of Country Music During ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Appearance

Maren Morris Apologizes To 'LGBTQ+ Members' On Behalf Of Country Music During 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Appearance

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dolly Parton</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has some thoughts on what makes for a long and happy </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">marriage</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 76-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">country music</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> legend has been married to </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tennessee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> businessman Carl Thomas Dean since 1966 and says it’s a combination of humor and picking the right partner that has kept them going for 56 years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I like it when people say, ‘How did it last so long?’ I say, ‘I stay going,'&#8221; Parton explained during an interview with <a href="https://etcanada.com/news/952554/dolly-parton-says-warped-sense-of-humour-is-key-to-56-year-marriage-with-carl-dean/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ET Canada</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;You know, there’s a lot to be said about that. So, we’re not in each other’s face all the time. He’s not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together,” she continued. “So it was meant to be, I think. He was the one I was supposed to have and vice versa.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parton also echoed the classic marriage advice of having a sense of humor, even when things go wrong.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We both have a warped sense of humor. And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you’re married like that. Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can’t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it,&#8221; she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And the “Jolene” singer said they’re not especially mean to each other. &#8220;We’ve never had, you know, serious arguments to say bad things to each other we have to take back,&#8221; Parton revealed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to Parton’s </span><a href="https://dollyparton.com/life-and-career/carl-dean-husband/4406" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the couple met outside the Wishy Washy laundromat when she was 18 and he was 21. “I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me),” she shared of their first meeting. “He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has also admitted feeling smitten at first sight.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“My first thought was I’m gonna marry that girl,” Dean shared during their 50th wedding anniversary vow renewal in 2016, </span><a href="https://www.etonline.com/news/190615_dolly_parton_and_carl_dean_renew_wedding_vows_for_50th_wedding_anniversary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">per</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Entertainment Tonight. “My second thought was, ‘Lord she’s good lookin.’ And that was the day my life began.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a previous interview, the country icon said she loves that Dean isn’t part of the industry.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun,” she </span><a href="http://www.people.com/article/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> People Magazine in 2015. “I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me. My husband is a good man, first of all. He’s a deep person, but he has a great and warped sense of humor. He makes me laugh and entertains me. He’s very secure within himself.”</span></p>


We Are Family Foundation Honors Dolly Parton & Jean Paul Gaultier

Dolly Parton Shares Secret To Her 56-Year Marriage: ‘It Was Meant To Be’

Dolly Parton Shares Secret To Her 56-Year Marriage: 'It Was Meant To Be'

Dolly Parton

Marriage

<p>Dolly Parton finally confirmed rumors about a time capsule that she&#8217;s placed under her Dollywood theme park that she said won&#8217;t be unveiled until she&#8217;s 99 years old, whether she&#8217;s still alive or not.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">76-year-old</a> country music icon&#8217;s appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INHV3lvyBfM">The Kelly Clarkson Show</a>,&#8221; Parton said that inside the capsule buried beneath the Tennessee amusement park is an unreleased track.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have written a song that nobody&#8217;s gonna hear until I&#8217;m 99 years old — I might be there, I might not be,&#8221; the country star shared.</p>
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<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s when we did Dollywood, when we reworked that, and we put it in a time capsule to be, you know, to be opened,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I put all the things that had to do with the times. I put a cassette player &#8230; CD player.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I tell you, you have no idea how that has bothered me,&#8221; Parton continued.  &#8220;I want to go dig that up so bad and think, &#8216;well, I need to use that song&#8217; because it&#8217;s like you know, and it&#8217;s a really good song. But yes, I have a song that&#8217;s buried that nobody&#8217;s going to hear til, I don&#8217;t know whose damn idea that was.&#8221;</p>
<p>The country singer and actress said whether she&#8217;s there or not, she worries that no one will ever hear the unreleased song because it will probably disintegrate by then.</p>
<p>Clarkson said she thought the idea was beautiful. Parton replied, &#8220;It will be really special and hopefully you&#8217;ll still be there.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Jolene&#8221; hitmaker was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame">inducted</a> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an honor she initially tried to decline, suggesting she wasn&#8217;t qualified because she never wrote rock music.</p>
<p>In a recent interview with <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/dolly-parton-rock-roll-hall-fame-interview-1235066988/">Billboard</a> magazine, Parton joked that when her manager told her she would be inducted, she thought, &#8220;Well, I guess I&#8217;m a rock star now.&#8221; She went on to explain how she felt so &#8220;honored.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I appreciate the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy. It was just always my belief — and I think millions of other people out there too — always thought the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll business, and I just didn&#8217;t feel like I really measured up to that and I don&#8217;t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.&#8221;</p>


The 53rd Annual CMA Awards – Arrivals

Dolly Parton Confirms Rumors About Item She’s Placed Under Dollywood That Won’t Be Unveiled Until She’s 99

Dolly Parton Confirms Rumors About Item She's Placed Under Dollywood That Won't Be Unveiled Until She's 99

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country singer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Kelsea Ballerini recently discussed her reasons for </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage"><span style="font-weight: 400;">divorcing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> her husband of five years, essentially saying the shine was gone from their marriage. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 29-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recording artist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> talked about the decision to split from Australian singer Morgan Evans during an episode of the podcast “Tell Me About It with Jade Iovine.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ballerini <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/kelsea-ballerni-says-disservice-stay-141700025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she’s been &#8220;really intuitive and in tune&#8221; with herself, which made her decide to end her marriage. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;For a while, it was kind of like, &#8216;OK, this is just a new phase of a relationship,&#8217; because relationships go through seasons, right? And it&#8217;s not always going to be butterflies and rainbows,&#8221; she said. &#8220;For a long time, I was like, &#8216;Oh this is just … the glitter wears off. That&#8217;s what happens.&#8217; And then you get into a phase where you wait for it to come back. And then sometimes it doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “half of my hometown” composer admitted that &#8220;divorce is a b****,&#8221; but also insists she was better off leaving Morgan than continuing to stay in a marriage that made her unhappy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;At the end of the day, it is such a disservice and a dishonoring of yourself if you know something is not right and you stay,&#8221; Ballerini explained. &#8220;[Shame] is the one thing that I just refuse to feel. … Judge me for it, fine, that&#8217;s on you.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The country star went on to explain how she’s avoided being alone since announcing her divorce this summer. She’s been relying on friends and family to keep her company. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Whether it was my mom or my dad or my friends, I&#8217;ve had my people really rally for me and I&#8217;m not ready to be alone yet,&#8221; Ballerini said. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think that I&#8217;m avoiding anything, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m definitely in my feels, &#8217;cause I really want to heal properly. … But yeah, I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s what I need right now.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ballerini previously remarked on how much her real life feels like a stereotypical country song.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;This is what&#8217;s going on, there&#8217;s … in my last song [I sing], &#8216;There&#8217;s no judgment or keeping score,'&#8221; she said while on stage. &#8220;The truth is that this morning I started my day at the courthouse finalizing my divorce and then getting nominated for a Grammy, and then getting the keys to my dream home, and now standing in the circle of the Opry.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;And s***, if that ain&#8217;t country music, I don&#8217;t know what is,&#8221; the singer concluded.</span></p>


2019 CMT Music Awards – Arrivals

‘The Glitter Wears Off’: Country Singer Explains Reason For Divorcing Husband Of 5 Years

Country Singer Explains Reason For Divorcing Husband Of 5 Years

<p>Country music singer Sunny Sweeney said being on the road led to the end of her marriage after she decided to walk down the aisle a second time in 2011. However, seven years later the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marriage</a> was over.</p>
<p>The 46-year-old said she married &#8220;really young&#8221; the first time around and it was &#8220;really quick.&#8221; When Sweeney re-married in 2011, she thought &#8220;he was definitely the one,&#8221; but the marriage was over seven years later, according to <a href="https://people.com/country/sunny-sweeney-blames-touring-for-demise-of-second-marriage-cant-nuture-anything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> magazine.  The outlet did not mention her ex-husbands&#8217; names or careers.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m obviously not proud of it, and I definitely didn&#8217;t tell a lot of people,&#8221; Sweeney shared. &#8220;Being on the road really sucks, you know? I mean, I love being on the road. It&#8217;s the only thing that I actually love unconditionally. But being on the road is very hard on a relationship. It&#8217;s literally what&#8217;s taken away my relationships from me. You can&#8217;t nurture anything when you&#8217;re gone as much as we are.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In her latest album and single, both titled &#8220;Married Alone,&#8221; the singer gets raw about the emotional split she experienced, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;I feel like this album, and the song &#8216;Married Alone&#8217; itself, is a really different way to look at a marriage falling apart,&#8221; Sweeney shared. &#8220;It&#8217;s basically like you&#8217;re watching your marriage fall apart in the song. That&#8217;s what my ex-husband and I did. We watched our marriage go to shambles right in front of us. And every day I was gone, it got worse.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sweeney spoke earlier this year about the release of her emotionally-charged duet &#8220;Married Alone&#8221; and recruiting country legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/everything-shes-been-going-through-vince-gill-updates-fans-on-wife-amy-grants-condition-after-major-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vince Gill</a> to help her, <a href="https://tasteofcountry.com/sunny-sweeney-vince-gill-married-alone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taste of Country</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was coming out of a sticky divorce, and all the feelings were still so raw,&#8221; Sweeney shared at the time. &#8220;I felt the words, not just heard them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;My initial instinct was to have a male feature, and my mind immediately went to Vince,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I then committed to him in my mind, and thought if he was unavailable, then I would just do it alone.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am eternally grateful to [Vince] for lending his gorgeous voice to this, as I feel like it pushed it to another level,&#8221; Sweeney continued.</p>


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‘You Can’t Nurture Anything’: Country Singer Sunny Sweeney Says Being On The Road Led To End Of Her Marriage

Country Singer Sunny Sweeney Says Being On The Road Led To End Of Her Marriage

<p>Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jason-aldean">Jason Aldean&#8217;s</a> wife, Brittany Aldean, said she refuses to &#8220;wear a brand that has any affiliation&#8221; with the &#8220;sexual exploitation of children&#8221; following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/balenciaga">Balenciaga&#8217;s</a> &#8220;disgusting&#8221; BDSM-themed ad campaign.</p>
<p>During <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6316641642112?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31519661&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">Fox News</a>&#8216; &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight,&#8221; the host asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trash-day-brittany-aldean-shares-photo-of-balenciaga-gear-stuffed-in-garbage-bags">Brittany</a> about her recent Instagram post showing her carrying out trash bags filled with the fashion house&#8217;s products, which she captioned, &#8220;It’s trash day [Balenciaga].&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I for one love fashion,&#8221; Aldean shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m super into fashion, but I refuse to represent or wear a brand that has any affiliation, any affiliation, with sexual exploitation of children or the sexualization of children. It&#8217;s disgusting.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And what they showed us recently in their campaign is pure evil,&#8221; she added.</p>
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<p>Carlson agreed and asked the singer&#8217;s wife about the public outcry.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely worth taking seriously because every single detail of the photo shoot was meticulously thought out,&#8221; Aldean explained, noting that she&#8217;s been on photo shoots before and said weeks and months of prep work goes into these things.</p>
<p>The fashion brand, which celebrities like Kim Kardashian often wear, came under fire last month after its website displayed images featuring its “Toy Stories” campaign that showed child models posing with the brand’s teddy bear handbags, with the bears dressed in BDSM-themed attire from its Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 collection.</p>
<p>&#8220;For them to think that it&#8217;s appropriate to put children in a situation that we have seen much less for a campaign for their brand is disgusting,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was not a mistake,&#8221; Aldean continued. &#8220;They have shown us who they are. It&#8217;s disgusting. It&#8217;s evil. And the common denominator here is that we have to stand up. We have to fight for our children.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brittany concluded by insisting the backlash isn&#8217;t about &#8220;religion&#8221; or politics but &#8220;protecting the children at all costs.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Everybody should be outraged,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>The fashion house apologized and said it was taking legal action against its production company. On Monday, reports surfaced that Balenciaga had dropped its $25 million lawsuit against the producers of the fetish-themed shoot, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/03/balenciaga-drops-25m-lawsuit-against-producers-of-disturbing-campaign/">New York Post</a> noted.</p>
<p><em>Brandon Drey contributed to this report. </em></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-blasts-kim-kardashians-response-to-balenciaga-scandal">Megyn Kelly Blasts Kim Kardashian&#8217;s Response To Balenciaga Scandal</a></strong></p>


2014 CMT Music Awards – Red Carpet

Brittany Aldean Slams Balenciaga, Says She Refuses To ‘Wear A Brand That Has Any Affiliation’ With ‘Sexual Exploitation Of Children’

Brittany Aldean Slams Balenciaga, Says She Refuses To Wear A Brand Affiliated With 'Sexual Exploitation Of Children’

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Jason Aldean

World

<p>Country star Granger Smith said that after the death of his 3-year-old son River he &#8220;surrendered to God&#8221; as he credited his faith with saving his life in what was &#8220;rock bottom&#8221; for him.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-country-singers-who-remain-unashamed-conservatives">43-year-old</a> country singer said it wasn&#8217;t until he &#8220;surrendered to God&#8221; that he was able to get past what happened and find not only grief but joy again after River drowned in their pool at home in 2019, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-music-singer-granger-smith-turned-to-faith-darkest-times">Fox News</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, it saved my life, essentially,&#8221; Smith shared of his faith. &#8220;From the darkest of grief. My wife [Amber] and I lost our little boy.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;River was 3 years old, and we went down a journey that I thought I could fix on my own with self-help and self-improvement and exercise and positivity and visualization, meditation and devotionals,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I thought I could just mend it, fix it and move on, and I couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Backroad Song&#8221; hitmaker then opened up about what he, his wife, and their family went through with River.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Within seconds, right behind me while I was doing gymnastics with our daughter, he [River]was in the pool and had inhaled water,&#8221; Smith shared. &#8220;Became unconscious. When I pulled him out, I didn&#8217;t know CPR, besides what I had seen in the movies, and we lived out in the country.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So, it took paramedics 10 minutes to get there,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s too long to go without oxygen to his little brain, and it ended up being irreversible. The damage to his brain ended up killing him the next day. The months and years following were &#8230; rock bottom for me.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Country music singer Granger Smith turned to faith during darkest times: &#39;It saved my life&#39; <a href="https://t.co/K8l7xdeIEB">https://t.co/K8l7xdeIEB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1599825963751292943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The country star also encouraged others who were in dark times and asking the question &#8220;why God would allow this&#8221; to happen them to turn to God where he said they will learn that &#8220;nothing is an accident.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Once we know that, then we could stop saying &#8216;Why, God, why did you do this to me?&#8217; &#8216;Why would a good God allow this to happen?'&#8221; the singer shared. &#8220;Instead, we could then say, &#8216;What God? What are you trying to show me in this? What do I need to learn from this? To be closer to you. To understand you better. To help serve others around me. What do I need to know?'&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2021, Amber and Granger welcomed a son into the world, Maverick. The couple also share two other children together London, 11, and Lincoln, 8.</p>


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‘Surrendered To God’: Country Singer Granger Smith Says Faith ‘Saved My Life’ After Losing His Child

<p>Conservative country star John Rich posted a patriotic video on Twitter showing concertgoers at his show singing &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; after he and other country stars raised money for victims of Hurricane Ian.</p>
<p>Rich, 48, shared a great <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1599552139172487169?s=20&amp;t=BNifFV-Scytudq4A9kw_yg">clip</a> on Sunday of a crowd singing at the star-studded &#8220;Boots on the Sand&#8221; benefit concert. The event was held on December 1 and <a href="https://www.winknews.com/2022/12/01/boots-on-the-sand-benefit-concert-raises-money-for-the-victims-of-hurricane-ian/">raised</a> more than $1 million for hurricane relief.</p>
<p>&#8220;Leading a massive crowd in singing #GodBlessAmerica in Florida!&#8221; Rich captioned his post. &#8220;Raised over a million dollars for victims of Hurricane Ian. Incredible night!&#8221;</p>
<p>The really fun part started when Rich encouraged the group to join in and thousands of voices sang. &#8220;Thank you all for the support. So many are struggling down here. May god bless all of them,&#8221; one person wrote in response to the video.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leading a massive crowd in singing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GodBlessAmerica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GodBlessAmerica</a> in Florida! Raised over a million dollars for victims of Hurricane Ian. Incredible night! <a href="https://t.co/mz29sjRkTB">pic.twitter.com/mz29sjRkTB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1599552139172487169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The sold-out concert took place at the Hertz Arena in southwest Florida, where Rich was joined by performers Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gavin DeGraw, RaeLynn, Tracy Lawrence, and others.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just started calling friends,&#8221; shared musician and writer Ira Dean, who organized the concert. &#8220;First person I called was Ted Nugent, and he was like, &#8216;what do you need? What time do you need me there? I&#8217;m there.&#8217; Then I was like, &#8216;well, that was easy.&#8217; So I just started calling people.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Save a Horse&#8221; hitmaker is one of the few performers who have remained unabashedly conservative.</p>
<p>As the lyrics to his song &#8220;Progress&#8221; go, &#8220;There&#8217;s a hole in this country where its heart used to be, And Old Glory&#8217;s divided, on fire in the street…They say Building Back Better will make America great…If that&#8217;s a wave of the future, all I&#8217;ve got to say…&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Stick your progress where the sun don&#8217;t shine/Keep your big mess away from me and mine/If you leave us alone, well we&#8217;d all be just fine/Stick your progress where the sun don’t shine.&#8221;</p>
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John Rich Posts Patriotic Video Of Concertgoers Singing After He And Country Stars Raise An Incredible Amount For Hurricane Victims

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