Who is Reba McEntire's boyfriend? 'Fancy' singer describes finding love again with 'The Hammer' co-star
Reba McEntire’s ‘The Hammer’ is finally here. Premiered on Saturday, January 7, on Lifetime, the ‘Queen of Country' Reba McEntire can be seen playing the role of Kim Wheeler, the newly appointed 5th District Judge of Nevada, starring alongside her offscreen love interest, Rex Linn, who she met in 1991 and started dating in January 2020. She was previously married to steer-wrestling champion Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987 and Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015.
Talking about finding love again, McEntire told, "I wasn't looking for it, wasn't looking at all," as per Yahoo! "But wow, I love hanging with Rex. We're good friends. We love each other, and it's just really, really special," she adds. Narrating about their relationship, McEntire told in her podcast called 'Living & Learning With Reba McEntire', "I met him in 1991 when we were doing Kenny Rogers’ movie ‘The Gambler'. We were both on that in 1991." "Then in January 2020, I saw him [Rex] again when I shot an appearance on the TV show Young Sheldon, which he is on. He said, 'Let's have dinner when you get through.' And I said, 'OK!' He made me laugh my butt off on our first date, which we didn't even know was a date," the singer described to People.
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They both were joined by 'Young Sheldon' actress Melissa Peterman and McEntire's tour manager, Marne McLyman. The singer said, “We just had a really nice evening, and I hugged his neck goodbye to get in the car with Marne to go back to the hotel. And I said, ‘Come see me.’ And on June 16, he did.”
McEntire soon learned that her mother had bladder cancer. “I was texting him and he said, ‘Hey, call me any time if you need to talk.’ And I just called him and we talked every day; I think that was around the 1st of February. And we talked every day since,” she recalls. McEntire’s mother died on March 14, 2020, and it was the same time when the Covid-19 pandemic took over the world. Linn couldn't come to visit but they reunited in June. “I've just loved him even more for getting on a plane during the pandemic. So, it was true love, and it's lasted, and we're having more fun now than we did when we first got together.”
She added by saying, "And I'm very grateful and thankful to God that he came into my life, at this period of my life. I mean, it's the best.” And expressed, "It's a good idea to kind of make a mental note of past comments from past relationships, about the things you did wrong, and analyze that — admit if that's right, or if that it was wrong, what I did, and how to be a better partner, be a better listener, be more considerate, take more time," as per Yahoo!
Who is Reba McEntire's boyfriend Rex Linn?
Born on November 13, 1956, Linn is known for playing the role of Frank Tripp in the series 'CSI: Miami,' as per IMDb. He worked with John Lithgow, 'Cliffhanger' in 1993, 'Frozen Dick' in 1996, and 'Tom, Dick and Mary' in 1997. He starred in 'The Walking Dead' as Mike Palmer.