Reba McEntire is getting hitched.
The nation music star and her beau Rex Linn used the platform of the 2025 Emmy Awards to share the excellent news.
The glad couple are, in fact, co-stars within the NBC sitcom Completely happy’s Place, during which McEntire performs the titular character Bobbie and Linn portrays the character Emmett.
McEntire confirmed their engagement throughout a purple carpet interview with E! Information when the reporter referred to Linn because the singer’s “fiancé.”
“We’re having a blast on ‘Completely happy’s Place’ and so glad to be right here tonight,” she responded. In one other giveaway, McEntire was noticed carrying a black ring on her left ring finger. A rep for McEntire confirms to Billboard that the couple are actually engaged.
McEntire took the stage on the Emmys for the Golden Women fortieth anniversary tribute, for which she joined in to sing the theme tune, “Thank You for Being a Good friend,” alongside Little Large City’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman. She additionally introduced the award for excellent supporting actress in a comedy collection.
The loved-up pair began relationship in 2020, information of which McEntire shared by the use of her podcast Studying with Reba McEntire.
After calling him a “very, very sweetheart of a man,” McEntire revealed how the affair blossomed through the pandemic. “We’ve been speaking through the pandemic,” she defined on the time. “We had dinner with Rex, was it in January? After which February, on it was the Covid pandemic, and we have been speaking, texting, FaceTime. And that’s a extremely good technique to get to know individuals.”
McEntire and Linn go means again, having reportedly met the set of the 1980 TV film The Gambler.
The singer, actress and The Voice coach break up from her husband of 26 years, Narvel Blackstock, in 2015. Previous to that, she was married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987. Linn has by no means walked down the aisle.
