Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew - 19 Lindsey Vonn + PK Subban

Episode Date: April 29, 2020

This week, in episode 19 of Couple Things with Shawn + Andrew, we sit down with an absolute powerhouse couple, Lindsey Vonn and PK Subban. It was such an honor chat with these guys, they had so many great and insightful stories to share with us. Both PK & Lindsey are very high accomplished as athletes - between the two, they have top awards in the NHL, Gold medals, World championships, Stanley Cups, and SO many more. They share the story of how they first met, how they got engaged, and even talk about what their lives look like now. We're also big fans of the charity work PK and Lindsey are involved in - it was such a pleasure to chat with them about it all. We hope you love this one as much as we did, PK and Lindsey.   If you want to follow Lindsey & PK, you can find them on instagram as @lindseyvonn and @subbanator. Also please be sure to give their Tub Time a listen! You can find all of that info on their instagrams!  If you haven't yet, please rate and subscribe to the show to hear more! And if you have suggestions/recommendations for the show, send us your ideas in a video format - we might just choose yours! Email us at [e-mail].  We are supported by the following AMAZING companies! Make sure to check them out using our special code & link below!  StoryWorth! Go to https://www.StoryWorth.com/eastfam for $10 off!  LiquidIV! Get 25% off when you go to https://www.LIQUIDIV.com and use code EASTFAM at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, by the way, Luke, that looks real great. It's been a lot of time getting ready. A night spent cleaning up cats and cat pee and then ends in a beautiful proposal. Just how you dreamed it, right, Nicole? Just how you dreamed it up. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to Couple Things.

What's Sean and Andrew? A podcast all about couples and the things they go through. I'm geeking out. today because I'm a big fan of country music and we're talking to arguably the hottest artists in country music today. It's Luke Combs and his fiance, Nicole Hawking. Newly engaged and we get to hear all of that, which was maybe the best story I've ever heard when it comes to engagements. This is actually the first time they've shared their engagement story publicly. We're honored. It was amazing. Luke has been nominated the top country artist, the top country male artist,

the top country album and he had the top country song this guy is crushing it right now not just nominated babe he won he has it all of them and nicole it's really cool their story because they have been together before luke struck stardom and so they kind of tell what that progression has been like what the evolution has been like how it's affected their relationship and i really respect nico and her public defense of luke uh it's not an easy thing being a spouse of uh someone who's kind of in the public eye, I know from personal experience, but Nicole is ferociously supportive of her significant other, and I really respect that. And if you want to find out more about Luke and his fiance, you can check them out in the description or show notes down below. And make sure

you give the show a rating and subscribe to it on whatever platform you're listening. Without further ado, Nicole and Luke. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thanks for having us. Of course. Wait, and who's the dog? This is Jojo. Jojo. He's so good. He's so good. cute. Hey Nicole, I kind of want to start off. We have something in common, super random. I don't know if you have the same feelings about it as I do, but we both studied civil engineering in college. Are you still doing that right now? No. No. Are you still doing it? No. I'm doing everything I can to not do that. Yes, I did not graduate degree. You agree, though. It's so tough. during like a year and I was like I can't do this yeah it's funny because I feel like we're both

kind of in a similar situation where well we studied kind of like the concrete science uh you know whatever like genre and then we're we're mated with some creatives is made a weird word to use yeah um okay so we always start these a couple things it's just you guys we're going to ask you all these questions to just basically tell us all the stuff you love about each other. How did you guys meet? Well, we knew each other from like mutual friends. We kind of moved to Nashville around the same time as each other. So we kind of, Nashville was a little bit different about five years ago. Yeah. So everyone kind of knew each other. It was kind of a smaller group, I feel like, and now it's just kind of crazy. It's turning to Bachelorette town. But she's a joke. Very true.

Yeah. And we kind of met through mutual friends, but we were dating other people. So it never like went past. And then we were down in Florida for a songwriters festival one year. We were both single. And he kind of just, I was leaving a songwriters round. And he was walking up late to it. And I was just like, hey, come like hang out with us. Like, why are you by yourself? Yeah, I look bad, too. And I'm not saying something. Wait, do you remember what you're wearing exactly? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Can you explain it? I was wearing camo gym shorts from Walmart.

I mean, hey. Classy, classy stuff. I thought that's great. And then, like, the oldest t-shirt that I own, probably. That's what I was wearing. It had holes in it. Oh, no. Wait, don't people call that vintage now?

so you were actually on trend how about that yeah I was actually up on my fashion yes yes um well I like the deal because the gym shorts were only like five dollars so I love you know I was thrifty you know yes like hanging out after that we like hung out the whole night and I was just like hi you get to know this guy and so we just kind of started talking from there and this was back in 2016. Here we are. That, yes. Is that 2006?

Yes. We started dating them. Yeah. It might sound creepy for me to say that, but that is what the Wikipedia said. So I was guessing. Hey, Luke. Wikipedia about myself the other day. And I'm like, this is all wrong.

Have you seen, have you guys seen some fan made a YouTube video about your guys' relationship? Have you seen this? No. It's, oh yeah. They debrief it. to finish. Would highly recommend. It's great. It's great. It's like a docu-series. It's it's creepishly like monotone. It's like Luke met Nicole in 2016. Don't make fun of the guy.

Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, listen, so I was, I was checking on an interview about the song Beautiful Crazy and I understand the first, well, that song was written about Nicole. Cole and I understand the first time you played it for her you made sure that she had a friend there can you talk to us about that strategy because I really respect that yeah it was I mean it was listen that I think that's a solid move for anybody else to put the pressure on to be like you gotta react at least you got to pretend like you like it I had a lot of wine this night and he waited until like the end of the night. And I was like,

okay. It just felt like the right thing to do, you know? Wait, how soon after you guys had met did this song happen? Probably after we met is different. Like after we had been dating for probably four months, three months. Okay. Hanging out for three or four months probably that time. So is this like the first big move that you made?

probably like the first like really serious thing i think yeah i'm embarrassed to say this my parallel to that situation luke i used to write sean poems um should i should i read one maybe you don't want me to read it live no no no it's probably it's probably better yeah we'll keep those private uh but it it didn't it didn't even scratch the surface of the success that you had publicly uh unfortunately oh in the marketplace these days you know yeah it's it's it's Tough market for sure. Nicole, I'm curious, the favorite lyric that Luke may have written about you, is it the beautiful part?

Is it the crazy part? Which of those? You know what? My favorite part is when at the end, when he really puts the nail in the coffin, when he says crazy about three times, I think he is. And then he brings on a day. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I'm curious, has there been other lyrics? inspired by the relationship that have either caused arguments or been flattery? Um, I mean, there's multiple songs that I'm just like, or have like made me cry. I'm not like an emotional person, so that was a lot. Um, but I feel like you haven't released for. Oh, the one? I've got a few in the chamber. Yeah.

Oh, shoot. Yeah. But none that have caused arguments. Good, good. Luke, to really tap into the female market, have you ever thought about writing a song just about a dog? Like, just about your dog? I haven't considered that.

But I've heard some good ones. There are some good ones out there. Yeah. I feel like if I wanted to tap into the female marketplace, I'd just write about dry shampoo and. I mean, for real, though. I would love to hear that song. Hold on.

Wait, so there's some backstory. You guys met at a songwriting festival. Nicole, so are you writing songs? No. Okay. So I just was down there because I knew like.

They put the festival on, the company she used to work for. I got. So you work for her, Luke. Is that what you're saying? In essence, yes.

Yes. Okay. Well, okay. so you guys started dating around 2016 so met started dating you guys then fast forward and luke your career blows up i mean you become the artist i mean we love your music i didn't have anything going on when we met i mean i didn't have a i didn't have a record deal or a publishing deal or anything which which is almost a beautiful thing for your relationship because you guys were

able to build your foundation in each other before I mean chaos set in can you talk about like the dynamic between your relationship being tested because you got comfortable without the chaos and then had to have all this external chaos put on you guys how did that affect your relationship I mean it was pretty wild to be honest I mean it's hard enough to do by yourself I feel like you know changes your life in ways that you could have never imagine you know and so to be a new you know I mean we were still you know getting to know each other and growing when it was kind of going like this too so it was like then we moved in together at that time she was still working full-time I was on the

road all the time so it was like it was just this crazy like period that I'm like glad we're passed you know she goes on the road all the time now which is so great you know we've done that for a year so we've we've gotten used to living in small like quarters together yeah yeah quarantine's not bad yeah this is right yeah hold on so you only traveled with him for a year Nicole and then before that you were oh so I got you so when we started dating I was working jobs so I'd work at BMI Friday that's the music industry so you're not making that much money and I was bartending Friday night night, Saturday, Sunday. So, like, I didn't have time to go on the road or take days off,

really. So, and that was when we were just, like, just starting out. So, and then I've been, I quit BMI last year. And then I went on the road with him full time. And then here we are. So I've just gone for a year. What's relationship like on the road? Living in a bus in close quarters, traveling to concert up to concert up to concert having that lifestyle um i mean it's i don't know i feel like we work together really well like being in small being in that like small bus is it really like tough for us we kind of make it work um but i mean typical day we just wake up eight workout I don't know. We just kind of make the best of it. Yeah, just figure it out, you know.

I mean, it's like every day is different. I mean, now we're, you know, she started going out when we were kind of like, you know, I mean, she started when she got on the road full time, like we had the most space that we've ever had as far as we've got six buses and five trucks. at that time and I've got my own green room and my own showers it wasn't always like that before it was like we would have rent a van and there might not even be so it's nice because we're able to have we have our own bus we have our own bedroom our own bathroom on the bus and everybody else is sharing bunk space and dressing room so luckily we don't have to we don't have to do that so

we have the space that we need. I mean, it's still not a lot of space, but it's a lot more than everyone else has, you know? Yeah. I, uh, when the first year, Sean, I got married, I was playing with the Raiders and she was going on this tour with the Olympics. And, um,

it was super stressful because I feel like in those situations where one person, I don't know, is like really pursuing their dream. It's so helpful to have another person there, like to just fully support and so ultimately I ended up getting cut from the Raiders and was able to travel with Sean on the tour and it was it was good because otherwise there's so much tension I feel like at least with her she would perform in front of you know 40,000 people and she she's on this high because she's doing like such a unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunity every night and then

and then I'm you know a thousand miles away from her when I wasn't with her and it's like I want to I want to support you whatever I can. I want to be happy for you, but I can't, like, it put this weird tension in our relationship. So I'm pumped that you guys are able to do that together. I feel like that was helpful for us to go through together. Yeah, we basically did the same thing. I felt the same exact way because I was, I mean,

I stayed at home for, what was it, like two years pretty much, while he was in his career was growing and growing and I wanted to be there for all those like first moments and stuff like that. Yeah, like big moments especially, you know. Yeah. And they're like miss her not being there. You know what I mean? Like yeah, I feel like you're getting to do all this exciting stuff. Then you don't get to be with the person that you want to do all this exciting stuff. I feel like it's also interesting and hard dynamic too. Because when you are on the road without your significant other and this exciting stuff happens, you want to share it. But you also don't want to be that person that's calling them every night and being like, guess what happened?

It was the coolest day ever. And but yet you do. It was always, it was always confused. using for me because I didn't want to make him feel guilty for not being there, but I wanted to share it with him. It's just a hard dynamic balancing that lifestyle apart. Yeah. Totally agree. When your career was climbing and you guys had just started dating, you guys led a more normal life probably back then.

Now it's like the chaotic life of superstar fandom. It was more normal now, really. Yeah. Because we're together all the time So it's like You know If I'm going to Australia She's going to Australia

You know what I mean So now it's kind of like Our normal life is just Doing that stuff You know Yeah Which I like that You know

It feels easier Yeah Yeah We've interviewed We've interviewed quite a few couples Who have interesting dynamics Of like living on the road Whether they're athletes

Or actresses or and just figuring out the relationship side, what is it like living in a fishbowl is what I always say. So every single person has their opinion. Every single person writes a tabloid story based off of what you ate for dinner or how you did your hair. How does that affect your guys' relationship? Which looks great today, by the way, Luke. That looks real great.

It's been a lot of time getting ready. I mean it is it is weird because everyone they only see like a certain side of your relationship and it's what you decide to put out there and because they're not here every day with us like in the bus in our house like they don't see that side of it so they only see like what we decide to put out and it's like they have their opinions on it if I don't put out enough they think we've broken up like it's it's weird and it's it's something that I haven't like gotten comfortable with yet um so she doesn't love the spotlight yeah which i don't either you know but i don't really have a choice so yeah you know part of my job i guess

so it's it's it's just like people just look into stuff too much like they look for things that aren't there it feels like to me they've got they analyze everything that's posted or every picture about what does this mean is there a deeper meaning to this you know and so it's like it's like that's just kind of strange is there a deeper meaning in my opinion but you know that's what people are into that's what they're into yeah is there a way you guys have talked through that or figured out a way to balance it again referencing i mean some other couples that we've talked to they've figured out boundaries of we're going to post this but we won't ever post this we were going to share this side of our life but not this have you guys figured out

what best suits your relationship i don't think we've ever really felt the need to talk about it no good just like i mean things we wouldn't post like if it's like a security thing or something like that yeah we're not going to do stuff like that but like so like i feel like that'll start coming into play when we like have children yeah yeah a whole different thing so i'm sure you guys know that yes the kid makes it all weirdly complicated yeah yeah for the best part for the best way yeah i just think about little stuff you know what i mean like i hate having to think about like where are we going to go eat dinner or like you know like you just have everything it's a big deal have you guys heard of uber eats or postmates yet because

It's pretty clutch. No, we don't have it out here. Oh, dang. That's brutal. I'd love to hear, it's my understanding you guys got engaged in the beautiful environment of a kitchen. I'd love to hear the story if you'd like to share. Oh, I got the story if you want to hear it. Yes, please.

I've never fully told this story, by the way. Have you ever told this full story? Really? Hey, listen, no pressure. Okay, I'll tell you. Yeah, I want to hear it. It's not cute, but it's not like, it was supposed to be that, but it wasn't that. Which I think makes it better.

So it was the day that we were moving from our apartment that we lived in in Nashville to this house that we bought. So that was November. Almost, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it was we bought the place, we closed on it. The guy that was living here, he had to live here for a little bit longer after the closing date. So, I mean, I was on the road or anyway, so we couldn't move in like day of.

So we hired a moving company to move all our stuff from our apartment to the new house. So in the meantime, we went to my manager's house to spend the day there while they were moving all the stuff. It's about an hour apart, you know, so we had to bring the cats with us. We had two cats. We didn't have this guy at the time. And the cats do not travel well. This house, her cat peed in the crate, and my cat threw up in the crate. Oh, gosh.

That was awesome. So we spent a big part of the morning giving them baths and cleaning them. And, you know, they're all stressed out because we're at some strange house with a bunch of people and stuff. and so I had bought the cat's new collars with our new address on me and she loves her cat more than anything in the world the cat she got in college named Buck he always sits on her lap on the couch and so I had had the ring and I was going to put it on the cat's collar

was the idea cute very cute on him when we got to the new house and everything and he was going to jump up on her lap and everything So on the way, about 10 o'clock at night rolls by. She's got work in the morning for the first time with an hour's drive into Nashville, where it used to be a five-minute drive. And so we get to the house at 11 p.m. The night before she's got to go to work, there's just stuff everywhere. Our stuff is the beds piled up with clothes, the couch is in different pieces.

and about halfway to the house, her cat, pees on himself again. Oh, no. And then he took having, like, a sort of panic attack type. It was very, I was actually panicking. Where he started heaving and, like, he was, like, just panting. Hyperventilated and stuff. Oh, my gosh. Well, she couldn't get him out of the crate because he feed all over himself.

So this is, again, it's a very heated moment because we're in the middle of the foot. He's getting mad at me. I'm getting mad at him. Oh, my gosh. You know, she doesn't know why I'm getting upset. Yeah. So she thinks I'm upset with the cat. Right.

Getting mad at me because she's like, don't blame the cat. It's not his fault. We get to the house. And so I realize, you know, the cats are covered in pee. They're in the shower, closed in the shower. They don't get it all over the house. Stuff's everywhere. where it's almost midnight.

Her, by the way, her parents are flying in the next morning, and I've already told them I'm going to ask her today. Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. So you can't delay it. Do the plan. Because her parents are going to show up. She's picking her parents up, and they're going to be like, congratulations.

Right, so I have to ask her at this point. So I pretty much just told her what I was going. gonna do is that right well you were like after I gave him their baths and everything I was like all right he was like okay

I also like I got these you know collars for the cats new collars with the new whatever address on it and he was like oh and I also got you this kitchen and then he pulls it out gets down on my knee does the whole thing

I black out I don't remember this and so and I was just like my ears are hot like what's going on that's what she said my ears are hot what it was a lot I mean I wasn't expecting it at all like in the least bit especially not in that moment and I mean obviously I said yes but I was just like I mean, a night spent cleaning up cats and cat pee and then ends in a beautiful proposal. Just how you dreamed it, right, Nicole? Just how you dreamed it up. I feel like girls, we always set majorly extravagant expectations on proposals.

Yes. In a wedding, like I expected, like I was, as a kid, I was like, okay, I'm going to have this wedding. This is what it's going to be. It's going to be great. And I even started a Pinterest board when I was in college. It's completely different now. Oh, yeah.

The old Pinterest board. Okay. You know. Yeah. So last three questions. We always ask every couple. You first have to choose who goes first without knowing the question. No pressure.

Okay. What are you going to go there? I'll go first. Okay. Okay. Okay, Luke, what is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to Nicole? Ooh, I like it. Um, sometimes I feel like she gets mad at me for nothing.

Preach. Preach. Oh, God. Okay, okay. Wait, now Nicole, what's your biggest pet peeve with Luke? So, like, I'll, like, clean up this whole room or something, and then he'll leave, like, a shirt. I knew. I knew that's where it was.

Like a dirty shirt. Yep. Absolutely. Hamper's right there. Oh. Okay. I tell, this is a very common trend amongst all women, because we always complain that they just, I swear clothes fall off him as he walks to the house. Yes.

And I've tried to, like, strategically place hamper's around. the house and they always end up at like the foot of it i'm like are you kidding me yeah just put it in the hamper right by our hamper yes yeah but all the time throw it in the hamper and it doesn't get in there not good at who so the whole point he throwing it in the hamper is so i don't have to walk over to the hamper so what's this i'm not going to walk over to the hamper because i already didn't want to walk over to the hamper. Yeah, same. At one point, we're going to be walking that stretch, you know? But here's a thing, Luke, she'll say like, oh, you always leave all your clothes out and it's so messy. And then she'll complain on the other hand that I don't ever change

clothes. And I'm like, well, which one is it, Sean? I either have a lot of clothes that I leave out or I never change. Like, you can't have it both ways. thing for two days. Yeah. No, he goes for like five albums today. I don't even know why. We're in quarantine. You shouldn't be going through five hours a day.

That'll be prepared, you know? Yeah, for sure. I do have to say we share agricultural interests. Again, I don't know if I don't know if I'm using the right words today. But it sounds like you guys have been busy kind of like tending to the chickens. Is that right? So I wish. At the moment.

The what? We're having an escape issue at the moment. Oh, this is exciting. A little Shawshank Redemption? I don't really know how. So trying to piece that together. Well, detectives Nicole and Luke on the scene. But so I walked into this marriage and my family were beekeepers.

And Sean will have nothing to do with my hobby there. He tried to have like a whole bee farm on our property. And I was like, absolutely not. It's completely reasonable. We aren't having bees at our house. That'd be pretty cool. He's actually talked about that. Yeah.

I'll show you the ropes. There's a follow-up question to the pet peeve. Oh, yeah. What's the thing you love the most about each other? Ooh, am I going first? Yeah. You don't have to just keep it to just one. Oh, not.

It doesn't have to be this one. I love how she doesn't take any shit from anybody. Like, including myself. You know? Like, that's. that's just pretty admirable to me you know what i mean i mean obviously she's beautiful and she's funny i mean we know that but she's i don't know she's just she's just a boss you know i love that um i love about you feel like we're in therapy um i mean he's very thoughtful he makes me coffee every

morning and loves making me breakfast like he just he cares it's very thoughtful and he cares I was impressed I was listening to your interview with Bobby Bones and you seem to be a thoughtful gift giver you gave him like some personalized shoes or something and it's like you know what I need to do a little better job at that Sean used to be like that but then we married

each other and that was that was the end of the road for the thoughtfulness but just kidding I'm kidding he's like one of those people that like I'll say something random and then he'll just put it like in his notes and his phone and like when he wants to give a gift he knows exactly what to get

and I am the worst I'm so bad at that like an anniversary or anything comes around I'm like oh no he has everything it's hard to get me gifts because like one when you when you do this like people want to give you stuff all time it's very I don't understand that I'm totally here for it but I feel like if there's something I really want I just get it yeah and so she's like what am I supposed to get her gift because you just buy yeah it's a good point just handwritten card there you go macaroni art macarony art perfect yes Nicole to back up what Luke said I I know there's been at least one case of you publicly defending Luke and like not not taking anything uh as far as yeah which is I just think

it's super admirable but I'm excited for you guys and know you're engaged and planning the wedding which I'm not excited about that for you. Maybe one of you enjoys it, maybe the other. It's fun. Yeah. Anyway, it was a pleasure to talk to you guys. Thanks for giving us the time. Luke, I'll show you the bees.

Maybe we could play rugby against each other. I was at outside center. Oh, too fast. And then Nicole, if you ever want to do some calculus problems or talk about, you know, the force and momentum for civil engineering, we can do that too. We can talk beekeeping. Yeah, there we go. Love that.

Anyway, thanks for the time, guys. Good meeting you. Thanks for having us. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much. Congratulations.