The Bobby Bones Show - BONUS EP – CMA Awards Backstage Interviews DAY ONE: Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Jordan Davis, Ella Langley, Zach Top, & more!

Episode Date: November 19, 2024

The Bobby Bones Show is broadcasting backstage at the 58th annual CMA Awards in Nashville. Check out our first day of interviews right here and catch the awards LIVE Wednesday night at 8/7c on ABC!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Luke, how you feel? I'm good. I'm good. Just, you know, they ask a lot of me this week, and I'm overworked and I'm stressed. You're overworked and stressed. You're hosting the CMA Awards. I'm pretty sure that's awesome.

It's hard to not stop drinking early and, you know, not start drinking early, but no, I'm playing. It's a good week. We're having fun. And we've been working on some of our hosting stuff and got Laney in the mix with us. So we're having a good time. I want to know. What's the funniest quirk you've learned about Peyton Manning? Oh, the funniest.

Well, it's not a quirk. Peyton, when you grow up in the world of pro football, like timeliness is. essential. And if it's 11 o'clock, Peyton is there at 11, and if you're there one minute late, Peyton will, yeah, he'll. And have you shown up one minute late? Yes, but not necessarily my fault. It was one time I showed up a little late because of bad intel. And yeah, Peyton let me have it. But, uh, were you getting scolded? Like you were kind of He yells at me. It's very, it's very tricky, tricky work environment.

I want to know what a day in the life of Luke Bryan is like. Like, real quickly, tell me outside when you're not working, music's not happening, you're not touring, just normal day in the life of Luke Brian. Well, if I can go get a little round of golf in in the morning, and then it's, if I can get around the golf in, and if I'm not golf, and I tell you what, I've gotten in a habit, I just get on my little side-by-side and round. right around my house. Maybe smoke a cigar every

night and then. More than every now and then, but anyway, but just try to be outside a lot. Be outside going fishing and hunting and being with my kids and yeah, just not sitting on a couch. I rarely, I don't do that very well. Okay. Well, I

love a Luke Brian day. My last question for you, if music is not in the question, it's nothing music related. What is something you would like to do before you die? Oh, before I do I want to go back to Athens and get my degree, get a degree from the University of Georgia. Do you not have a degree? I've got a degree from Georgia Southern, a business degree, but I'd like to go get, I'd like

to go get a diploma with Georgia on it. I can just see you hanging out with the college students getting your degree again. Well, it'd be like, probably be a great reality show. Okay. Well, Luke, thanks for joining us. Good luck at the awards. You're going to crush it. We know you.

You're going to be awesome. The CMAs are live. Wednesday, November 20th. 8 7 Central on ABC. Morgan here with Cole Swindell. I haven't gotten to see you, but congratulations. You're now married, man. Thank you.

Not now. You've been married for a hot minute. Yeah, yeah. It's been a minute last five months. So it's been great. We're winding down the year. Shows and look forward to the holidays as a married couple. So it should be good.

I want to know, does she have any quirks that she's learned about you guys since getting married where she was like, oh, I didn't know that. I didn't know this one. Golly. I'm sure. I don't, she would be better to answer that. than me, but, uh, I didn't want to ask you about her because she's probably perfect. Oh, yeah, yeah, she's perfect. I'm not. I'm not. So, uh, what have you learned about yourself,

maybe in these last few months? You know, nothing, it's, I didn't really know what to expect it. I didn't expect it to change too much. It really hasn't. It's, uh, I mean, I really, I really, uh, she's with me a lot, obviously on the road and stuff. So we kind of just, it's like we're still dating, but we're forever dating, you know, it's, uh, I don't know. It's, it's, it's not that big of a change, which is good, honestly. I feel like that's probably the healthy thing. Yeah, living together and just we have a place in North Carolina too. So kind of just being around her family, I love that she loves her family.

And just all the stuff I've been through, I want her to spend as much time with them as she can. So I'm a big fan of them, and we're looking forward to the holidays together. I was going to say, have they taken you in as one of their own? Yeah, I mean, that's all you can ask for, you know. It's especially, you know, in my situation. I still have family in Georgia, but, you know, they, of honestly to have her parents and sister and brother just they just feel like they've been family felt like family since day one so now this is our first one together as real family the first

Thanksgiving and Christmas I mean we had just kind of started dating that was kind of the first time I'd done that that was a little a little scary but they they're they're very good people and it's just she they're just like her so it's pretty cool well the best things in life are always the scariest right yeah you're right and that's what it uh it's it's going good and looking forward to I don't know, just seeing what comes next, but married, that was a big deal this year for me personally. Yeah. What does a date night with you guys look like? Oh, my God.

I know. We should probably do more stuff, but when we're not on the road, I mean, we're literally trying to find a new crime doc to watch or something. That's always our thing. So any suggestions out there to. Crime documentaries? Yeah, I guess that's weird to love watching those, but we are. We love watching some true crime stuff. Okay.

Well, I don't have true crime for you, but I do have... Just tell me anything. The diplomat is really good. Is that? Yes. Yes. Yeah, okay. I haven't seen the show, but I know it's out there.

So I'll let her know about that. Really? Really. See, anything that's something can binge. That's what we like. So I bet that's good. I'll check it out. Okay, good bin watch.

What about outside of music? What is something that you hope to accomplish before you die? Outside of music. Outside of music. Man, someday I hope to be a dad. I think that's something that, you know, just the next step. I didn't know if I'd ever get married at some point. Now that I'm there, it's just everything changes, you know, when you find that person.

So I hope, yeah, I hope somebody gets to call me dad someday. That'd be cool. You know, girls often put names in their phone, what they want to name their kids. Do you have names and a notes on your phone? I don't have them on my phone, no. I'm sure she's got a list. We've talked about it, but I don't have the actual list. Is there any notes in Cole Swindle's phone, do you have any notes for anything in particular?

Just other than song, titles and lyrics, that's about, that's really it. I mean, usually when I come up with an idea or something for a song, I'll write it down on my phone. But kids' names, I hadn't, you know, I don't have a list of that. But I let her handle that. She'll probably have the final say-so anyway. Okay. All right. And what about next year for you?

Like, we're going into the holidays. Like, what is your next year looking like? Are big things coming? Should we be looking for stuff? Yeah, we've got, you know, trying to finish up this fifth album. It'll be out next year. Really looking forward to that. but also going to Australia for the first time, New Zealand, doing some shows with Cody Johnson over there.

So looking forward to doing that. I've never traveled like that. So hopefully we have some time to do stuff other than I'm looking forward to the shows, obviously, but just to explore and see that. I've never traveled that far, so it's going to be interesting. I'm looking forward to it, and Courtney's going with me. So we'll get into something. It'll be fun. Oh, heck, yeah.

Well, before you leave, I need you to do an Australian accent for me, since you are going down under. I need you to do your best Australian accent. Hi, I'm Keith Urban. I don't know. I don't know anything. I love that you went straight, Keith Urban. I love Keith Urban. I don't know, I mean, I don't really know how to, I'm not good at that.

But I do love the way all Australians talk. So that's actually what I'm looking forward to. I've got some buddies that golf are buddies. And it's just, I don't know. I love listening to him talk. They're hilarious too. Like, it makes it even funnier of this stuff. And I'm thinking about a specific buddy, not Keith Urban.

I don't know him that well, but big fan of his. Do you have Keith Urban's phone number? I do not. I know. I'm probably, I'm not that close. Okay, what is the coolest phone number you have in your phone? The coolest phone number I have, oh my gosh. And not numbers. Blake came in and he's like, like, numbers?

No, no, no, no, the person, Blake. Person, yeah. My gosh, trying to think. I feel like you hang out with so many cool people. Yeah, I don't, I'm trying to think the coolest. I don't know. I mean, since we're here, I mean, Peyton Manning, he's a buddy, so I think having him in there is pretty cool.

I'm a big fan of his, so it's cool just being a sports fan and some of the people you get to meet, you know, for music and stuff. It's awesome. So I'll go with Peyton for now. I love him. Okay, well, say goodbye in Australian for us. Good day, mate. I'm so bad.

They're going to kick me out of there. Don't miss the 58th annual CMAs. Live on ABC. Wednesday night. At 8.7 Central. Chris Jensen, how's life, man? It's really good, man. Thanks for asking.

We've been really busy, like really busy. It's been really good. We got the top 30. Now with what you see is what you get. The single, I have a new song coming on the 22nd, Christmas and Dixie with the original Alabama band. We did a duet, which I'm pretty stoked about. It comes out on the 1122. And then, yeah, we've just been dropping some new music.

Time makes money look cheap, which is doing good for us. And the kids are healthy. And my wife is hot and tour is going great. And it's fabulous to be here with you, Bad Bunny. Okay, and so I do like the kids. How hard is it? Like, when does it get easier? Like, because your kids are kind of older now.

I mean, they're like, what's the youngest? Ten. See, that's old. See, that's old. I was still really little in my eyes, man. No. My phone just talked to you. Yeah, yeah.

But it. Shut up. Siri. I mean, seriously, shut up. Anyway. No, my question is like. First time the phone's ever talked to me in my life, man, they must know something we don't. Yeah.

But at 10 years old, they're kind of. self-reliant for them for a little bit yeah they pretty much are my kid called me a traitor this morning i was like what the heck is that even mean it was all over a a deer hunting stand um but anyway i love i love my kids you know i love my kids yeah because my kids they don't call me a traitor they call me a poopy butt uh poop head uh poopy face does that ever end yeah no it never ends man it only gets worse in a good way i mean here's the thing i always like this like do your kids fart on you? Yeah.

I mean, they will run from their room to where I'm sitting on the couch. They did it last night on the plane. Okay, just making sure. We were flying last night. I mean, I wake up and I'm like, what the heck, guys really? But yeah, they're constantly fighting. Your kids ever just fight constantly? Oh, my gosh.

You know what's amazing? Constantly. They can go outside and play a game of football, baseball, tag, adventure, get along great. The minute they say, Dad, do you want to come out and play? And I come out and play. Dad, that's not the rule. I wanted to be this role. Dad, he did this. Dad, he did that. I'm like, you guys were playing just fine until I got out here. Yeah, you're living, you're literally speaking by it. But I love

them, yeah. I do too, but you're literally speaking my language. I mean, that's the life I'm living every day. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. I mean, I really wouldn't. The chaos in my house is a beautiful chaos. I don't, I would be really bored without it. Any second that Kelly and I are away from the kids, we're like, man, we miss them, you know. Yeah, I try. to teach my wife like she worries about our house being clean and I explain that yeah I get that we have three boys it's never going to be clean it does not matter if you clean up in 20 minutes they're going to come wrestle on that clean couch and all the cushions are going to be off and she just does not get it yeah me and me and jesse woke up at five this morning we're walking through

the house accidentally it was an accident yeah in our muck boots we had mud all over the place and um and so I can i can relate with the house cleaning thing man I mean, but again, what are houses for if you can't live in them? That's just the way I look at it. The other day was my wife's birthday, and she's like, oh, we're going to clean all day. And I'm like, yeah, okay. And all we did was just play with the kids and nothing got clean. And she was like, well, so much for what I said we were going to do today.

Like goatfish cards all over the freaking house. If my wife tells me we're going to clean all day, I'm like, I'm into it. I'm, you know what I'm saying? I got what you're saying. Yeah. We're about to get real dirty and get to cleaning. I like to do the dishes. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, yeah. Look, dog. I'm like, I'm ready to get dirty and get clean. So, I mean, whatever happens to happen. I don't even care. I mean, that's just. And I'm like, don't worry, honey. I'll put the soap in the dishwasher.

Yeah. Okay, I don't even know what to say to that one. Chris Jansen, man. Thank you. I mean, hey, congratulations on everything. Can't wait for the Christmas song. And, yeah, good to see you, man. Welcome to the Bobby Bone Show where we talk X-rated content and all of the things in between.

Don't drop the soap. I'm really putting the system soap a new watcher. That's like what I do. Yeah. Breaking news, guys. Breaking news. Chris Jansen almost died. Yeah, really.

I mean, the Mountain Dew was killing me. And I had to get off of it. And I quit it. I just quit it all of a sudden like on a Tuesday. And I've been eight months clean. So what happened? But you were doing Mountain Dew. Like tell the people that aren't super familiar with this.

Like you have drank Mountain Dew. religiously since you were young. Oh, yeah, since I was at least six, seven years old. I've been drinking 12 to 24 a day. And on top of that, every candy and unhealthy thing you could put in your body. And I finally just got to where, man, my kidneys were hurting, my liver was hurting, my gallbladder was hurting. And Luke Bryan, of all people and his wife hooked me up with their doctor friend.

So were you like bulging out where are you looking pregnant? I was looking straight pregnant. My friends were picking on me. What, honey? Oh, yeah. I went from size 30-waste jeans to 32-waste jeans. I've never done it my life. Girls, you know what that's like, right?

Whoa. Shit, you know what that's like. Rushmond 15. Everybody knows what that's like. So literally, like, in a long story short, I was, my body was just really decaying on the inside. And so I just dropped it literally. And the dude told me, he's like, you can either quit this or die.

Those are the choices. And so I quit it. I gave blood for the first time. I took my blood levels after the fact, and my blood levels had leveled back out. I was feeling great, and I've been feeling great ever since. So, wait, wait, you gave blood, like you donated blood for the first time in the morning, or like the doctor checked your blood? Yeah, I did a blood test.

Right now it's just Mountain Dew, and so then they redid it, and it's now down to below. No, I actually, because I was traveling so much, which I know it sounds stupid, but it was the truth. So it was traveling so much, I really didn't have time. And so I just said, okay, I'm going to quit this, and I quit, and months and months and months and months and by. When I finally got finally in to see the doctor, they took the blood finally. And he said, well, your levels are great. Everything is completely great. And I attribute that to just getting healthy.

And now the only liquid I've had, I've had 12 cups of decaf coffee in the last eight months. Other than that, the only liquid in my body has been water. The only liquid. Wait, hold on. How long did you have withdrawals? Never. I didn't have one of draw. Because like when I gave up Coke back in high school, I was a junior in high school, right?

And Mrs. White's side. Rest in peace. She called my parents and was like, your son, thinks he's running for political office in my classroom. He won't sit down. So I thought, oh, it's because I drink so many Cokes. You know what I mean? So I stopped drinking him.

I'll tell you what, for two weeks, I got headaches, and I was like, oh, my gosh. But then I haven't had a Coke since. I got zero headaches, and here's why I think that I had no withdrawals. I mean, I'm just being straight real with you here. When someone tells you you might die, you have to change immediately. You got to change yesterday.

So I changed, and I had, I mean, I was on a mission, man. I did a parasite cleanse. I did every cleanse you could do on your body. And I mean, like, my body was detoxing, like, yeast and crazy colors. And, like, I mean, like, sweating out even. Like, it was just nutty. And so now I'm finally level, and I haven't had any junk in my body. And I don't even crave it.

If you tried to give me a Mountain Dew Coke, anything like that, I know this will kill endorsements, but, like, I don't even care. I just, I don't even want it. I only drink water, and that's it. You had, like, a really brutal wake-up call is what happened. Oh, it was amazing. It really was amazing. And here's the thing.

When I got into the doctor finally to see him, he's a hunting buddy of me and Luke's a great guy. I said, what about cigars? I mean, I love cigars. He's like, you can still smoke cigars. That's no problem. That's not like, that's not going to crush you like this is going to crush you. And I said, all right. So, you know, I still have a bit of a vice, but everybody's got one.

Not a big deal. I can give it up if I need to. But yeah, I'm as clean as a whistle as far as that's concerned. Your wife was also saying, too, I think this is super relatable. She was like, it was really hard to get you into the doctor. You didn't want to see the doctor. You know why? Because we're men.

don't go to the doctor. Well, and also you think, I mean, you think the worst. I mean, when, when you think something's going wrong with you, the first thing we do is to go to WebMD and then Google tells you you have cancer. And so I don't want that. And nobody wants that. And I, it just, I just hate it for people who actually do have that. And so I was freaked out. I'm not going alive. I've never been scared of really anything in my life, but I was pretty scared to go to the doctor. I was scared to give blood. And I did it. And I was so grateful 30 minutes later to hear that everything was totally normal. And my body's not fighting off any kind of, you know, you know, infection or disease.

And I'm just thankful for it. I really am. And I'm not a proponent for great health, but I will tell you this. Like, take it from a guy like me who's been drinking out and do his whole entire life. I loved it. I mean, I really loved it. But you couldn't give me one now. It's the craziest thing you've ever seen.

Yeah, but you love life more. You love your family more. In America, if you're listening, put down the bottle. Pour it out. If Chris Jansen can do it, you can do it. Yeah, seriously. From an old-school. Guys, eight months sober, man.

Thanks. Crazy. They ought to start giving coins for Mountain Dew people. All right. And we're out. The CMAs are live. Wednesday, November 20th. At 8-7 Central on ABC.

Morgan here with Dasha. We are getting ready for CMA Awards. Is this your first official CMA Awards week? This is my first official. Last year, I snuck in. You snucked? Like, genuinely seen. I was not, I was not invited at all.

My friend had an extra, like, nosebleed ticket. And then we snuck down to get closer. I was not invited. last year is the end of the story but now we are you're a see hopper i love that so much okay what does it feel like then for you like this week has to be very exciting for you it's so full circle i mean this really ties this year in like a beautiful big red bow um this year has just been the most incredible insane so fast-paced and it's really cool to have this all like accumulate to this wonderful week where everyone's in town here celebrating country music and i'm just happy to be here well and listen

And everybody saw your viral blow up and everything that happened. But if there's anything that I know, especially about Nashville, is it's a 10-year town. And there was a lot of work that went into that. So for you, what did that work kind of look like before everybody saw this huge moment for you? Yeah. I mean, my work started when I was 13. That's when I put my first song out ever.

And then I've been releasing music and writing since I was like 8 years old and playing gig since I was like 10. And I've done my 10 years, just not specifically in Nashville. I moved to when I was 18, though. Okay. That's been what? Six years? Okay.

Yeah, I was not going to ask you, right? So I was not going to do that math for yourself. I'm going to do that math for a second. Yeah, so I don't know. It just, Nashville has been so lovely to me, and the songwriters here are unmatched and just grateful. Who is, like, the country icon to you? Because I'm, I'm a couple years older than you, so, like, I have some, but I'm curious

if they're the same for you. Growing up, it was Miranda and Carrie. Okay. But I just love how badass they are. And that's, I feel like a character trait that I love about myself is how, I'm very crass, I'm very confident, and I think those two women did such an incredible job at shaping their artistry around how fearless they are. Absolutely, and it's funny you say that, because they were inspired by my two icons, which was Dolly Parton and Chenaya Twain.

Shania is a big one for me, Dolly's big one for me. Shana, I mean, Shania giving me the People's Choice Award was like the most insane full circle moment. Did you die? Was there a little bit of it? No, I was dying inside. Are you kidding me? First off, I didn't think I was going to win, obviously, because I'm against all these incredible people. people. Carrie and Miranda, you know, I'm just like, no, I'm not going to win. It's all good. I'm just happy to be there. She calls my name and I was like, wow, Shania Twain is giving me my first award ever right now. It's just like the wildest thing ever. If you would have told me a year ago that that was going to happen, I would have been like you are lying to me. Well, I love it. As someone who is

also like a confident woman, I love that you have just taken this and run with it and continue to do so. Thank you. I think it's so impressive. And please don't ever stop. Don't let anybody let you stop. I do want to ask you, outside of music, this is a fun question. What is something you hope to accomplish before you die, not music related? Ooh, I really would like to, a lot of people in my family are divorced, and I really want to find, like, a really healthy, loving relationship, because I think I'm capable of that. I believe you're capable of that. And I'm very picky with the people I date to. As you should be.

Yeah, as I should be. And I think I'm capable. I want to be a mom, too. I really want a daughter. Oh, I love that. I love how everybody comes in with like totally different ideas of what this was and yours just went so sweet. I know. It was all wholesome. I'm a sweetie pie inside. You'll never know. You know what, but I'm rooting for you, not just in your success, but to also find that. I think everybody is deserving and deserves to have that. Yeah. Thank you. Congratulations on everything. It was great to get a chat with you, too.

Appreciate that. Good to see you. Yeah. Don't miss the 58th annual CMAs live on ABC. Wednesday night. At 8 7 Central. A win is a win. A win. A win is a win. I don't care what I say. Yep. me, Clifford Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment,

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There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends... Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist.

I felt like I got hit hit. by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, everyone? I'm Ego Wodom. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and The Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell.

Woo, woo, who, woo, who, who. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come, look for up-and-coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you,

which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. Mm-hmm. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat.

Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. week on the Sports Slice podcast, it's all about the NFL draft, and we've got a special guest. The director of the NFL's East West Shrine Bowl, Eric Galko, joins the Sports Slice podcast to break down what really matters when evaluating draft prospects.

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It's Morgan here with Jordan Davis. It is CMA week. Jordan, how are you feeling? Feel good. I'm lucky. I just have to present. So, like, I don't have to play, which is always like super nerve-wracking. So I feel good. I'm able to just like enjoy it and be at home for a week. You know what's funny is we did a game and it was trying to guess the thing the artists are most known for aside from music. What would you think yours would be? Aside from music? Oh, my beard.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, your beard is. I feel like that's like I just left an interview there talking like, you got voted like best beard or something. I was like, yeah, it checks out. Do you think you'll ever shave it? Probably. I feel like we're going to Australia in January, and it's like 105 degrees down there.

So I could see me probably shaving. I'll never shave with a razor, but I will like trim it down to where like it's just like a five o'clock shadow. You're saying you're never going to go full on baby ball. No, no, no, no, no, never. For the rest of my life, like. Is it because you've seen yourself that and you didn't like it or you just? I just hate, I just hate shaving with a razor. Okay.

Like, yeah. I don't like it. it either. I don't think that I look that great with like a clean-shaven face. Okay. I have like a round face. So I feel like if I had like high cheekbones, like you know, like a defined jawline,

I could go like straight razor. But no, I need a little bit of a little bit of texture. Okay. That's totally fair. You are a massive sports fan and I know everybody's here to talk about music, but we're going to talk about some other things. I'll talk about sports whenever. Okay. You're a big sports fan and the thing is that people

have all their rituals that they do. Do you have any rituals you do to make sure your team wins? Oh, gosh. I have to wear, like, it's weak, but, like, I have to wear LSU, some type of LSU gear. It doesn't matter, like, feet, heads. It could be a hat, sock. I've never watched an LSU game without some type of gear on. And if you haven't, like, do you think they would lose?

Is that the feeling? Well, I've watched them losing both. But I just feel like, maybe I should change. it up. That's actually just thought about that. I have to admit to you. I don't watch a lot of sports, so I'm not familiar. It's been a rough year for the Tigers, but you know what? There's ups and downs, and this is a down year. We're going to bounce back. We'll be fine. But yeah, maybe I should change it up. We play Vanderbilt this weekend. Oh, yeah, that could be rough, because if you lose to Vanderbilt, there might be another goalpost in Cumberland. Well, luckily it's in

Baton Rouge. Oh, do you guys have a goal post that they could throw somewhere? Yeah, they could dump up the Mississippi River. And they would probably do it. If they beat LSU, they will probably go throw a goalpost to the river. If they were doing that and you were at the game, would you participate? Yeah. I think even if they just drummed out of the year, I was like, you know what? I live in Nashville now. I'm kind of half and half here.

I might as well give a hand. I'll carry for a hundred dogs. And then I'm out. That's impressive. Yeah. What about dad life? I mean, outside of being on the road and everything, your dad life. What is the most dad Jordan Davis story that you have for me right now?

Oh, gosh. Maybe something you learned from your kids recently. that's a fun lesson um god i don't know i'm i'm such a dad i'm trying to think of like do you do like dad jokes often are you in the school line and you're jacking jokes well i here's here's the funny thing all right so my daughter goes to uh school it's like right around the corner from the house and when i drop her off it's like all dads that are like going to work so it's like nice shoes slacks like some of them have blazers or like tie or like buttoned down shirts and I'll like go in like crocs and like sweats and like walk her to class

and like when I walk out I'm like man I should really start cleaning up a little bit like and the other day my wife my daughter came home and she was like dad all the other dads look way better they dress nicer than you when you drop me off school so that was the last straw I was like all right if I'm gonna if I'm gonna take my daughter to school I need to not wear a sweatshirt sweatpants socks tucked into my sweatpants and crocs. Okay, but is it not the worst when you get roasted by your own kids? Yes. And you're like, terrible. Besides the, this what, is there another roast that you've had recently where it kind of hurt your soul a little bit? Yeah, I just finished a song, just wrote a song, came home, was playing it for my wife. And I was screwing it up because I just wrote it,

Eloise. Geez, give me a break. And I just wrote it and I was kind of screwing it up. And, but I was like, oh, my wife will get it. Like, you know, I'm not playing it perfectly, but you'll hear the words and I get done and I'm just like waiting for the reaction and my daughter's like that's not that good dadda and I was like geez tough crowd I have a couple of them that were pretty good which is why you're going to school so figure you know maybe keep your opinion to yourself is there any that she likes of your songs yeah she loves next thing you know she loves but she doesn't listen to my music she's you know a huge Morgan fan huge Luke combs fan I ain't no love in Oklahoma is playing at my house 24-7. They love that song. You know, if I didn't know any better, I would think that you're not

a music artist yourself. I know. I don't think they, like, there's other, like, music artists, and then I'm just trying to get, I'm just trying to make it. You know, like, in the eyes of my kids, I'm still just trying to, just trying to get in there, you know? That's the best part about having kids. At least they keep you humble forever. You can never, you know, be too cocky with having children. Absolutely. Well, Jordan, thanks for joining. I hope your week is awesome. Good luck presenting. Thank you. Hopefully not too nervous and maybe switch it up for LSU. Yeah. All right. No, no gear.

No gear this weekend. I'm not wearing it. No gear. The CMAs are live. Wednesday, November 20th. At 8-7 Central on ABC. I'm joined by Blake Shelton, who is like 10 feet taller than me. Are you on camera? You're on camera and you're on audio. You've got to play the Oh, my bad. It's okay. We're learning.

You're new at this. You haven't been around a time or two. We're doing rapid fire questions. Are you ready for this? Bring it on. Okay. Coolest phone number in your phone. Like the numbers are cool? No, no, no. The person. Okay, I see what you're saying.

I just got John Daly's phone number. That's pretty cool. That's like the new exciting one in there. Okay, that's a cool one. Yeah. What is your favorite date night activity to do with Gwen? We love to just get a, like, a, whatever the, it doesn't even matter, whatever, like the newest series documentary or series like on one of the Netflix or whatever. We love that.

You like a Netflix and chill? Yes, yes, I do. Okay. Is that what you're calling it? A Netflix and chill? Like, that's what it's been called forever. Did you just hear that for the first time? Yeah, and now I'm going to be the one saying it, and everybody's going to say,

no one says that anymore. I'm really glad I could teach you that. Okay. What is something that you hope to accomplish before you die, not related to music, touring, anything like that, something you hope to accomplish before you die? Wow. Maybe I should read a book. You've never read a book?

Not a full book, not the way to the end. I can't stay focused that long. I can't tell you're messing with me. Halfway through the book and it's like, man, this is boring. What's the movie? Are you messy? I can't tell. I read tons of articles all the way to the end, but not a full book.

Did you not? I mean like a book, like a novel, like a novel. Like a fictional novel? Whatever, or true story even. But nothing thicker than that I've ever completed. Like that, probably. Okay, so let's get you a Harry Potter book, maybe? Seen the movie.

Why would you read it if you could watch the movie? You have a good point, but you have a lot of readers that you probably just made mad. Okay, your favorite thing to do on your day off, if you could do anything in the world, what is the thing that you're going to do? I love farming. That's what I do now. And when you say farming. And I love deer hunting too, but I've gotten to the age where it's like the farming part of that is my favorite. And in particular, what is?

Planting. Okay. Planting. Preparing the soil, putting the seeds. in the soil and wishing that it would rain, all of that stuff. What are the seeds that you currently have planted? Well, currently is wheat and alfalfa. Okay.

Yeah, but this spring it'll be beans and corn and all that crap. Okay. You don't really care. No, I do. I'm from Kansas. Oh, okay. Were you family farmers? They weren't farmers, but my grandparents had a whole garden and I'd go and I'd

help them plant all kinds of things and it was so much fun. Yeah, see? It's very cathartic, so I understand what you're saying here. Okay, well, that's all I have for you today, but I do also want to say, do you like Vince Vaughn? I do. You remind me very much of Vince Vaughn. No kidding. And I think it's your persona, your humor, the way you do things.

You remind me a lot of Vince Vaughn. I love that guy. I'll take that as a compliment. Have you ever met him? I don't think I've ever met him, but I'm not going to swear to it. Okay. I don't think I've ever met him, though. Okay.

All right. You have anything else? No. Then we're going to get out of here. Back to you. Thanks, Blake. Don't miss the 58th annual CMAs. Live on ABC.

Wednesday night at 8.7 Central. We got Ella Langley here, and I was just looking at your Instagram. Jimmy Fallon. Like, how old? Tell me about it. It was crazy. It was wild. I mean, we just did a Today show and then so flying back in two weeks time to do the tonight show. And just walking down the hallway when it was the Carson show and seeing all the pictures of the legendary people that have been in those Green

rooms and then getting on stage and rehearsing and the roots right here just wild and jimmy fowling you know he's gooby as you see on tv do you meet him beforehand is he the same way or is a real calm no he was exactly how you think he is he's so nice he was so sweet um we didn't get to meet him before but i did get to meet him afterwards and he just came up to me and said the nicest things and um he met my whole band which was cool and shook all their hands which is really nice of them and then we started singing David Allen Coe so organically it was hilarious I don't know where it came from it just we both started doing it and I started singing harmony and I just like I had a video of me like showing my parent like what them watching it for the first time and my dad was like yes something I

did right yes what has it been like for your parents to watch you like in this past year things have just exponentially blown up for you what has been the coolest moment you've gotten to share with your parents? I think they're just constantly like, what? Like my dad's always like, wow, you know, like he's just a good old redneck from Alabama. Like he's just like, this is actually, you know what? This is actually happening. I'm really shocked. Do they have security now at their house because people drive by? No, my dad's security enough for them at their house. We live from a small town. He one of the dads that would like sit there with the gun, like ready to, if anybody came by the the house? Like a boyfriend or something? Anything. He did want, he did show a pistol once to a boy.

friend I had over to the house. Tell me more. He just showed it to him. He just said, this is my pistol, and then that was it. I love that. So he is literally the classic country dad. I don't know. He kind of lets me handle my own self.

He really has. He's always pushed me to handle my own things, but when in neat, he wouldn't be there. But both of them are just excited. I'm one of four, so there's four of us, suing. So all of them, when they come to shows, I think they're all just like, I think it's weird for them that people are weirded out by meeting me. and then they're weirded out by meeting them. I think, you know, they're all still living in kind of the same hometown that I grew up in.

And so when people are, like, nervous to talk to them, my dad's like, what? Where do you fall in the siblings? I'm the second oldest. Okay. Were you, like, the rebel child, or were you the one that took care of a lot of things? I took care of everything, yeah. But I had some rebel in me. I do.

I feel like the rebel in you is coming out now with this career and you, like, chasing some dreams. Yeah, I've always had rebel in me. Don't worry. No, it's always been there. Bless, you know, bless is all I can say. But, yeah, really, that's what hungover was written about is the rebel. I like it. What's been the hardest part about getting famous?

I think people expect a certain version of you all the time. I think they emotionally expect for you to be a certain way constantly, which is like as a human being that's kind of hard to do all the time, you know. and so I think that I really do think that it's just weird you know I I've always wanted to do this I've always wanted to I thought about selling out shows and I thought about you know recording music and I thought about all that and I did think about people being there singing the words but I guess I never thought about the fame aspect of the whole thing and it's hard isn't it like you're at the airport and you got your you know earphones in someone comes up and you're like do you not see that I have my headphones in I had got Googling me and on the plane, yes, the other day. He was like Googling me while I'm sitting there and I was like, this is weird. Oh, did he end up talking to you?

He did. He kept asking me so many questions and I was just trying to read my book. Was he sitting next to you? He was. Oh, you couldn't do anything about it. Oh, that's, but that's what the good, the big headphones are for, but, you know, it's fine. What book were you reading? I'm reading this one called a Nightingale.

It's about World War II. It's incredible. Is it fiction or true story? True story. It's called the Nightingale. It's about this woman who saved a bunch of pilots. Wow. These two sisters in World War II, it's pretty wild.

They lived in France. Are you a big reader? I kind of picture you in a coffee shop reading books on your spare time. Yeah, recently I've been reading a lot more. Just when you read, you have to turn your brain off. And these days, like, I really try not to go on social media as much. You know, I do my little post, and we have a team that also. will post things for me.

That's when you started making it. When you have a team that's posting for you, that's when you're starting to get a little. One girl a lot this whole time I hired her all in the same way as I hired my band from the beginning. I'm Kaylee Robillard. She bought my photographer, every photo you've seen of me pretty much. She crushes. Yeah, she does a great job. And we've kind of just grown it together.

So now I'm getting to the point where, like, December, I am taking the apps off my phone completely. And I'm just going to read books and paint and play with my dogs. That is mental health 101. One, people don't understand. It's because, like, everybody gets met, like on Instagram. I don't follow anybody. I post and I get out. And everybody's like, oh, did you see this?

I'm like, no, I didn't see anything. Like, I don't see it. Like, I just post it, and boom, and I'm out of there. And it feels so good to not just look at it all the time. Yeah, and there's really an endless amount of things to be looking at these days, especially when your job is a lot of on social media. So I do want to ask you because it's been, gosh, about a year and a half now that I've had bangs. And it is arguably one of the most controversial.

Thank you. I appreciate that. You're the queen of bangs and country music. So it's one of the most controversial things I've ever done. People have the most split opinions of something I did. I love them. Do you ever get like people who are like, why do you have bangs? Why do you do that? No, not even.

No, I think I'm actually not ever allowed to. I always have to have bangs now, probably. It would be like when I don't want people to recognize me, I should just walk around with my bangs like tuck back. That's the thing, Morgan. That's why I was so controversial with you is because you were no bangs for so long. And then you came in with these. bangs, everybody's like, whoa, wait a minute.

That's what I did this year. I shot my whole album shoot. Oh, I didn't know. And then I got bangs. See? Well, that's because I accidentally, well, I didn't accidentally cut my bangs. I accidentally f*** them up. And the hairdresser was like, you just got to fully send it now. Yeah.

Well, they look amazing. And I'm glad that I have you. Yes, I did do your glue. She has a glue hack. You use eyelash glue and you keep it down and they never move. It is the coolest hack. It's wild. This is what Girlhood is about.

Yeah, I have no idea. I can't relate to any of that. I mean, I barely do my hair now. I went in the bathroom and put some water on. Is it still up? I mean, it's okay. It's kind of, I need some eye, what is it called? I lash glue.

Yeah. Yeah. That would help you. And I just need a haircut and a shave and all that, you know what I mean? But I enjoy the homeless look. This is true. But thank you, Ella. I'm bringing out with us for a little bit.

The CMAs are live Wednesday, November 20th at 87 Central on ABC. I'm trying to be as great as you. I mean, it's really hard. I mean, it's a lot of pressure to be this famous. You know what I mean? Please don't. Please don't feed into this anymore. No.

Seems like it'd be fun. We really need it to stop. No, it's really, it's crazy how, like, being a celebrity just makes your life so much easier. Yeah. Well, yeah, sure. No, no, you know, because you're kind of rising up, and so you have people handling things for you now. Yes, that's nice. It's really nice, right?

I feel like I've just reverted to, like, a seven-year-old or something. Like, I don't even know how to do things anymore. Are you having people also bathe you and stuff too? Not quite that. I think I knew how to shower by the time I was seven. I think I was showering myself by seven. So I can do that. But beyond that, I'm kind of lost.

It's amazing. Don't you have someone drive you places? Sometimes. Exactly. I live most of my life on the bus. Yeah, it's kind of like the few times I do get to drive. I got to like remember how. And you have people telling you, hey, you need to be here at this time.

And it's like, we're going to leave at this time. You know, you have to set your own schedule. It's amazing. It's like the older you get, the more you get taken care of. It's so cool. Yeah. It's not bad. I would like to say we are here with Zach Top.

We never quite introduced him. Did I never say Zach? No. So just for anybody listening, this is Zach. That won't mean much to most people. It means a lot. You have over a million followers on TikTok. I'm pretty sure it means a lot to a lot of people.

Appreciate y'all having me. I do want to ask. Dang, you got a million followers on TikTok. That's pretty dang good. Now I got him. You got it. Yeah. But you have been blowing up this last year insanely, but it didn't start there.

Like, people are just seeing the success of that now. Give me some origin story for you. I'm sure you have some crazy things of like, nobody will ever believe this about my story. Nobody will ever believe this. I don't know. I'm sure you did crazy things to pursue your career and your dreams that nobody would be like, you didn't do that.

There's no way. I most, I don't know. I started way early. I started playing guitar when I was five and took my first guitar lesson and the teacher asked me what I want to learn to play. And I said, Amarillo by morning. And I think she kind of gasped and said, well, that's a nice idea.

Maybe we'll start with Jesus loves me and work our way up to that. But I did play my first show at seven years old, and Amarillo by morning was in the set list. That was good. Like when you say you played your first show, did you actually get paid for the show, or did you just play for a couple friends and paid? If I got paid, my mom and dad skimmed that. No, it wasn't. So it was in public?

Yeah, oh yeah. We opened up for a, there was a Patsy Klein musical at the local high school auditorium, and they asked us to do the, I had a little family band. My little brother and two older sisters, we played a little bluegrass music, and we went and opened up for the Patsy Cline musical. So you basically opened up for Patsy Cline? Yeah. Just a couple degrees away from Patsy Cline. I don't know if that's crazy or not, but that's a bit of an origin story, I guess. So family band. Where are they now? You left them? You just said bye? They all grew up and got real jobs, dude. Is it weird to be the famous one out of your family? Because that's how, like, my brother and sister's a nurse, and my brother works in an office somewhere.

And I'm like, man, and they're always like, oh, it's your brother. Like, isn't it weird how you become the famous one? And people are looking like, ah, you're the winner of that family. I don't know if I'm the winner of that family. All my siblings are very successful and they do a good job too. I mean, my sister saves lives. But, you know what I mean? Like, there's a lot of nurses that save lives.

You know, there's not a lot of people that talk on the radio. And there's not a lot of people that, you know, prefer, you know, you know, He's getting out of control. Yeah, I guess, yeah, there's not many, not many people doing what we do. Yeah. Lunchbox. That's pretty cool, huh? Yeah, it's so cool.

I mean, who has a million dollars on TikTok? I don't know how to feel right now that lunchbox is very concerned. Let's pitch it back over here, maybe. Zach, top. Oh, my goodness. We're going to go off of this tangent. I would like to know in your life, like you've done some really cool things, musically, but outside of music, what is?

something you want to accomplish before you die? Oh, great question. I've always kind of had a desire to get my pilots license and fly a helicopter. So you want to get the license so you can, but we want to say before you die. I know. Yeah, I know. There's too many people that have died in helicopter crashes. I'm setting myself up, but I will have gotten the license and I will fly for a little bit before, even if that's the first and only time, I will have done it. Interesting that you said helicopter, too. Most people say, Yeah, for whatever reason. I like, yeah, the helicopter thing.

You like to hover? Yeah, hover and you can kind of, it's kind of like your little bumblebee or something. I don't know. It's cool. You don't have to just go one direction. Well, I think that people would be very sad if you start. Maybe we wait for that goal until a little bit later. I promise I'll be safe.

I won't go up when there's a storm. I just, you know, I think it'd be cool. I think it would be awesome. I think that's a cool thing to try and accomplish in your life. So I'm on board, but let's, you know, just be careful with it. We'll take our time. We'll do it right. People will come at me for you know what I'm being here.

There you go. All right. We don't want that. All right, Zach Topp. Yeah, thank you so much. And he wanted Morgan's questions more than I. So, you know, once led to another, we're out. Don't miss the 58th annual CMAs live on ABC.

Wednesday night. At 8-7 Central. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me. Clipper Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions.

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My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo. Woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with him one day, and I was like, and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot.

I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration.

It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. This week on the Sports Slice podcast, it's all about the NFL draft, and we've got a special guest. The director of the NFL's East-West Shrine Bowl, Eric Galko, joins the Sports Slice podcast to break down what really matters when evaluating draft prospects.

From hidden traits teams look for to the biggest mistakes franchises make to the players flying under the radar, this is the insight you won't hear anywhere else. If you want to understand the draft like an insider, you don't want to miss this episode. Listen to the Sports Slice podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slica Life 12 and TikTok podcast network on TikTok. In 2023, former bachelor star Clayton Eckerd found himself at the center of a paternity scandal. The family court hearings that followed revealed glaring inconsistencies in her story. This began a years-long court battle to prove the truth. You doctored this particular test twice in someone's, correct?

I doctored the test ones. It took an army of internet detectives to crack the case. I wanted people to be able to see what their tax dollars were being used for. Sunlight's the greatest disinfected. They would uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg Alespie and Michael Marangini. My mind was blown.

I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trap. Laura, Scottsdale Police. As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news at Ameriopa County as Laura Owens has been indicted on fraud charges. This isn't over until justice is served in Arizona. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, Luke Holmes. We just had the other Luke. Now we got Luke Corny.

How you feeling this week? I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good. Busy week. You're nominated for three awards. Does that feel weird or you're just like, yeah, I'm used to it now. Yeah, no, it's, I mean, it's awesome, right? You know, it's always hard to believe, I think, you know, when those things come out. And yeah, just, I mean, I'm a lucky guy. You know, you are performing Ain't No Love in Oklahoma at the awards. Did you know that at Jordan Davis's house?

That song is on repeat. His kids are obsessed with that? Really? I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised by that. Do your kids have an obsession? My kids, my kids, they're so small that they don't. I mean, here's my child's musical obsession is Old McClure.

That's a throwback. Like if I sing at the house, they're like, like, they're just completely unimpressed by it all. But you pop on some like AI YouTube video of Old McDonald and it's like absolute clubbanger for them. They love it. What about the TV show or movie that they make you watch on repeat? It's all of it. My kid's favorite is this super kind of obscure YouTube channel called Kid Crew. And it's just like a mom and dad and their kid and they like fix people.

power wheels and like build stuff and like he is completely obsessed with with that that's like the only thing that's like keeps his attention what is your dad life like when there's no music involved you're not on tour you're just at home what's like a normal day for you i mean exactly like like run a daycare is it yeah yeah it's like two kids two and a half year old one and a half year old so changing diapers making food going on a wagon rides change the diapers making food putting them down for nap, waking them up. So you're just a regular guy? Yeah.

Does it feel weird for you to like make that transition ever? No. I mean, I think it's natural, right? Like when it's your kids, you're just, I mean, it's like an instinct thing, right? Yeah, but then you have to go on the stage and you're like, I'm a superstar, but I'm changing diapers. You have to go like pretend like you're cool for a couple hours. You're like, man, I'm really cool.

And your kids come home and they're like, I don't want to eat that for dinner. And I'm like, well, you're eating that for dinner. Isn't it so funny how they humble you? When's the last time your kids humbled you? Every day. Is there a memory that you can think of where you're like that one hurt? They're probably doing it right now. I don't even know.

There's some somewhere they're like they're they're they're breaking something at my house right now that when I get home I'm going to have to fix. Oh. Are you a good fixer? Like you can fix a lot of things? No. No. You can call to get it fixed? I mean, it depends what it is.

Okay. Like a call. Like I'm not popping the hood on the car and like. Okay, fair. If there's, if there's not gas. Like if the gas isn't empty and it's not working, I'm in trouble. Okay. You know what I mean?

That's true, but it's good because genuinely you can't be good at everything. You have to save some for the rest of us? You got to do, yeah. The last question I have for you, what is something outside of music that you would like to do before you die? Oh, gosh. I don't know. I mean, I love to hunt. I'd love to go like a big, like a big, legit, like sheep hunt in Alaska or like Montana.

Like back country camp for like two weeks. Big horn, sheep. Big horn. And whatever tag I can get really. to be honest. No preference. Okay, well, that's a good goal. If everything stops tomorrow, he'll be in Alaska. If you're out there, back country sheep hunt, I'm looking.

Thank you, look. It's good to see you. The CMAs are live. Wednesday, November 20th, at 8-7 Central on ABC. Are we rolling? I'm assuming we are. Rolling like limp biscuit. That is Russell Dickerson, Morgan here. We're hanging out at CMS. Aren't we hanging? Are we hanging?

We're hanging. We're doing something. I need to know. you're wearing a whole bunch of chains right now and this is a new look for you. Chain gang. Well, why? So, okay, I get, it started with the Swifties. Like, it started with, like, the little, everybody started bringing in little bracelets to the show and, you know, you take them.

And then you have, like, next thing you know, you have 12 on. Okay. And then I'm just like, why didn't, I just forget about them. So my wife was like, I'm going to make you like some little cute ones, you know. So. Oh, she made some, like, black friendship bracelets. She's very aesthetic. Like she,

aesthetic's got to be right. So we got my two sons. Okay. And wait, can you explain? So Radman. Radman. That's one of your sons. Radford, yeah.

Okay. And then you've got. And then Remington. Okay. I call him Remdog. My dog's name is Remy. Really? You call him Rim dog?

And I call her Rimdog. Adorable. Same page. Same page here. We are. We got this. And then on this side, it says yours and Kaley. So it's like the little love side.

And then this one says, what a life. This is from a fan. And I just... The fan made that one very aesthetically. I know, right? Yeah. That's why I kept it. It's got the color scheme.

And it says, what a life. Are you, do you have like a color aesthetic always? Uh, I feel like I go between like the this vibe, like the camo-e vibe and also just like the most neon loud. Like straight 80s. Yeah. I like, I oscillate. I'm, I'm anywhere in between that at any given moment. You do have like a whole vibe and you also have this insane energy when you're on stage.

Are you that, like genuinely be honest. Are you that energetic all the time in your life? Or is that your stage persona? No, I mean, well, I mean, everybody has moments where you're like exhausted and like we have two boys. So no, at five in the morning, I'm not like, let's go. I mean, sometimes actually. See, you on stage could fool me because you. You have so much energy.

Right. But, I mean, I do. I'm a big cold plunge guy. Like, as soon when I get out of the coal plunge at, well, I don't do it at 6 a.m. But, you know, in the morning, I'm like. You have a Hulk moment? Yeah. Like a Randy Savage on the low moment.

That's a wild comparison. You know what I mean? Like, we all know. Everybody knows. I just, the coal plunge is my drug of choice. So are you doing the coal plunge every single morning? No. Like this morning I did a cold shower, though. I need to know something. And maybe you'll be the one that's honest with me.

But like this cold plunge obviously was taking over to social media and stuff. But like, how does something a trend happen in like country music? Like the cold plunge, all you guy artists started to do this. Really? Like did somebody tell somebody you guys all got together? I need to know how this happened. No, it's just like a, it's something to be conquered. It's so hard.

But do you see one of them do it? You're like, I need to do that? Not country artists, but I see, like, a dude in, like, I don't know, Saginaw, Michigan or whatever. It's, like, there's snow on the ground. He, like, cracks through the ice on his cold plunge. And he gets in, like, he's done it for, like, 380 days straight. You know what I mean? And I'm like, I can do this for three minutes, bro.

Like, it's something to be. And, like, once you do it, once you get out, like, I'm serious. It's like, you're like, you can do. That's the hardest thing you'll do all day. Does it sustain your energy over the course of the day or just in that moment? It jump starts it. Got it. Obviously, you got to, you got to, you know, you got to eat right.

You got to, you know, carry on with that. But I'm telling you, cold plunge in three, four minutes, best day of your life. Okay, so we start with the cold blend. What does the rest of your day, like a normal day in Russell's life look like without the music tour? And we know you do all that stuff. Yeah. I mean, lately, I've been writing a lot of stuff. song. So it's like, I like, most people in Nashville, that's like 11 a.m. start time. I'm like,

we're starting at 9.30. Wake up. This is the perfect day. Cool plunge. Get out. Work out. Do a little lifty poo. Maybe like a, you know, bulletproof coffee. I don't know if you've heard of that. I have. I have. Okay. Love bulletproof. I'm very ADHD. So that like zones my brain in. Good. We like a zone. Go 930, write a number one song. This is the perfect day. This is the perfect day. Yep, I'm following. Come home.

We have steak and mushrooms and red wine for dinner, and I'm asleep by 9.30. That does sound like a pretty good day. That gets me fired up. Ready to go now. That sounds like a perfect day. Write a number one song, cold plunge, steak and red wine. Boom, out.

Have you written a number one song that you feel like is a number one song recently? where you're like, oh, this is one. Yeah. Yeah. You feel it? It's coming? I feel it. Okay.

Yeah. Can you give me any indication of what it's about? It's probably a love song. Let's be real. That's what, I mean, I'm six years into this, and that's kind of what it comes down to for Russell Diggerson. I know, I know. I know. You know what?

Can you do something for me? What? You are so in love. You have a beautiful life with your wife and your kids. Can you give me some dating advice? Yeah? Yeah. Ooh, okay.

I would say, are you already in a relationship? No, I'm single. And I'm not really dating. Okay, well, I don't know, like, the meeting point, that's up to God. But when you do, my wife always says stay ten steps behind. Okay. Give me more. Because if you're the one who's like, hey, what's up?

Hey, if you're like all in it, then they're like, they're the one that's like, back. away, but if you're 10 steps behind, then they're the one chasing you. And if they're not into it, they're not going to do it. If they are into it, they will meet you those 10 extra steps. I like it. Boom! That's some really good advice. There you go.

But you totally stole that from your wife. I did. But she's the dating. She's the relationship queen. So that's shout out to Kales there. Oh, well, I love it. Russell, thanks for hanging out. Thank you.

Oh, one more thing. Before we go, sorry, I have to ask you. What is something you hope to accomplish? accomplish before you die. Oh my gosh. Did I ask you this? Am I having like deja vu right now? Accomplish.

I didn't ask you that yet, right? Honestly, there's so many things going through my brain. It's all like with my kids. Like I want to have a beer with my sons when they turn 21. Like that is one of my, that's what I'm looking forward to in 19 years. That's a long time for me. It's a long time boys pray for me. But that's why it's a bucket list of it.

Yeah, I mean, that's a very silly example, but memories like that with my kids and my wife. And like, I want to snowboard with them. I want to all that stuff. I love that. That was a good one. Okay, now I'll let you go. You can leave now. All right, cool.

Bye. Thanks, guys. Don't miss the 58th annual CMAs live on ABC. Wednesday night. At 8-7 Central. All right. Morgan here with Priscilla Blog. How are you?

Hey, girl. I'm good. Good to see you. Yeah, we were just hanging last week in San Francisco. Antonio at KJ97 Star Party and you had showed up with a like totally ripped off finger and I need I need it first tell me what happened and then give me an update. Okay so yeah my finger was like wrapped up with like it was actually looking way sketchier than it does right now because I finally went into the doctor but I was using one of those mandolin things I do not recommend them at all and I was making zucchini lasagna and I went to slice the zucchini and sliced a good chunk of my thumb off and like not even like a little kind of cut.

Like it was just. Yeah. So anyway. And you showed up. Then I flyed the next day to San Antonio. She was the last one on our plane. It was really funny. I was sitting on my seat and I see somebody like just you could tell somebody was having like a rough morning.

She had gone through it. And it was Priscilla. She was like walking onto the plane the very last one. And she's like, I don't want to be here like what is happening. No. Well, the thing. Well, it happened late that night. And I was like, do I go into the ER?

Like, do I not? And then I'm thinking about hopping on a plane, and I'm like, I know my finger is about to be throbbing, flying. So it was a whole thing. But you know what? I made it to the show. And you performed and you crushed it. Thank you. And then I played the next night.

And then finally I went into the doctor, and they were like, it's a good thing you came in. Okay. So did you have to get stitches or anything? No. Well, there was nothing for them to stitch because I actually took, like, a chunk out. And the chunk was at home. and now I hate the word chung but anyway

no what they did is they filled like the hole with a legit was like a hole in my thumb with glue and so as it heals they said that the glue will just dissolve and the skin will kind of form back around it but yeah it was pretty this is what you get for trying to do wifie things now because you're in your love era

oh my God I was just trying to get wiped up you know I was like I'm going to make you some or, you know, I'm just kidding. Can't be doing that anymore. No, no. It's Uber Eats from now on. It is all of garden takeout, for sure. I love it.

You do have your first love song out. He's kind of crazy. Is this because you're in this love era now? Or this was already planned and then just so happened, the cards aligned? I have been with him for a little bit, probably longer than, like, people would realize. And, you know, it's always been something that I've just really held close to me, because I feel like my life is already all out there. And it's just the one thing that is nobody else's, really.

Yeah. And I don't know. I'm just like really happy and I'm like ready to show that off. You know what I mean? And he is like, he is the kind of guy that's worse showing off. And that's exactly what this song is. He's my man. It's like about the guy that you're proud to be with.

And it's the guy that works hard and that supports us. And, you know, it's just like, Priscilla, you go just keep being a rock star. You know, I'll be here waiting on. want you to get home. We love a supportive man. I need to know though. I'm assuming you've seen, because you're all over TikTok, we've seen the trim where it's like, is that your man? And you're like, yeah. And you're like embarrassed of them. Oh my gosh. I need to know like his quirk that you're like, that's my man. It's like, and I'm going to stand beside him. That's my man. Well, he hates taking the interstate. So that's, I'm like, you know, if we go downtown to Nashville, he's taking

155. Like he's, he's going around. He's dodging the interstate anytime he can. And I'm like, we don't have time to waste. So that is like the one cork. I'm like, can we just just go on the interstate? He's like, you know, we'll just, we'll ride the back road to get there. Like, if you get on the interstate, people are bobbing and weaving, hitting cars, there's wrecks everywhere. I'm like, he kind of treats it like it's Mario Kart.

He's like a good old country boy that, you know. We love it. We love it. He's scared of the interstate, I guess. Everything else, he'll go full, like head on, but not the interstate. Well, that is a quirk and that is your man. Yes, that is my man and I'm a stand beside him. I want the trend.

It's like, is that your man? Yep. And I'm going to stand beside him. I want to know if aside from music and the cool stuff you have going on, what is something you hope to accomplish before you die? Deep question. I know. And it can't relate to music because like we already know you want to do all the things.

I just hope that like, I don't know if it's a specific thing, but like whenever that time comes, I just hope that I look back on my life and be like, I lived the fullest, happiest, like, life. Like, if you can truly achieve happiness in this life, like, that is what it's all about. I feel like you are so good at doing that, though, because every time I see you, you are living it up. I try to. I really do.

But I think, like, so many people, like, can be, like, fake happy. You know what I mean? And, like, if you can look back and be like, I lived a freaking hell of a life. Like that, yeah, I should like knock on wood or something. Like, hold on. This is getting, no, getting sketchy. Nope. You're just putting, you're manifesting.

Yeah, I don't know if it's like a specific thing that I like ever want to do, but I'm just like, I just want to be, live a happy life. I love that. That's a good one. Okay. It's getting really deep in here. It's really deep. It's getting hot.

And who wants to go skydiving? Like, not also your finger isn't throbbing anymore. So we are winning. We are winning. We are winning. We are winning. Good to see you. CMAs are live Wednesday, November 20th, at 8-7 Central on ABC.

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