The Bobby Bones Show - Mon Part 2: Blake Shelton Debunks Internet Myths

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

Blake Shelton stopped by and cleared up things about him from the internet and whether or not they are true. He also talks about his love story with Gwen Stefani, his favorite alcoholic drunk and how Post Malone inspired him to make new music again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Bobby bomb store Time for the news Bobby's big Stories Chuck Woolery Of Two and two You know what that's from Amy?

Oh yeah, love connection He died He was also the original host of Will of Fortune He was 83 years old He was in a country band When he first started Like he was a country singer

In the pop duo in the half pop, half country duo, the avant-garde. And then he got hired as the Will of Fortune host, which later was taken over by Pat Sejack. But he died 83 years old, rest of peace, to Chuck Woolery. Do you have extended family visiting for the holidays? They say, do not feel pressure to ask them to stay with you. Wait, what?

I would not, I don't feel pressure. I'd be like, hey, you're welcome to stay here. But that's pressure, especially if you don't like know, or like, love them. I don't know. I just feel like the more the mirror you're in the house for the holidays. Even if it's like extended family where you're like, eh. Like cousins and stuff? Like, yeah. Yeah. Blow up mattresses. Make room for everybody.

Well, well, yeah, everybody, you go sleep with that person. Let's make more room. Sleep on the couch. Yeah. So like extended. You don't really know that. I mean, you don't like kind of know. Family members feel selfish or wrong when they suggest that relative stay at a hotel or elsewhere.

But mental experts say you should banish the thought. If it overstresses your marriage. or your kids to have different guests in your home, then ask your relatives to stay at a hotel. They mostly won't care either, they say. And your ultimate goal is up quality moments with this extended family. They will understand that. That's the port. I agree with that.

Like, release yourself of any guilt you feel not inviting them. But if you want to, go for it. That is from when difficult relatives happen. Leonard Feltor. We even say difficult relatives. Here's how music has changed. In 2024, more music is. being released every single day than was released in an entire year in like 1989 or 1990.

Oh my gosh. Because it's so much easier. You can just load it up, send it to a DSP and they load it, right? You can do so much more of it at home. It's so much easier to make. But yeah, in 2024, they are making and releasing more music than ever before. Again, it's easier to make. It's easier to release.

When back in the day, 1989, 1990, you had to create it, press it onto a CD, get it to a place. Hopefully you get someone to distribute it. But yeah, there are millions of songs that go up every single day. That is from consequence. It's hard to find, and I would compare this to new TV shows. It's hard to find new good music that you really like because, again, there's just so, so much of it. So it's like, I don't know where to start. There's so much.

And you know what? I give up. I'll go back and listen to John Mayer. It's like a television show when you have 100 options up there and you're like, oh, I'm just going to watch the office. You know, same kind of deal. Unless somebody recommends it to you. in the space now of it's so hard for anything to cut through and catch on that you need somebody that you like and has similar sensibilities to go, hey, this show is really good because

then you go check it out. Same thing with music, especially with me now. Like the times of me just go on like, let me just explore. There's just too much. There's too much. I'm probably missing more than I'm checking out. So I need somebody to go, hey, I think you'd like this. You know who's good at that? TikTok. TikTok feeds me a lot of music. And I'm like, I like, I like that. It's called an algorithm. Yeah. Yeah, they're good at that.

It's because you like other things like that. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But like TV shows, whenever do we see a commercial for a TV show and then go watch it? I don't know. 10, 15 years, I'm sure at some point, I was like, oh, check out this new show friends. I should watch that. It looks like it's hot.

No, I would say probably 80% of what I watch on TV is something you've recommended. Or just somebody that you trust to go, hey, this is a good show. And I trust you and Caitlin. Yeah. Well, there's two people then. Yeah. Yeah. I appreciate that.

From NBCLA, this woman finds a naked dude living under her house. Oh, boy. Another one? Yeah. Dude, I think this is the thing. I know. She was 93 years old. And I would imagine this guy probably targeted somebody older.

Who can't hear as well and see. Not so much to go and attack her or take advantage of her, but of course, if her senses aren't as good. Yeah, that's tough. And why was he naked? He's just sleeping? It's kind of how he sleeps. They had a tear guy. them. You know, I didn't really say why he's

naked. I don't know that I would have been naked under the under a house. Right. I probably had extra clothes on under a house. Rats. Yeah. Bugs. Last thing I want to do is see like a centipede on my tentepede, don't mean? You don't want that? No, you don't want that? You crazy?

Finally, this is from a progressive insurance survey. Studies found that a majority of managers have quit on fantasy football by now because their team can't make the playoff. Right before Thanksgiving is the most popular time the season for players to give up and they stop checking their team because they don't care who starts. And so this is with fantasy playoffs starting in mid-December, most people that are

out of it just quit because they don't have, by the way, you're a loser if you do this. Because you owe it to the rest of your league to continue to start your players. Because there are still positions that haven't been filled in the playoffs that are depending on you not being a moron. Unless there should just be a league rule like you can't quit. Right. Well, I don't know there's a rule ever that you can't quit. We do, what do we do? A penalty or something?

If you miss and you start a, you don't start a player or you do start a player that's out, there's a $5 penalty. Okay. Yeah. That's good. I think that holds people accountable. How y'all, how y'all doing? And then you have to sleep naked under the house.

Are y'all still in? Your teams? I've never not made the playoffs. I don't think of my history. Never ever? No. Dang, dude. But I care.

No, I care too, but I miss the playoffs all the time. All right. All right. Those were. Bobby's B. Stories. There's a voicemail we got over the weekend. So I matched with a guy on a dating app and he was super cute, you know, in his pictures.

He was throwing baseball, like pitching baseballs. He had his knees on his shoulders. He was fishing on the boat. He pulls up to pick me up. He's in like a little coop Mustang. All of a sudden I was like, oh, yeah, I'm almost done getting ready. Like, you know, give me a sec that you can't. You can't come up if you want.

Oh, I can't. He nods to the back of his coop. it's a wheelchair. He did not disclose that he was paralyzed permanently. What would you guys have done in the situation? Is that catfishing? Let me know. I don't know that that's catfishing, but it's definitely probably should be disclosed.

Let me think about this. It wasn't in any of the pictures, the video, nothing? So, right, right. So here's a question. Let's take it out of this because I think we obviously have a, sympathy for the guy because he's in a wheelchair. Of course. And that is going to remove us from making an unbiased decision because we're feeling sympathy

for a situation for a person we don't know. What if the guy is 7 foot 3 and never discloses he 7 foot 3 and everything is all the pictures he's in. He is just like standing next to trees and stuff. It looks normal sized. And he's like eating a sandwich, but he's sitting at a chair. And you never know he's 7 foot 3. He knocks on the door and you're like, holy,

Do you not say you were seven foot three? Do you feel like that would have been some sort of catfishing? Because that is something that is not extremely common. It's a physical thing that's happening with him that he had, that maybe people wouldn't want to date him if they say seven foot three so he doesn't say it. There's nothing wrong with it, but he's had bad luck on people giving him a chance initially because he's seven foot three. Or,

four foot 10 So just so you know on dating apps There's a height option where you fill out your height You don't have to though And then what do you do if a height What do you list is your height if you're in a wheelchair? I literally don't know the answer to this Yeah I don't know either

But I have seen a guy So I have seen a guy on my When I was on a dating app Like he was in a wheelchair And he showed himself living life in his wheelchair Even dancing on a dance floor Like someone spinning him around Like it was a whole thing

so he was very upfront about it, which I think is how you should be. I don't know. I think if I were the guy and I'm putting myself in this place and people had rejected me, I was getting no matches because I showed I was in a wheelchair. I probably would just risk it and show up and be like, you didn't say no to me not in a wheelchair. So you're already feeling like no that I'm in a wheelchair. I think that's a tough situation for the guy because he's probably not going to get a lot of swipes.

I don't. Is it catfish? I don't know. I think it's like perch fishing. Perch. I don't think it's as big a fish. And I think just like the 4 foot 10 guy or the 7 foot 8 guy, because that's just not common. Right.

They're probably tortured on the inside because they know they're like a good person and people aren't fairly giving them an opportunity. So they think if they can just show up in person and be given an opportunity, they can actually have that opportunity. I see that. But do I? Yeah, that's a tough one because also if I'm the guy, I'm probably going to disclose it. Because it's like somebody who wears a hat in every picture, but is bald. Now, are they lying? No.

They're not lying because they're not, they don't have fake hair using younger picture. But all of a sudden they get there and they're like, oh, what a day. And they pulled their head off. And you're like, oh my God, that's a bald head. They didn't lie. But now you're having to deal with that later. That's just a tough That's a tough one

What I tend to see happen With that is the all Let's say there's six photos total And you're scrolling down The first five They have a hat But then the sixth one They reveal

You know Their hair color Or their hair style Or their hair Head If I was bald I'd do the same thing I would never show my head

Yeah Especially if I was embarrassed of it And they just hope They gave me the benefit They out when I got there I'm gonna say Was it cat fishing no Because cat fishing is often done

with an intent of screwing somebody over or misleading someone to the point of getting something from them. Was it a little perch fishing? Probably because he probably needed a perch fish in order for people to give him a shot. Yeah, and you liked him so far. Yeah, maybe you don't miss out on someone awesome. But you said it was catfishing at first.

I didn't say cat fishing. No, I said I do think you should disclose it. And I also see your point. I don't think you should have to disclose it because we don't disclose everything on those apps. Trust me. You don't disclose most stuff. you just disclose like your greatest tits album and then you get there and you're like maybe you like some deeper cuts hopefully you do um but i can understand everybody feeling a little awkward there i don't have an absolute answer on that and i hope that

i need to know what happened did you go out with them yeah what if they end of getting married this would be the greatest story ever yeah that'd be so cool yeah but it could also be the opposite too where she just never went outside right right right yeah but then that frees him up to meet the right person yeah but that's just what people say whenever they've been very unlucky so far. Morgan, what do you think about this? I don't know that it's hat fishing, but I do think anytime you lie about any version of you that's like a permanent part of your life, I think is not a good thing. Just like with kids, you want somebody to be up front that they have kids. I would never show I had kids on a dating in. Because he didn't lie. Yes, you. You have to show you have kids. You don't have to do anything. You guys are wrong. You don't have to do anything. You don't have to. Okay, well, good luck out there. Yeah. I think it's a version of line and I do think it could be, I mean, catfish is being dishonest.

But I don't feel like he's catfishing for the sake of like getting something. Catfishing to me is somebody tricking somebody with like a different motive. But he is tricking. More you're hot fishing's the bald. Yeah, there is hat fishing. But fishing in general just means you're tricking somebody to do something. And technically he did because if she wouldn't have gone with it, then he did trick her to go on the date with him.

He didn't show anything that wasn't real. There was nothing real that he didn't show. No, but he's not 100%. And it also shows, let me, like when I see somebody lying about big things like this, it shows they're insecure about it. Yes, because he's probably been rejected for it so many times. But I don't think he's lying. If he's literally posting pictures from his life, I don't think he's lying. Now, you could be omitting, if you think lying is omission. You were admitting it. Yes.

You're paralyzed. That's part of your life. You know what? I'm pro the guy that's paralyzed and you guys are haters for. No. There's a hat fishing. That's the balding. That's rude, man. I'd hatfish like crazy about bald. Okay. I wouldn't have any kids.

I'd have a hat on and I would never show. Dude, I would be just, I'd get there and be like, okay, you've seen everything the best. So I'm trying to convince you now because you were going to say no beforehand. Right. Okay, we got to take a break. That's a tough one. Thank you. Hey, let us know if you went on the date or if you didn't go on the date.

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he had his knees on his shoulders he was fishing on a boat he pulls up to pick me up he's in like a little coot Mustang all of a sudden I was like oh yeah I'm almost I'm getting ready like you know give me a second you can come up if you want oh I can't he nods to the back of his coop

it's a wheelchair he did not disclose that he was paralyzed permanently what would you guys have done in the situation. Is that cat fishing? Let me know. That was a call we got a minute ago. I want to go to Heather in Boston.

Heather, welcome to the show. What do you want to say? Hey, good morning, studio. Morning. So I am a wheelchair user also on a dating tap. So I wanted to give you some perspective as someone who is showing up on the dates in a wheelchair. Okay. So I, when I first started dating, I said, you know, I want people to get to know my personality first.

I want to have people get to know who I am and not specifically what I look like. And that got me into some trouble because as soon as guys found out, it would, they would fade away. They really, it was like, I don't want to get into this. I don't really know if I can take this on. I don't know what they thought they would be taking on. There's a lot of assumption around wheelchair users. And so then I started putting pictures of myself in a wheelchair and just kind of disclosing it in like a funny way. Like right now I think I have on my app that like I have amazing parking spaces, but you might have to reach something on the top shelf.

So just trying to like kind of like kind of bring some humor to it because I feel like I don't want anybody feeling bad for me. I don't want sympathy. I want empathy. I want people to understand that everyone has challenges that they are, that they go through in their life, whether it's permanent or temporary. And wheelchair users can be very sexy. And we have lives that are intimate and we want lives that are intimate. And we can have very fulfilling lives. Like, I'm a mom.

I work full time. I drive. It's amazing. I love my life. And I use a wheelchair and it's okay. I was thinking about this more during the break. Let's say I was missing a right foot. I wouldn't disclose that.

I wouldn't disclose it. Let's say I was missing a left arm. My right eye doesn't work. I don't disclose that crap. I just, if I don't hate the guy for not disclosing it, I don't think this catfishing. Again, perch fishing, I can get. Like hat fishing, I think it's perch fishing.

I don't think it's cat fishing, which is why it's not called catfishing. It's messed up. But I just think if you're probably told no so many times without even given a chance, you'd probably give to the point where, like, All right, I'm going to go into this and I'm going to not have this preconceived notion of what I can and can't do. I'm going to show up.

And then if they want to say no, but they're probably going to feel so guilty when I get there to say no, they're going to go on the date with me. And then I have a chance. Once you're in the room, you got a chance. Yeah, that's how I feel after the break. Even after what she said about just that she used to do that, but then it didn't really work out for her. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, because I don't really feel like she was.

pro or anti my feeling. I just know me as my feeling. I would have been like, man, if I've been told no so many times because it's something unfairly happened to me, I'm not even going to allow this to be a barrier until it's a barrier. So I probably, yeah.

I mean, even then I may even lie. I may even do like AI. I might. Heather, I really appreciate the call. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Thank you. All right. Have a great day.

Let's go to Eric and Oklahoma City. Eric, let's go to Eric. Eric, you're on. What's up, buddy? Hey, Bobby, first of all, morning studio. Morning. So, Bobby, I have a question for you, sir. Were you at the OU Alabama game?

No, I was not. Why? Well, because I run a dominoes in Oklahoma City, and there was a gentleman that came in, and I could have, worn that it was you clean-shaven, almost a white, like,

it was like a cream turtleneck. We looked up your face from the Bobby show, the Bobby Bone Show page, and I'm telling you, dude, you have a twin out there. You know, great identical twin. Most people just think somebody in darkroom glasses is my twin. I'll get tagged

on stuff, and look, I know I am no beauty queen. Trust me. However, there are some busted dudes that I get tagged down I think it's Bobby Bones and I'm like Look again I know I ain't a 10 But I'm a little insulted right now That you think that's me

There's other clues though Not that your wife is from Oklahoma So it makes sense you might be at an Oklahoma game Also cream color A couple things one Oklahoma City I guess is a North of Norman 45 Yeah I mean I guess You don't wear turtlenecks do you

A cream color turtleneck I could see it I mean I got a couple I don't wear them off Yeah that was the next context please Great. Because my wife is from Oklahoma, all my family, they're massive OU fans. Yeah. It makes sense. My point was sometimes they'll be like, hey, we see Bobby Bones here. And it's like, hey, you guys, with glasses.

And I'm like, that's not me. I'm not slothed with glasses because I have glasses on. But if I was, I'd lie in my profile, if I was dating and new, and I'd be like, no, just, you know, give me a chance. Hey, Eric, that was not me. Did the person tip well, at least? They did, and that was the other thing. Amy actually hit it on the head. I'm a long-time listener about 10 years, and I know that your wife's family and all that stuff out here. And the other thing you kind of thought,

as I've never heard, you talk about pepperoni pizzas, and that's what this guy got. But other than that, it was pretty much identically used, so I'm telling you, genetically you got another Bobby running around. I need to see the person. You have a doppelganger. I know, anybody with glasses. I need to see the person.

So let me ask this, Eric. Let's say somebody's really nice on the phone. If they do a phone order anymore. I'm not sure how many phone orders there are versus like online orders now. Because back in the day, we'd have to call on the phone. If they're really nice, would you do like extra pepperonies for them? Oh, absolutely. Oh, absolutely.

Yeah, more with honey than vinegar, you know? It would be nice people. They do nice things. Okay, Eric, well, I'm sorry that wasn't me. I do love pepperoni pizza. Nothing else on. I had pizza last night, by the way. And I ordered no peppers.

Guess what they put on it? Peppers. Peppers. Of course. You just pick them off? Yeah, but it ruins the whole thing. Then you got to get in and it rips the cheese up. It just,

it killed 30% of the pizza eating experience because they put peppers on there. Yeah, it leaves that crust exposed. It's like, yeah, it's like you have to, because they cook them. It wasn't his place.

It wasn't Eric's place. Domino's, wasn't, but I get the pizza and I almost want to give up on dinner. Like I look at Caitlin. I was like, I don't even want to eat. And she's like,

why? I said, because there are peppers on the pizza. I didn't order peppers. just like pick them off. I'm like, first of all, I shouldn't have to. Second of all, it ruins the pizza. It rips the cheese up.

It doesn't taste the same. The chemistry of the pizza is not the same. What kind of peppers are we talking here? Red ones. I hate red ones. Now, I'll do pepper chiny peppers. Only kind of peppers I like. I love peppercini peppers.

I didn't order them on this. All I ordered was straight pepperoni. And there were peppers on it. And it even makes the cheese taste weird because it's cooked in there. I hate red peppers. And so I just do a fit. And I don't even want to eat dinner. Oh, gosh.

Your four. Eat your food. Yes. And you know what else it is? You know what I think it is? If I can just be really honest about it. You're tired? No, no, really.

I'm pretty good because we're about to go into Thanksgiving and stuff. Okay. I'm pretty good. The Arkansas football season's been a disaster. Okay, that's really what it is. This is really nothing. This is not about peppers. Yeah, it's not about pizza.

It is about pizza. Because I think that you are an adult and you know how to pick the peppers off and still eat the pizza. But it still is not the same. It still is not the same. But I think the reason I almost gave up on eating dinner at all. and just went to bed hungry was because I'm just a malnourished in enjoyment of college football because we suck. How are y'all going to be a basketball?

Hopefully better. We're ranked 20 right now. They're four and one. I'm just saying we're a little struggle bus. Look forward. Look forward to that. Oh my God. Like don't.

You know what I mean? But again, not. Soccer and soccer and soccer. None of that matters. None of that matters. Like it's football season. That's the biggest time of the year. Basketball's close.

Do you have like a lacrosse team? Maybe. I don't think in Arkansas, we don't have to cross. I'm sure we do somewhere, but we didn't go up. We didn't have fun pools at our school. We don't have any of that. Tennis? Okay, anyway, I think that was part of the pizza meltdown, if we're being honest.

We did win, but we beat Louisiana Tech. And we were like, in the first quarter, it was like, what's happening? Like, you put me in, is what I felt like. Yeah, I just think, I think all the way to this football season is. And for anybody else that's struggling out there today, Ole Miss fans, Alabama fans, I'm with you. Yeah, A&M fans. Yeah, you guys still have a chance when the national championship.

And that was a good game. Yeah, but gosh. Lost in multiple overtimes. And I'll say this, if you beat Texas and then you play in the SE championship game and then you beat Georgia, you're still in the college football playoffs. Okay.

So you're talking to you, Amy. I know I am? You still have a road. Arkansas, you know what our road is? Road back home. Oh, God. Let me do you turn? I don't know, man.

I don't know. Let me get out of this. I just really wanted that pizza. And I ate like half of it. And I took a bath. And you know what I was told after I took a bath? That doesn't count as a shot. shower. And you know what? I didn't like that. Because I need to rinse off after. Well, I'm using,

I got out of the bath and she said, did you take a shower? And I said, why? I just took a bath. And she was like, no, but now you need to take a shower because you didn't rinse off before the baths all. You're like, dirt's like floating around. And she was like, did you use soap? And I was like, no, I took a bath. And she was like, okay, go take a shower. So then I go take a shower after already dried off. You're a child. You're telling you. It's all rooted in Arkansas. It's all sucking in a football. It sucks because I love Arkansas football more than anything else except for my wife and my dogs. And it probably sometimes jumps over dogs. I'll be honest with you.

If you take a bath, that counts as a shower. Anyway, I'm out. Thanks, Ray. I had seen this story and this guy, and we may have talked about it on this show, where the guy, his kayak was found, and they found a bunch of his belongings in the water. Was it this show we talked about it? I don't know. I do it like 84 million shows. I don't think so.

Okay, so his name's Ryan. He is in Wisconsin. He's gone. disappeared and they found a bunch of his crap and they died that can't find him um turns out he faked his death and ran away with his mistress to another country oh this guy the dad oh and how he got busted is crazy well he didn't get busted he sent his own video in a proof of life video oh i didn't know that oh that this is a different okay there's okay we'll follow up with a different guy who was constant husband who faked his own death and ran away with his mistress taunted police by sending

them a proof of life video but he also refused to tell him who he was so people are like is that even him it looks you like him i'll watch the video and then I watch people like doing the side by side on TikTok. No, it's him. It's him. Yeah, yeah. As I'm Ryan. He flipped his kayak, August 11th, dumping his phone and belongings in the water,

before paddling to safety on an inflatable boat and e-biking more than 50 miles to Madison overnight. They learned in October that he crossed the border into Canada a few days after his disappearance and had been communicating with an Uzbek woman who spoke Russian. I guess Uzbek is like Uzbekistan. Yes. Through her, the sheriff's office was able to get. in contact with the father of three and asked him to answer questions only he would know and film a video of himself, which he did. In the video, he had not contacted his family since his disappearance,

showed off his apartment telling officers, I'm safe, secure, no problems. Authorities do not know where the man is, which by the way, watching the video, there is no marking of anything. Like, it's all just generic wall. It's like gray. You can't tell. There's nothing that says, Uzbekistan stands for lovers. You know, nothing like down the background. He has not contacted his family since the disappearance. He said, I'm safe. cure no problems. Authorities do not know exactly where he is. They suspect Eastern Europe. They do not believe he's in danger.

He has not yet decided to return home. It's from the Daily Mail. Regardless, getting in contact with him was a big turning point in the investigation. Because now they can not try to find him or worry that he's dead or worry that he's being held. I would have

thought, though, if I'm him, and I have some who's Becca Stanley girlfriend online, that somebody was like ready to scan. Am alert me. Like this is the one instance, it was a real lady. Yeah.

Yeah. So he'll be coming back. He'll be regretting this in like six months. Big time. And be begging his wife, take me back. The family. I messed up. I'm so sorry.

Yeah. Because this is not lasting love. Go ahead. Okay. So the reason why he ended up sending this in as proof of life is because he ended up on this one girl's viral TikTok where he was riding his bike and she was holding up a sign that said, like asked me for free advice and they start talking and she's filming it for TikTok. And he brings up as Bekistan in the thing.

And then later she sees some video about how this guy faked his death and there was this whole thing. And she was like, oh my gosh, that guy was in my viral TikTok video. And like he outed himself that way. But this is before the flip of the kayak. He had just mentioned that he wasn't like on his bike toward Canada running and he stopped to be in the video. The viral video?

Yeah. This is pre. Oh, no, I think he was in the viral video after he faked his death. And she's like... If so, that's the stupidest guy ever. That's all that too. Why would you get in a viral video when you've already... Well, he didn't...

I don't think he knew it was going to go viral. Why didn't you get anybody's video? I know. Well, he was just on a bike. It's like running from the long. You're like hot to spit on that thing. Right, right. Then he goes, what are you doing?

That's what I'm thinking. Like, if you fake your own death, then like, don't stop for anybody's video. No. Because I saw that. I just assumed that was before because what kind of idiot would have such a perfect plan to flip, leave the stuff, have a route to get on an e-bike, get to can't, not a car where they can, an e-bike to get to Canada, get across the border, get out of here. Right.

But he stops because someone's like, asked me for advice on TikTok. And I'm filming it. Yeah. Like, that's just, that's just general. Like, if you've faked your death, don't do that. What a coward move, though. It was so crazy. Fick your death to go with some girl.

What does she look like? I don't know. I'm sure she's pretty, right? Maybe. Doesn't have to. I'm talking about the Uzbekistan. Right, right. I mean, leaving your whole family.

for someone, I'm assuming she's pretty. And are we sure she's a she? Like, are we sure it's a real person? I don't know. Because he could get there in that apartment, still be waiting for it to show up. Like, we don't know. Yeah.

Because it doesn't sound legit. It sounds like what, LifeLock needs to come in and help. Oh, it's so sad. He's a father of three. Yeah, it's tough. I'm going to bet this, though. He probably wasn't an A plus father of three

leading into this situation. That's good assessment there. And he's going to be begging. He's going to be begging back soon enough. But he's going to be in trouble when he comes back. because he had the police looking for him. Oh my gosh, he does. He asks the woman,

should I go to Uzbekistan or stay here with my family? Is it pre or post the debt? The flip, though. It has to be pre because. It has to be pre. Really? It's in the daytime and it's, no, he's on the e-bike.

But again, that is just because he has the e-bike. Maybe he's just practicing on the e-bike. Which, by the way, I have an e-bike stupidest thing ever. Really? Yeah, I've rode it once, around the yard. I'd sell it for half the price right now. But you don't have to pedal? You do for a minute, then you hit the thing, and it keeps you going.

That's pretty cool. I ain't trying to escape to Uzbekistan, though, so maybe I don't need it. Anyway, it's a wild story. There are other options. Yeah, you can get a divorce. No, no, no, no. Because he took a life insurance out, and so he probably put the beneficiary as the woman is Ubeska stand or whatever. But again, doesn't that scream if you switch it and then run immediately?

He opened a new policy, so the wife knew nothing about it. And he left his, he had to get a new passport because he said he couldn't find it. his so when authorities went to his house his wife's like no his passport's right here like he but again to set up a policy and then you die within a couple of months it's fishy seems fishy like it yeah then when they can't buy in the body do they even pay out but why do people think that they can take out an insurance policy and then yeah i don't know that's the oldest trick in the book man that is dude yes it's like also that's in then also if you're going to murder your spouse like you take out this insurance policy on that and then you kill them the next day it's like what are you

thinking and then i apologize bobby you're right it i think that that video came out before yeah i do too because you had a legit question maybe she's what told him no she's saying with your family but he's like this girl's not very smart but it's the opposite okay okay i guess that's just really the whole story is wild mark this date though what to say november 25th by like june of first of next year either Either he's going to be dead Or baby, please, take me back. Or we're going to find out that he was scammed Or he'll be back.

I'm back, I'm so sorry. Yeah. And he'll probably have like, it'd be famous on TikTok. It makes some money from this. The sheriff says it's not him in the video. But who else has a story about leaving his wife to go to Ubesa, whatever the heck it is?

It does look like him. It looks just like him. Yeah. But again, he's bald. he's a pretty generic looking dude too and what if it's not him? Greatest troll ever by the guy who randomly sees the story

and goes, dang I kind of look like him let me see if I can troll it the world yeah that is a bizarre story we'll post it up if you guys want to see it up on our social media pages go to our Facebook page at Bobby Bone Show This story up the day

This story comes us from Michigan A man was upset because a car cut them off in traffic so they get to the next stoplight and what's he do? A boom! A boom! Ramms his car into the car in front of him three times and drives off. Like, man, who did that?

Oh, man, license plate fell off. It stuck to the bumper. It imprints it on there. Quite the bonehead. Do you know the craziest license plate falling off story ever? What? Oklahoma City bombing. Oh, yeah.

That's the only reason they found them. Yeah. Because the explosion was so big. Boom. Shook it off. It shook the license. license plate off. It was driving away. Would have gotten away, but a cop pulled him over

because he had no license plate. Then when he pulls him over with no license plate doesn't know that it's the bomber, he has a gun on him in the car and it's like, I'm taking you to jail. Held him in jail without knowing he was the bomber. Wow. Oh. I'm learning this for the first. You didn't know this? I think I've heard this before. Bobby's told it maybe,

but I didn't know. I thought maybe he pulled him over because the license plate and like, oh, you're the bomber. And even that would have been, even that would have been like, wow. But he was pulled over about 80 miles north of Oklahoma City by an Oklahoma State Trooper who noticed a missing license plate and he had a concealed weapon. He was arrested. It was about 90 minutes after the bombing. And he was in prison as they were looking for the person.

So they didn't know they had him. That's crazy. So anyway, license plate falling off. That is the craziest license plate story. You're going to do illegal stuff. Make sure it's locked on there. Okay. I'm Lunchbox.

That's your bonehead story of the day. Okay. What happened to you? Okay, I was at a restaurant. I'm sitting at the bar and I see a table that's kind of like messy, right? Like the people just left. They hadn't turned it over yet. They hadn't turned it over yet. And on the ground was money, but it was folded up.

I don't know what it was, but I could tell it was a bill. So I go over there and I unwrapped the bill. It's $50. Did you look around first to go, huh, nobody else has seen this money? Because I think I'll be like, is anybody watching that I'm going to pick up this money? Yeah, I did look around, but I got the money and then I went back to the ball. and I unwrapped it and I looked at it. I'm like, gosh, what do I do with this? So, I don't know. It looked like somebody was there at the table and maybe it was a tip, maybe falling off. Yeah, that's what I would

assume that it fell off the table. But I mean, it was far enough from the table to maybe it wasn't a tip. Question. Was the receipt still on the table? Yes. Two cups, half drank, chips, salsa, all that. So it probably was from the table. Right? Possibly. Okay. So, okay, you have the, also. Also, I would be afraid that somebody saw me pick it up. And then if I kept it, they would also see that. Right. And then they would be like, you just stole money from a table. And that would be terrible, especially if it was a tip.

Okay, so then what did you do? So, I decided to just go back and leave it on the table. Even if it wasn't a tip, that server was going to get a $50 tip. I don't think you should give yourself too much credit here because I think that's what that was from. I don't know, though, man, that could have been $50 in my pocket. No, you're right. It could have been $50 in her pocket, but I think it was from, like, somebody would have probably been accused of dining and dashing had you not

put that back on the table. Oh, oh gosh. What if it was for the whole bill? Maybe it was for the whole bill. That's what I'm saying. It was from the table. Oh, okay. I was just thinking the tip. Yeah, I didn't even think of that. No, because that's a $250 tab. Yeah. With the $50 tip if they're leaving that as cash. Yeah, and you're at chips and salsa. Bobby, you're right. That's probably for the whole bill. Yeah, somebody would have been accused

at dining and dashing. But also, you've got to secure your money a lot of more too. Yeah. If you're leaving cash on the table. Correct. I think you made the only choice you could have made, because somebody probably would have saw you stealing that money. Gosh, I really wanted that $50. Did you need it that bad? No. You're still regretting, not keeping it.

No, but it's the coolest thing ever when you find money on the ground. Yes, but you didn't find money on the ground. You found money under a table where somebody had just eaten, and you probably realized, did you see the people that were sitting there? No, I never saw them. And when I put the money back, I went back to the bar and I was talking to my friend. I kept looking. The server never got the money.

So I don't even know if the server ever got the tip because I left before that happened. I don't know that it was the tip, though. I think you need to stop saying it was a tip. Or the bill money, whatever. That was the bill. Now, did you want to be celebrated for that? I thought I made a good choice. I think the good Lord saw me do that.

So you do want to be celebrated and recognized for it? Maybe a little bit. Because what would you have done? I mean, I know what you would have done. Put it back on the table. You would have put it back on the table. I would have said, hey, I would have went to the bartender, say, hey, this fell off the table.

I'm sure this is for the bill. Oh. And they'd just giving it back to somebody. And they would have made sure that was the thing. Yeah, I didn't even think about that. Yes. If you leave cash on a table, I've seen people walk by, especially when I was waiting tables and take the money from a table as they walk about. Like, steal it.

Like if there's just cash and they're walking out and they're just cash, I've seen people grab the money. That's crazy. Like they would see it, strategize how they're going to do it, grab it and walk out. It's like when you watch the TikTok videos, people grab it in the tip jars. You ever see those? No. Like if, like it a, or not even tip jars, but the, like you live a couple bucks for, you know, sick kids or something in the jar on a gas station. Yeah.

So like, hey, I'll take something from back there. And as soon as a person turns around, woo, they go hand in, take the cash. Yeah, it was kind of like that. That kind of move. And also there were cameras all in the restaurant. It just, hold on. Good job, buddy. Thank you, man.

You did something good. Thank you. And that's all. You did something good. If you'd have stolen that and that makes... It wouldn't have stolen, though. It was on the ground. That's the only reason I thought possibly it could be just lost money and I found it.

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He did a great job. It's excellent. Oh, thank you. If you're like, well, it's Bobby there, this was day one on my stomach bug. And I missed a whole lot this day, and I was sad to miss Blake. But Amy's awesome, so it was easy for me to leave. but here is Amy with Blake Shelton here on the Bobby Bone Show. So Blake, People magazine, they just came out with their 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.

No, please. Yeah, they did. They did. And so, of course, we decided to do a country version. So we were like, hey, sexiest man and country music. And we came up with a whole list. And so now, I mean, since you literally were one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men ever, who do you think is the Sexiest Man in Country Music?

Well, you have to lower the bar, you know, in general. Well, you're all... Yeah. No, I'm talking about all of us, country. You don't think the ones that I... No. Not any of the ones that I know personally. Because I'm thinking, you know, there's a whole new generation coming up that I don't even know what they look like.

I know their names. I see their music. It comes on the radio, all that stuff. But I don't know what they look like. I do know what guys like Luke Bryan. looks like and Jason Aldine and they're ugly to me. I'm not, I don't find them attractive, you know. What about like Sam Hunt? Really lower the bar. Say what?

Sam Hunt. He's better looking than Luke and Jason. Apparently he must be high on your list. If you just kind of hurl him out there like that, you got a little bit defensive. What about Sam? What about Sam Hunt? Riley Green. He's new looking. I'll give that to you. No. Who? Riley Green. Is it mustache, right?

Yes. Yeah. Way better than Luke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel like you think these guys are hot. You're just scared to say it. Yeah. That's a good look.

Did she just, what? Like, lunchbox, for example, he says he cannot tell if a man is attractive or not. Well, I mean, what's wrong with that? Well, I've been thinking about. You a lot, Blake. Okay. I saw that Old Red, there's this, I don't know if it was a new concoction. Maybe it's been on there a while, but it's a Pomenna cheese artichoke dip.

Are you familiar? No. Okay. That sounds incredible. It's on your menu at Old Red. And it got me thinking about weird food combos. And if you have any that you'll admit to that you eat at home, like are there any concoctions you're like, this is weird, but it's just so good.

Well, my brother, when I was a little kid, my brother used to mix like this regular like pancake syrup with peanut butter and mix that and put it on a piece of bread. I don't even know if it had a name. We used to call it mix. And that was our like treat when we were kids. Regular like maple, you know, whatever, griffons, whatever syrup and peanut butter. Do you ever eat mix like now as an adult? No, but I haven't thought about it in years.

I remember one time we used to have a dares where we would try to like, you know, as kids, like mix up the grossest crap you can think of, you know, to eat like a combination of something and then dare, you know, whoever's turn it was had to eat it. And I watched my sister eat mayonnaise and Nessly's quick one time mixed together. Oh gosh. Yeah, that's pretty bad. It's still, to this day is horrifying to me. Oh yeah, no, that's not a good conduction. You agree? That's gross, man. That's disgusting. Yeah. I had to eat dirt ones My sister's gross, man

Yeah She's gross Yeah I think all kids did that And one time I mixed up a bunch Like really good ingredients From the fridge But with dirt And my mom thought it was wasting food

So she made me eat it Oh wow Yeah How was it? It was disgusting So I don't I don't recommend that You know I decided to ask AI

Like to describe Blake Shelton in three words Do you want to know the three? Sure Charismatic Oh, okay. Authentic. Okay.

And hilarious. Man, I love this AI. Right? I feel this very complimentary of you. That made me nervous because AI only knows to tell the truth, right? Yeah. Well, I do have some fun facts about you. I have no idea if they're actually true or not so you could say, if they are.

Where did you get these facts from? The Internet. Okay. Well, you just like Google it, you know. I love Wikipedia. Yeah. Are you? So you're not into bare feet?

Like, did bare feet freak you out? Yeah. So, like, you always have socks on or, like, if you're with people, they have to have socks on? You know, I think this started, I don't know when it was. There was a trend, and it may still be going. You know, in country music, there was a handful of artists that they would perform in their bare feet. Like, walk out on a festival stage. and in their bare feet.

And it kind of started there for me. It's like, man, what, what are you doing? You know, it's not as much about someone's foot because, I mean, who cares about that? But it's like, what if there's an emergency? And then it switched into guys wearing flip-flops. That really started bothering me the older I got. Sounds like Jimmy Buffett started all this stuff. Yeah, well, it's like, if,

there's an emergency, that's pretty much you have shown yourself to be the guy that's not going to help anybody in the room. Like if there's a fire, something's going on, you can't help. You got on your flip-flops. You got to go save yourself. Yeah, good point. And this guy's in here wearing our cowboy boots will help get the children out of the building. So do you not own a pair of flip-flops? No, God, no. So do you, well, you only wear cowboy boots and like maybe running shoes? What about like crocs, Blake? I'm a big runner. But I do. I have shoes and boots.

I meant, like running would be, running shoes would come in handy. I do not on a pair of flip-flops. Okay. Yeah. Right. What do you do for, you know, working out? Treadmill. I'll get, I'll get on treadmill for like 30 minutes or maybe 45 minutes.

Like walking? And I do like a, it's like a combination, like walk for 28 minutes and then mix in like 30 seconds of runs here and there, you know. Yeah. Okay, next fun fact that we don't know if it's true or not. You once caught an intruder at your uncle's house and detained the drunken man yourself until the police arrived? Let's go. Well, detained him was a, you know, it's not like I had him down on the floor and, you know, saying don't move, you know. It was more like, and drunk, I think he had a lot of stuff in his system, you know.

And I really think he thought in his mind that's where he lived. you know and and and uh and so my my uncle who was who was who was special needs he called and said hey you know there's this guy in my house and he's just like sitting on the couch saying you know he lives here and so my initial thought was you know what's going on over there and i and i went and knocked on my uncles i can't even believe i'm telling this i hadn't thought about this in 15 years or more and the guy answered the door as if it was his house. Like, yeah, can I help you? And it's like, yeah, get the hell out of this house, you know?

What are you doing? You know, what are you talking about? I go, you know what I'm talking about? Like one of those deals. And meanwhile, the police are coming. And I just kept him entertained, you know, until they got there. Well, I'm glad you clarified it because I definitely was picturing you like sitting on top of him. No.

Detaining, like citizens arrest. What does that mean entertain? You didn't sing a song or anything, did you? I may have. I don't know. I was just trying to keep everything, you know. You think when that guy sobered up, he's like, huh, so Blake Shelton just came over. No, I don't, I think even sober, he wouldn't have known who I was.

This man had other things on his mind. Your mom put you in pageants when you were younger. Are you saying that just to, because then you say that and then you just stare at me with like. Because that's the fun fact. Disappointed look on your face. No, not at all. Is that true? No, this is fun facts.

Are they true or not? It is true. It is true. Because, and here's why, the way I remember it is I was already messing around with music, even when I was six, seven, eight years old in my bedroom, I would just be in there, you know, playing Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever and Hank Jr. Whatever records my brother had, I would be playing them as loud as I could, singing them into one of those little plug-in microphones that you won't remember,

but back in the day you could have a little tiny microphone that you could record over cassettes with. And I would be singing into that microphone, and my mom finally decided maybe she should enter me into some of these pageants in our small town, because there's a talent portion of the pageant. You know, I got to sing a song on there. So she did, she entered me in like, I don't know, probably four or five pageants, It's enough that I told her one day, Mom, I don't want to sing anymore if that's what I have to do to sing because it's embarrassing to be up there doing evening wear and stuff, you know, with all the little girls.

And I'm the one boy, you know, in the pageant. So it was, I was probably like 12 or 13 before I started singing again, just like regular music events around our town back in Ada, Ada, Oklahoma. That's true also. That's where I'm from. We got that as a fact. Okay, we got two more. One being, you've been confused for Joe Nichols so much so that people at festivals used to get mad at you for not playing songs. Like, you know, probably tequila makes their clothes fall off. That's happened with a lot of artists, you know, over the years that being confused for other artists.

I remember one time they used to have CMA Fest over here. at the Nashville fairgrounds back in the day and there was a parking lot where all the artists could park to go in and sign autographs or whatever, you know. And I remember one time I was, I used to have super long hair like halfway down the middle of my back and I was leaving one time and fans had figured out they could go stand next to the fence where that parking lot was and they didn't mess with standing in stupid lines in the building they could catch their favorite artists right there going to their car and get autographs you know and so I was leaving I had like one song out maybe not even yet and and I was almost in my car and I heard some fans saying Terry Terry Clark and I stopped and I started looking around like oh my God Terry Clark's out here and And then when I look back at the fans, they were kind of like, oh, you know, and looked away, you know, and they were like, I realized they thought I was Terry Clark when I was leaving. And, and I've told Terry this also.

How does she feel about that? We don't know which one is more offended. But then later on, it was Joe Nichols because Joe and I had pretty much the same haircut at one point, and he came out. And I did. I do. remember like, you know, you didn't play Broken Heartsville, you know, at the sign on autographs after the show. I used to tell people in airports, they would come up and say, are you Joe Nichols? And I would say yes. And I hate kids. And you, you know, just to try to get a leg up, you know, because back then, competitions. Yes. I was up against him on all the awards. Oh, yeah. So yeah, screw him. And final fun fact, we're going to find out if it's true. are not.

Gwen Stefani says having you in her life is a miracle. That sounds like a stretch, doesn't it? No, but I really did read like a couple of days ago that she said meeting you was like a second chance at life. I'm paraphrasing, but I'm pretty sure that might be a quote. I've been seeing it because she's, you know, she's released an album on Friday. And so I've been seeing, you know, she's doing all the press and stuff. and I've been seeing this stuff too.

It's the sweetest, nicest things. I can't believe it, you know. I know. It's awesome. Yeah, I felt like reading that it gives a lot of other people hope that maybe you're on their second chapter or third or whatever life, you know. Well, I tell you, it's amazing, you know, to get this on this end of life, you know, I'm 48 now. and to have only met my best friend, you know, eight or nine years ago is pretty incredible, you know, you just never know what's out there, what's around the corner.

And, you know, she's just been, everything she's saying is I feel the same way. It's been an incredible connection. I don't know how to explain it. Yeah. Well, I do feel like it does offer hope for people that maybe they're turning. into that second chapter, whether it's age or just a divorce or, you know, what is my life going to look like now? Because this isn't going how I expected it. Sure, sure. But hearing people open up and say, like, yeah, there are second chances out there. And it's not to say that the first part, I mean,

I don't think she would change anything about any of that. And obviously, her kids and whatnot. But it's, it was beautiful. And it gave me some hope, honestly. So it's, well, I tell you, too, and we were on rock bottom. We hit rock bottom before we, we found. We, found each other, you know, so that kind of, that sounds worse when you say it like that. Like, hey, you got, you got to, it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. I don't mean it like that. But just, just when we thought that's, well, that was going to be our run at it, you know, is when we found each other.

Well, don't you think hitting rock bottom, then you evolve into this next version of yourself? Like, that's the stuff that stretches you and grows you. So if you all had met earlier, it probably wouldn't have been the right time because it's, this version of both of you that y'all needed. Yeah, that's true. But it's fun for us to think about what if we would have known each other like way back, what would it have been like, you know? She's written a lot of songs about that, you know.

I think there's even one on this new record about that because, you know, it's just, it's just, like I say, it's amazing that this chapter started so late in our lives, you know. She's got new music, you've got new music. You know, Austin was your first number one. song way back in the day. And then now you kind of got a complete. You got Austin. And now you got Texas, which I was born and raised in Austin, Texas.

Oh, no kidding. Shout out. Wow. And so Texas, I immediately gravitated towards it when it came out. And a huge George Strait fan as well. Love that he gets a shout out in the chorus. Why did you decide to cut that song? Well, I just fell in love with it the first time I heard it.

And, you know, it'd be a lot. It's been a minute since I've released any music. Two years. Yeah. And it's been, I don't know how long it's been before that, before I've even released an album. It's been a, it's been a while. And, you know, I was doing the voice for 12 years and 23 seasons of that show I did.

And so when I finally walked away from, really I wasn't just walking away from, the voice it was just television in general i just needed a break from from that machine uh when i was just kind of numb when i finally walked away it was like gosh i i just need some some nothing for a while you know and it sounds like a spoiled brat thing to say but i just kind of didn't really feel like i knew what i wanted to do anymore because i had just kind of been on the hamster wheel of of that beast that is, you know, television. And so for a year and a half, I really didn't do much. I mean, I did do a little tour in there and a handful of shows,

but really not anything else. And I wasn't making any records. I wasn't recording or writing or doing anything. And, man, I'll be damned if last spring I got a, a call to do this duet with Post Malone. And I was shocked, honestly, because it was just like, what? Like me, he wants me to do this? And so obviously I heard the song and was like,

this sounds like something that I would have done anyway, you know? And hell yeah, I'll do it. I had met Post at the Super Bowl last year. Gwen and I had done like a pre-game performance and then posting America the Beautiful before the game and so we saw each other and traded phone numbers and but that happens a million times in this business and you never expect to hear from somebody you know it's like oh let's get together sure and but he he followed up and so we made that that recording and and then of course it came out and was a hit and the whole

experience for me and even being around post. I'm sure he's probably, you guys have probably talked to him now. I'm sure. I don't know, but you know what he's like. He's just so excited, so happy, and just so full of excitement about music and country music especially, you know, and being around him, shooting the video. We've done, you know, some performances. And it was just the, honestly, the kick in the ass that I needed to kind of go, man, what are you doing? You know, you used to be this fired up, you know, and being around him really lit a fire under me again and, and reminded me that, you know, nobody gets to do what I do. Very few people get to be a recording artist and do what they dreamed of doing when they were a kid. And I get to do that and I'm wasting this time,

you know and and so I really do credit post for for getting me fired back up again and wanting to get back in the studio and really kind of start over again you know I got a new record deal starting with a with a whole new team and just kind of really just turned a page and so to answer your question though about Texas it it was a song that I felt like it kind of it's got a connection to me and and who I've been as an artist all these years that you know I had a record years ago called Sangria and it's got a little bit of that kind of vibe to it but it also feels like a step in a new direction which I always try to do when I go in and make a record that's what my heroes like Conway Twitty and Kenny Rogers you know their catalog when you listen to them

you know they're always kind of pushing the envelope and and I feel like this song does that musically for me you know and course you know the tip of the hat to George Strait and in the course if you don't George Strait, you know, you probably don't have any friends. So I got to have, you know, even everybody loves George Strait, I hope. And so I love the tip of the hat to George and the chorus. What's your favorite George Strait song? Man, I perform all my exes in my shows a lot, you know. But it's probably not my favorite. My favorite is probably Ocean Front Property. I don't know why. I just always go back to that one.

But there's so many, and there's so many that were number one hits that are almost forgotten because he's had so many number one hits. It's like I've said before, I've done a lot of shows with George over the years. I go, man, it's impossible to go to a George straight song and leave without going,

man, he didn't play one of my favorite songs because how can he possibly play 80 songs in his set, you know, there's just literally so many to choose from. There's some of those back in the 80s that are forgotten that are just incredible. Oh, the chair? Oh, the chair, chill of an early fall. There's a, I mean, we could sit here and do this for another hour. Let's not do it, but I love, I love him so much.

I don't want to take away from my time. Oh, yeah, absolutely not. But you're nod to George in the song as the Amarillo. by morning. That's what it is. Yeah. Well, Amarillo's in there and also he says that's where all my exes go. So I got them both in there. Yeah, you squeeze that one in there. I saw a video of the writers of the song. I saw that too. I still haven't met them in person yet. I'm supposed to meet them today. Either today or tomorrow, I think I'm finally going to get a chance to meet them. Because I think for three of them, it's their first single that they've had. Maybe all four of them, but I think three of them

It's their first single. And one of the riders has been here for like 15 years or something, which I totally relate to. You know, I was here for seven years before I had any kind of a break, you know. So, you know, it just shows you that, you know, just same thing we were talking about with Gwen. You know, you just never know what's around the corner. Yeah. I just thought it was really special.

Like they had to probably be freaking out. Oh, Blake Shelton's going to cut our song. and then they're hearing it on the radio for the first time. Oh my God, one of them was standing on the top of their car, crashing the hood in or something. Yeah. Yeah. That gave me goosebumps.

That's like, you know, just probably cool for you, too, as an artist, to be part of helping them, you know, round that corner, make that dream come true. Well, you know, those guys help me. I always look at it that way. When songwriters, there's so many great talented songwriters in this town.

Like, it's literally unbelievable. And they've built this thing for me. the writers have you know i'm just as lucky guy that's been able to get my hands on on some of these songs you know and no different than than texas i think's a special song and i feel like those guys took a chance on me you know i mean i'm i'm not the new up-and-comer anymore you know what i'm saying so i really appreciate them giving me a chance with it well texas is catchy it'll get stuck in your head for sure it's good and you know we were talking about austin earlier being your first number one song you have you've 29 number one songs

That's what I heard when the post thing went because I think different charts have different criteria or whatever. But I heard that I was tied with Tim McGraw for, I think, the second or third most of however they do the charts now. We all know that George, nobody's ever catching him. But I thought that was pretty cool because I look up to Tim. It's like, what? Me and Tim, wow. I mean, do you think you could name them all? Of mine?

Mm-hmm. All 29? I probably could. I mean, I know you could, but like, go ahead. No. Oh, my God. We'd be here. You actually do have things coming up on your calendar.

I tell you, there's a lot of my songs that people think were number ones. Maybe not a lot, but there's some that people think were number ones that weren't even close. Like O Red, which is probably arguably... one of my bigger record hits, you know, as far as impact goes, that was not even a top 10 single when it came out. I think it went somewhere in the teens, but it went on to be the fan favorite, and now there's restaurants named after it around the country,

you know, but it wasn't even a top 10 song at the time. Oh, wow. Yeah. Well, speaking of all you have coming up. So let's just go ahead and say 30 when I say it that way. I mean, you know, it really should have been. Yeah, 30. Well, and then, yeah, Texas. I mean, I don't want to, do you believe in the jinx or any of that stuff? Like, if I were to say right now, Texas is so good, it's probably going to be your next number one.

You might be like, well, if it doesn't go number one, then it's, Amy ruined it. I do believe that stuff. Thanks a lot. You do? Why didn't just say it? I was asking hypothetically. When it comes to football, I do. When it comes to my football teams, I do believe in jinxes. What do you do on game day? Do you have like a hat or a shirt or something you have to do wear? Yes, and when we're on defense, I turn my hat backwards. When we're on offense, it's four. unless that's not working, then I reverse those things. Interesting.

Oh my gosh. And that works? No. But then why do you do it? Well, I feel like I'm contributing something to the team. If your team loses, does it completely derail your day? Yes. Days?

No, not days, but it will derail the day and part of the next day. And then I start to get over it. Then I start to find ways to find a different path to the playoffs than the one that I had in mind. You guys are Cowboys fans. You know exactly what I'm talking. I'm going to turning my hat around. It doesn't work anymore. You may want to just take the hat off this year for the rest of the year.

They're used to losing. But it's a psychological thing. You think you're a part of the team. So therefore, it advanced. Not you, Blake, just you. But most big, hardcore fans, they are a part of the team and they feel like they're contributing in their own way.

And when they lose, it's like they've actually lost. Like, you are not on the team at all. I feel like you're, this feels like therapy right now, doesn't it? Usually is. Right. Well, I mean, I'm just like, what are you trying to take this away from me? No, but I just don't know that it should impact you for a day, you know? So do you have to go like plow some stuff or what do you do to let the anger out?

The drink. Oh. Yeah. That's healthy. Yeah. Cool. Cool. And when we're winning, that's what I do to celebrate.

Drink. Yeah. What's your favorite drink? Vodka and Sprite Zero. Oh. Yeah. Look at you. Watching the calories.

It's the, the nectar of God. Watching the calories is that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. So, you know, you're talking about a little, little hiatus, but I'm looking at 2025 and it's like you're back. Like, you're like, okay, I'm ready to. Yeah, I know. You're doing a residency in Vegas, basically all of February.

Oh, my God. Resent. By the way, Gwen gets so mad when she sees the word residency. What's wrong with that? Because it's two weekends. She's like, that is ridiculous. do you call that a residency? I did like 63 shows. You're doing like six shows. It's exactly what you're doing six shows. You're doing the fifth, the seventh, the eighth, the 12th, you're just like staying over an extra weekend. That's not a residency. But they're calling a residency and I'm

going with them. They are. It's at the Coliseum and Caesar's Palace. Yeah. Blake Shelton.com for more details on that. Yeah. And then you have your Friends and Heroes dates, which you are basically February to March. Yes. Friends and Heroes is, by the way, my favorite. weigh it to tour. It's going to be hard to ever get me to go back to doing it another way because it's just so much fun. I mean, the shows are like... Well, describe Friends and Heroes.

Yeah. Well, what it is is it started, I think, five or six years ago, maybe even before that, I remember specifically a conversation with Trace Atkins. about seven years ago now I think about it. And I called him, I said, man, Trace, what are you doing like early next year, like February, March? And I don't know. Why?

And I said, well, man, I want you to come out and tour with me, but I don't want you to, like, tour with me. I said, I want you to come out and sing with me during my show. Like, I said, remember when Uncle Cracker used to do that with Kenny Chesney? like Kenny Chesney would go on stage and then you know halfway through the show uncle cracker would come out and they would sing there's they had a when the sun goes down and then uncle Cracker would sing another hit or two of his you know there's a big moment during the show I said I want you to come do that on my show because we had at the time hillbilly bone and and

he said well okay I'll be your uncle Cracker and so and so for From there, it was so much fun. The next year, I had John Anderson, the Bellamy Brothers, and then we did that for a couple of years, and then I ended up getting Tracy Bird and Martina McBride. I'm probably forgetting somebody, but we've done these tours now where we bring out different artists, and they all come out during my show, you know. And so this year we're having Craig Morgan, Trace Atkins, and Dina Carter, which I'm very excited about Dana Carter, not so much Craig or Trace.

But Craig's like a legit hero. I know, I know. But I know him. I can't brag on him too much. We know each other too well. But Dina Carter, I mean, I guess if you, we should look this up while we're here, but she has to have had maybe top five biggest hits of the 90s strawberry wine. I mean, it's got to be top five.

I don't know how you measure those things. One of the biggest hits of the decade. I feel like strawberry wine was number one. No, I'm saying of the entire decade. Of the all-time decade. I would say decade top five. Would you? Yeah, let's figure out that fun fact.

That is a huge record. I can't even, the first song comes on, I hear for like three seconds of it. And I'm instantly teleported to high school. It's unbelievable. Listen to it on BP. And it's crazy about that song. It did that to you when it first came out. Yes.

It teleported you back in time. And now it does it again in a different way when you hear it. Like even just thinking about it right now, I'm driving in my 19806 Bronco. What was your first car? I had a 94 stepside Chevy. Your first car, you turned 16 and it was a 94? No, no. 90 that's not true 92 it was a 92 it was a it was a stepside GMC my dad sold Pontiacs and GMCs

oh you had a little hook up yeah yeah I had a hand wow you had a new car that's right new car at that time I mean not I mean not saying that your age would indicate anything otherwise you're saying I grew up wealthy no I'm implying you had a newer car for 16 it was it was it was badass all my friends super jealous of me. All right, Mike, we got the fact check on strawberry wine. It does not make the top 10 of the 90s. It does not? No, it does in our hearts.

What is that piece of crap list you're looking at, man? The internet lies. It sucks. What is number 10 on that list? Number 10 is, man, I feel like a woman. Okay. And it's this kiss. He's a little too late.

Chattahoochee, boot scoot and boogie, don't rock the jukebox, the dance, friends in little places, and achy-breaky heart at number one. Okay. Okay, I can't argue with any of those. I mean, they're all pretty good. Obviously, Blake would have been on the list. Do you? You're fired.

I'm sorry. I thought it was top five. You were, I think you came on the map. What? Was Austin 2001? Yes. Okay. Yeah.

Because I instantly go back to being at Texas A&M hearing that song. Yeah. That's where I was then. Oh, were you really? Yeah. Whoop. Wow. Are we going to go over every memory or you think you should let him go.

No, we're going to let him go. I'm going to go. I mean, his tour comes up in 2025. I know. I think, you know, we don't want to keep here until this. By the way, I mean, she's got thrown right into the fire. I think she's doing great. Yes.

No, she's doing great, but I mean, he's got to get to the residency, man. I know. I mean, he's got to get to Vegas. No, that is not until February. Are you trying to throw me out of here? No, it is. I got a lot of more stuff I want to talk about. Okay.

Yeah, all right. Well, yes. Thank you, Blake. We always love seeing you, especially in person, because I feel like a lot of times it's on Zoom when, you know, you're chatting with Bobby. So it's almost every time it is. I know. So that's why you in the flesh is.

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