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Brantley Gilbert’s Boy Yearns To Go Outside

Brantley Gilbert’s toddler boy Barrett is like most kids and has a bunch of kid’s TV shows that he loves to watch, but as Brantley shares there’s something he likes…

Brantley Gilbert's Boy Yearns To Go Outside
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Brantley Gilbert's toddler boy Barrett is like most kids and has a bunch of kid's TV shows that he loves to watch, but as Brantley shares there's something he likes even more.

Brantley admits, "What’s funny is like, the animated movies and stuff, like I love ‘em! They’re pretty good nowadays.”

A good part of the reason dad is so tolerant of the kids show is because the 18-month-old doesn’t watch them constantly. Gilbert says, “He loves Puppy Dog Pals, he loves Mickey, he likes Paw Patrol, but he doesn’t watch enough of it. When I say this kid wants to be outside I mean he wants to get outside. He would rather stand on the windowsill and look out the window than he would sit in front of the TV, and that’s the honest to God truth.”

He continues, “He’ll go over there and he’ll stomp his foot and he’ll look at the TV, but when the song goes off, he’s over it. He’s ready to go outside.”

There's a great chance that Brantley will be seeing plenty of kids’ shows when he takes the family out on the road with him this summer on his "Not Like Us" tour.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.