Reba Recognized Garth Brooks’ Talent Early On
Reba McEntire was at the top of her game in country music when she booked her 1990 through 1991 tour. She had an opening act on that tour who she felt had potential to be a big star. That act was Garth Brooks.
Reba told us what she saw in him in a recent interview promoting her new book, Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots. The country icon said, “He toured in 1990 and 1991 with me, and I saw the uniqueness. I saw the professionalism. I saw a kid from Oklahoma coming out and was bigger than life itself.”
Garth wrote the forward in Reba’s book, and she was blown away by what he said. She offered, “I was really flattered that he said, yes, he would do the forward, and then I was thankful, grateful, and humbled. It really moved me what he said about me in the book because I was with Garth at the beginng of his career.”
She added, “For him to say those things about me, it was really nice. It moved my heart tremendously because he’s a hard worker; he’s a very dedicated person. What you see is what you get with Garth. I love him.”
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McEntire shared a few new sitcom details in May (5/16) before she hosted the ACM Awards for the 17th time in her long career.
Before the show, the country icon walked the ACM Red Carpet and said with glee when her new NBC sitcom was mentioned: “Happy’s Place got picked up, and we’re so happy Barbara Jean’s (Melissa Peterman’s well-known character on the Reba sitcom) coming back, and her name is Gabby on the show. It’s very appropriate for Melissa Peterman. I love that it’s all the Harts and my sister.”
Reba revealed that her new sitcom would be called Happy’s Place.
Reba posted a photo of her holding a script from the new series on her Instagram. She captioned the image, “#ICant think of a better way to end the day…a new single and now a new sitcom. We’ll see you at #HappysPlace on @nbc soon!”
Many fans reacted to the post, including one who said, “Can’t wait, it is about time when are u coming back.” Another fan commented, “So awesome!! I’ve missed seeing you on TV!! I recently watched The Gambler, which had you in it. You had some fiery zingers, as always!”
