Today's Blind Items - A Reba Story
Since I didn't find any reveals for Reba and her divorce, I thought I would write a little Reba story that happened to me back in the day. I am giving you Reba's name and it did take place at one of her concerts but it involved her opening act. It is hard to believe he used to be an opening act, but he was. At one point shortly after this he probably became the biggest male country singer of all-time. I mean he was everywhere and stayed that way for years. When he was opening for Reba he was just starting to break out and had his first huge single.
Back when this happened, I was doing what I usually did at concerts during that time period, I was hanging out by the free booze. Hey, someone has to drink that stuff that people put on their riders. It was sound check and our singer, who was married at the time and according to the interviews he gave, happily, was going through a few of his songs while three or four women hovered near him. After he sang, he grabbed one of them women and took her to a little room off the side of the stage and didn't even bother shutting the door. Just had sex with her right there. I remember that the only comment he made after was that he was upset his cowboy hat fell off because he didn't like people to see he was balding.
Fast forward about two hours. Our singer is scheduled to go on stage in about 20 minutes. He had to be on time taking the stage because Reba had a schedule and if you altered it any way, you were going to get a talking to from her and Narvel. And when I say talking to, I mean her yelling and ranting. She was the Queen of country at the time. You didn't f**k with Reba.
Our singer though was enjoying the attention of the groupies that his crew had found for him. It was a little backstage area and apparently one of them told him they would sleep with him. He refused though because he already had changed into a heavily starched shirt and jeans which were glued on. He did tell her she could perform oral on him though. She agreed and started to head back towards the area where the tour buses were parked. He said, "I don't have time to go out there. It is right here or never." I remember her looking around at the ten or so people gathered and she just couldn't do it. She started crying and said no. He called her a tease and looked at the other groupies gathered near him and asked if any would take his place. None said yes. I was disgusted at the whole thing and walked away. About five minutes before he was set to start his set I saw him behind the stage down at ground level. He was leaning with his back against the stage and the woman who had been crying before was now down on her knees. I guess she just wanted some privacy. No sooner had they finished that he ran around to the side of the stage and up the stairs and started his set.
Garth Brooks?
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ReplyDeleteGotta be Garth timing fits, biggest star of all-time fits too.
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ReplyDeleteKenny Chesney?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Garth Brooks. Yikes.
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ReplyDeleteGARTH BROOKS...Kenny Chesney is gay
ReplyDeleteYeah the whole balding thing made me think of him or Tim McGraw but I think GB is who the BI refers to.
ReplyDeleteIn 1990, Garth Brooks was Reba McEntire's opening act, and that was RIGHT when he hit big:
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+1 @ Dena-- Garth Brooks mysogynist ass has always grossed me out though so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I'm more surprised Enty was AT this show!
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ReplyDeleteIs this accurate? Or is this a "rumor"? I ask because I'm curious.....Is this why Renee Zellweger got a quickie divorce and cited fraud for the reason?
ReplyDeleteUgh, Garth Brooks. I tried to watch Trisha Yearwood's "cooking" show and could not. Cracking open a can and adding it to some Cool Whip is not cooking, sis.
ReplyDeletelol...nice forgot about that alterasshat
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Garth Brooks. I was a big Reba fan back when he opened for her a lot and he had quite a reputation.
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing with the cowboy hat is a big tip off. He was almost phobic about that hat. Some woman ripped it off his head at a show I was at and he flipped all the way out.
So he doesn't have a problem getting blown in public in front of a group of people??? That's messed up right there.
ReplyDeleteGarth. Glad to see some recent "Old School" Enty posts. Musicians in concert pictures the other day and now a long "blind" harkening back to Enty's early days in the music biz. Keep it up big guy. This is what first got me interested in this blog, and it's good to see you pop your head back in from time-to-time.
ReplyDeleteKenny was married once to Renee Zeilwegger but this was AFTER he made it big, not at the beginning of his career. So this can't be him IMO.
ReplyDelete@glue, Renee got an ANNULMENT based on fraud....& yeah being gay & not disclosing it to your betrothed is grounds for an annulment--i don't know what fraud he committed but this would fit.
ReplyDeleteTim McGraw? I saw Reba in the early 90s and Faith Hill was her opening act.
ReplyDeleteFits too since The Woodlands is a suburb of Houston, and we know that Enty is from Texas
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna cosign Seth. I can see this being Tim. He didn't own up to the balding head for a long time. Also, Garth seems like the type to only screw with the lights off and not in front of an audience.
ReplyDeleteWhat about McGraw? He is married to Faith Hill and they are always bragging how happy they are? He was a mega star in the country community. I don't listen to country and even I heard about him.
ReplyDeleteI think the clue "heavily starched shirt" favors Garth Brooks, as Tim seems to favor tees and softer fabrics, (for the most part).
ReplyDeleteI vote for Garth simply because I blame him for the demise of Country music.
ReplyDeleteFrom 1994 Playboy interview:
ReplyDeletePLAYBOY: But Sandy was not OK with being alone when you went on the road after your first album and reports got back to her that you were unfaithful.
BROOKS: My wife knows me inside out. She knows me well enough to know that it's not the screamers who get me, it's the ones who sit in the corner glued to what you're doing, who are hearing what you're saying and can talk to you about it. That's how Sandy is. She's not a screamer, she's not a showboat. She's just someone who's right there, intense. And that was the problem. I was really lost. It's the same old thing, "I'm working all the time and I'm misunderstood." It was one of those times that you look back on and say, "What a crock of ****." Everything you justified it with is about as thin as water. It was a time that I am not proud of. It was a time that I learned from, so I will not go through it again.
Barbara Walters asked me what I learned, and I was disappointed that the answer I gave her was edited. The answer they showed on TV didn't make any sense. But the one I gave her has a very important message for me. I apologized to both sides for what I did, because one, I betrayed the trust of a woman who truly believed in me. And two, I lost people who could've been good friends to me and my wife, and could have helped me as a person and in my career, too. I lost those by pushing them over the edge of friendship, and it was totally my fault.
PLAYBOY: Would you have changed your ways on your own, or did it take the phone call from Sandy telling you that her bags were packed and she was leaving you unless you straightened up?
BROOKS: I have no idea. I would like to think that I would have come around on my own. But to be honest, I don't know. I don't know why my wife stayed, either. I really don't, other than the fact that I feel she truly loves me. If I'm too honest here I'm sure it will come back and kill me, but I don't know if I would've stayed if the shoe was on the other foot. [Phase] Yeah, I do know. I would not have stayed if the shoe was on the other foot.
This is one awesome post.Thanks Again. Keep writing.
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