Reba McEntire was forced to correct Savannah Guthrie on-air after the Today show host mistakenly referred to her partner Rex Linn as her husband. The country star, 70, appeared on Monday's programme alongside Guthrie and Carson Daly to discuss her upcoming projects, including the second season of her sitcom Happy's Place.
Guthrie, 53, said: 'You also met your husband there. So Rex, good ole Rex...' McEntire quickly interjected: 'Now, wait a minute. Before everybody has a conniption fit at home, we're just engaged.' The host apologised, while McEntire joked that she panicked because 'my family will go, “Wait, you didn't tell us?!”'
The cameras then panned to Linn, who was also in the studio, looking puzzled before breaking into a wide grin. McEntire, who got engaged to Linn, 69, last December, described working with him as a 'blast'. She said: 'He is a workaholic, and he loves to rehearse. Me, not so much on the rehearsal part, so he really makes sure that I know my lines.'
On Happy's Place, McEntire plays Bobbie, a woman who inherits half of a bar in Tennessee, while Linn plays Emmett, a shy cook. The couple first met in the 1990s and reconnected in January 2020 after appearing together on Young Sheldon, beginning a relationship that June.
McEntire will be Linn's first marriage, while it will be her third. She was previously married to Charlie Battles and Narvel Blackstock.
