Reba McEntire engaged to Rex Linn after 5 years of courting

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Reba McEntire and longtime associate Rex Linn are engaged after 5 years of courting.

Throughout an interview with E! On-line forward of Sunday's 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, a reporter referred to Linn as McEntire's fiancé, and the couple didn't appropriate it. Individuals journal confirmed the engagement.

A consultant for McEntire didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

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Reba McEntire and longtime associate Rex Linn are engaged after 5 years of courting. (Amy Sussman/Getty Photos)

The couple first met in 1991, however had been simply pals till 2020, when McEntire guest-starred on his present "Younger Sheldon."

Throughout an look on "Watch What Occurs Dwell with Andy Cohen" in 2023, a fan requested if she and Linn, nicknamed "Sugar Tot," would get married, and he or she mentioned, "That may be as much as him."

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"I have been married twice, he is by no means been married, so if he needs to, that is completely as much as him," she continued.

One yr later, McEntire admitted she does not have "a lot religion" in marriage given her historical past.

"I have been married twice. After the second dissolved, I haven't got a lot religion in… being sure by a bit of paper or a hoop," she informed E! Information.

McEntire and Linn first met in 1991 on the set of "The Gambler." (Bruce Glikas/WireImage)

"However I am really dedicated to Rex, so if that is one thing he feels completely sturdy about, that is high quality with me. He is by no means been married earlier than. So if he needs to expertise that, I am OK with that."

That very same yr, McEntire described the dinner that kicked off their romance throughout an look on "The Drew Barrymore Present."

"I do not know why. We had talked and communicated all through the years, had a mutual good friend, Ed Gaylord, and we stayed in touch. However for some cause, that evening was simply so particular," she informed Barrymore.

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She revealed she requested Linn why they didn’t begin courting sooner, explaining he had responded by saying, "Most likely since you would have killed me."

In an interview with E! Information, McEntire mentioned her connection to Linn was, "like a magnet."

"We did not get to see one another from January until June 16 [due to COVID], however we created an intimacy by texting and speaking over the phone that we would not have gotten if we might have been collectively all of that point. It was very particular. It was a good way to seek out out about one another with out ever touching."

McEntire informed Barrymore she wasn't initially drawn to her boyfriend Linn. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Photos for Roc Nation)

"We have been just about inseparable ever since June 16 of 2020," she added.

McEntire felt the time aside made their relationship strong from the beginning.

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"You understand the ins and outs of their persona and their faults… You like them for the way in which they're, as a substitute of it being a complete attraction and sizing them up due to look," she defined to E!, including that folks are inclined to "gravitate to the bodily so rapidly."

The nation star was beforehand married to her former supervisor, Narvel Blackstock. The couple divorced in 2015. Her first husband was cattle rancher Charlie Battles, who she was married to from 1976 by way of 1987.