Overview
- The singer reveals Rex Linn proposed on Dec. 24, 2024, in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, calling the surprise moment romantic and very much on his timing.
- She says they planned to announce in January but held back because of regional fires, with the engagement later surfacing on the Emmys red carpet in September.
- McEntire, 70, and Linn, 68, first met in 1991 and reconnected in 2020, and she describes him as tender-hearted and unlike any partner she has loved before.
- The couple work together on NBC's Happy's Place, which returns Nov. 7, as McEntire also coaches on The Voice Season 28 airing Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
- McEntire says she is happier than ever at 70 and has no plans to retire, suggesting it could be two decades before she even considers it.