Rex Linn and Reba McEntire Engaged After Five Years of Dating

Marriage ceremony bells are ringing for lovers Rex Linn and Reba McEntire. The 2 have confirmed that they’re now engaged to one another, 5 years after they began courting. 

Linn and McEntire met within the Nineteen Nineties. Nevertheless, their romance didn’t begin until 2020, once they reconnected, and the previous supplied a comforting shoulder for the latter throughout her mom’s sickness. 

Linn and McEntire each appeared on the 2025 Emmy Awards purple carpet collectively on Sunday, September 14, the place they confirmed their engagement throughout a purple carpet interview with a “Live From E!” information correspondent. 

When the reporter referred to Linn as her fiancé, the nation singer blushed and gushed, “We’re having a blast on Completely happy’s Place, and so glad to be right here tonight.”

In October 2021, McEntire recalled chatting with Linn when her mom bought sick in 2020. She stated that her now-fiancé had known as her to supply consolation. After that, they stored visiting one another and speaking and have been “inseparable” ever since then. 

Though the “Completely happy’s Place” co-stars simply confirmed their engagement, a People Magazine supply revealed that they’ve been engaged for a number of months now.  “It occurred a number of months in the past, and they’re very blissful,” the insider stated. 

Earlier within the yr, the 70-year-old singer and actress gushed about her relationship with Linn. She revealed that he cooks higher than she does, noting that they complement one another in a number of methods. 

McEntire acknowledged that working collectively together with her associate on the set of the sitcom “Completely happy’s Place” is a dream come true. She known as him her finest good friend and stated that they might each wish to “cross the end line with one another in a relationship.” 

Information of McEntire and Linn’s engagement shouldn’t be a shock to long-time followers. 

Simply final yr, the “I’m Not That Lonely But” singer revealed that if Linn needed to get married, she would fortunately stroll down the aisle with him.

“If that is one thing he feels completely sturdy about, that is tremendous with me. He is by no means been married earlier than. So, if he needs to expertise that, I am OK with that,” she stated. 

McEntire has been married twice earlier than. She was married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987 and Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015. 

Regardless of having a disappointing historical past in her marriages, McEntire remained open lengthy sufficient to discover a sturdy reference to Linn.

When talking about their relationship, she famous that their chemistry was very sturdy as they had been each immediately drawn to one another. 

“It was similar to a magnet,” she stated, in keeping with The Blast. She additional revealed that that they had constructed an excellent rapport over the cellphone and had time to grasp one another’s personalities earlier than starting their romantic relationship.

The singer famous that the preliminary gradual burn helped her to like her associate for who he’s slightly than primarily based on his look alone. 

Regardless of how sturdy the couple’s relationship seems to be, they’ve had their justifiable share of ups and downs, similar to some other couple. 

There have been just lately stories of bother in paradise between the 2. In July, The Blastreported that the 2 had been allegedly having a tough time balancing their romantic {and professional} relationships. 

Though the actress beforehand gushed about being blissful to work together with her now-fiancé on the set of “Completely happy’s Tempo,” it appeared additionally to trigger a pressure of their relationship. 

Insiders claimed that McEntire was reportedly “bossing” her lover round and “barking orders” at him. This turned insufferable for Linn, who didn’t like being bossed round in public.