Lainey Wilson has many massive followers — together with one of the iconic rock artists within the music enterprise: Jon Bon Jovi.
ET’s Rachel Smith spoke with Wilson, 32, backstage at Nissan Stadium throughout day 3 of this yr’s CMA Fest in Nashville on Saturday, and requested about latest feedback Bon Jovi made throughout an interview with Jelly Roll, during which he praised her musical prowess.
“That’s fairly cool!” Wilson gushed with a smile. “And he did write me a little bit letter! And he put his cellphone quantity on there. I used to be like, ‘Now this is likely to be one of many coolest moments I’ve had.’”
Just lately, Jelly Roll and Bon Jovi chatted with each other for Interview Magazine, and the “It’s My Life” singer praised Wilson, calling her “the best factor ever.”
Based on Wilson — who carried out on the MusiCares occasion honoring Bon Jovi earlier this yr — she ended up texting Bon Jovi and expressed how a lot his help has meant.
“My goodness! I imply, he has lifted me up and inspired me, and that’s one that you just write house about, for certain,” Wilson marveled.
Earlier than taking the stage at Nissan Stadium on Saturday night, the nation songstress defined her thought course of behind the efficiency.
“I’m gonna channel the internal 14 yr previous that was sitting up in each single nook of this stadium taking notes,” Wilson shared with ET. “I’m gonna take into consideration these youngsters additionally on the market me and watching me and displaying them what I realized.”
Wilson additionally carried out at CMA Fest alongside Keith City — the place they shocked the group with a efficiency of their collab “Go House W U.” Wilson expressed her appreciation for among the life classes the veteran nation crooner has shared together with her.
“Keith has given me among the greatest recommendation,” Wilson defined. “It was this at some point, I used to be so drained, I had simply come off the highway or one thing, and I bumped into him on music row and he mentioned, ‘Keep in mind Lainey, no whining on the yacht.’”
“I wrote that one down,” Wilson mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘I like that!’ It’s true, you realize? Like, on the finish of the day, we could be drained and run within the mud, however we get to rise up and do what we like to do each single day.”
Wilson additionally addressed the standing of her involvement within the fifth and closing season of Yellowstone and reiterated what she beforehand advised ET on the 2024 ACM Awards again in Could.
“I’m ready! I’m tellin’ you, I’m ready,” Wilson mentioned, explaining she nonetheless hasn’t heard from sequence co-creator, Taylor Sheridan. “Taylor is aware of my schedule, so holler!”
Wilson mentioned that she could be “one hundred pc” down to return again, sharing, “I feel it’s obtained to be completed out and storylines obtained to go someplace, you realize? And any likelihood I get to be part of that universe proper there, signal me up!”
This yr’s CMA Fest — hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde — airs June 25 on ABC.
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