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Reba McEntire talks about getting married again and the “love of my life” Rex Linn

Reba McEntire talks about getting married again and the “love of my life” Rex Linn

Professionally, Reba McEntire has great reason to be happy with her return to scripted comedy and her role as a trainer The voice in addition to her status as an iconic, beloved country star.

She also has many reasons to smile about her romantic life with her partner. CSI:Miami Actor Rex Linn. Now Reba, 69, is talking about the man she calls “the love of my life” and considering whether they will get married.

“We’ve been together for almost five years,” McEntire said in an interview with Us Weekly. “And my health is good, his health is good. My family is healthy. What more do I want?

“Rex and I are best friends. We have the same likes and dislikes. We are foodies. We love cooking. Each of us wanted to be a cowboy and a cowgirl. Then we went into the entertainment business instead. Our dynamic works on and off screen.”

She noted that they enjoy watching sports on TV together and enjoying time in their garden, feeding the birds and tending to their roses. “We just love being together.”

Not only are McEntire and Linn in love, but they're also working together on the upcoming, aptly titled NBC sitcom Happy's Place. McEntire plays Bobbie, who inherits her father's tavern where she worked for a decade. The twist is that she finds out that the new co-owner is a 20-something half-sister named Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), who she didn't even know about.

Rex Linn as Emmett and Reba McEntire as Bobbie in the pilot

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Linn takes on the role of Emmett, a short-order cook. McEntire and Linn actually met for the first time on the set of the western drama in 1991 The Player Returns: The Luck of the Draw. They also had some time Big sky.

“I think we made each other better,” Reba says of her boyfriend. “Rex brings out the little girl in me and I have fun. I'm stupid, I'm silly. He is too. We love to laugh and we love each other.”

McEntire spoke to TV Insider during a preview of her show's October 18 premiere about Linn's culinary skills in the kitchen at home. She revealed that her boyfriend is called “Tater Tot.”

“We cook together, but he’s the guy who finds a recipe and cooks for three days. I’m like, ‘What’s in the fridge?’ I just pile everything up,” McEntire said.

Before McEntire got together with Linn, he was divorced twice. First she was with Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987. She then joined Narvel Blackstock in 1989 before officially quitting in 2015.

When asked if McEntire will get married again, she told US Weekly, “I'm fine the way we are. If Rex ever wants to get married we'll talk about it, but I'm fine. I love our relationship 100 percent.”

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