Rex Linn and Reba McEntire.Photo: Reba McEntire/Instagram
“When Poncho got wind of the picture of Rex and me with Mr. Pecker, he got his feelings hurt,” McEntire captioned the shot. “So here is Poncho.”
McEntire concluded her caption with a reference to “Lefty,” presumably a name of another one of her farm animals. “Please don’t tell Lefty…. @rexlinn13 #ponchodonkey,” she wrote.
McEntire first revealed her romance with Linn on herLiving & Learningpodcast in October. She explained that she went on her first date with Linn — whom she described as “very interesting, very funny [and] very smart” — in January and that they kept in touch virtually during thecoronavirus pandemic.
“It’s good to have a person to talk to, laugh with, get into subjects about what’s going on,” she said. “Discussions about our past, our family, funny stories, him being an actor, me being an actress. And he’s very into my music. I’m very into his career.”
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Rex Linn and Reba McEntire.Reba McEntire Instagram
McEntire and Linn, who affectionately call each other “Tater Tot” and “Sugar Tot,” made their red carpet debut at theCMA Awards last month. “We’re both excited that he’s going to be there with me,” McEntire told PEOPLE ahead of the show.
McEntire was married twice before. She and Narvel Blackstock separated and divorced in 2015 after 26 years together. Before then, she was married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987. She last dated Anthony “Skeeter” Lasuzzo in 2017, before the two split in 2019.
Meanwhile, Linn was previously engaged to Renee DeRese in 2010.
Reba McEntire and Rex Linn.ABC via Getty
Two days before posting the photo with Linn and Poncho, McEntire shared a video message to Instagram with the caption, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”
“Hey everyone, Reba here, I just wanted to say merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of you,” she said in the clip. “Please stay safe and healthy so we can all get together in 2021.”
McEntire then called 2020 “a booger bear of a year,” a phrase used in the South meaning it was difficult and unpleasant.
“I’m very thankful and grateful we got through it,” she said. “It’s coming to a close and we can start looking forward and thinking positively for the next year.”
source: people.com
