Don’t let him go! Lainey Wilson‘s boyfriend is extra than simply her lover, he’s her inspiration—simply don’t go anticipating some mushy love songs. The nation singer revealed that he turned her muse after debuting their relationship in 2023.
Initially from the small city of Baskinville, Louisiana, Lainey Wilson exploded in recognition after her music appeared on Yellowstone in 2019. She’s gained seven Nation Music Affiliation Awards, a Grammy Award, and 7 Nation Music Affiliation Awards, together with the highest honor of Entertainer of the Yr in 2023.
Wilson has been extraordinarily non-public about her relationships, however her coronary heart opened up on the 2023 ACM’s crimson carpet. She hinted at it saying, “I’m in love… I’m excited to share this aspect of my life. That’s bizarre for me, that I’m capable of write these sorts of songs. I’ll say, I don’t suppose I’ll ever be the form of love songwriter that’s going to be mushy, gushy, like pour my coronary heart out to ya.”
She additionally talked about how his assist helps her profession, “I feel it’s going to be extra of the ‘I’m a powerful girl and I gotta man who’s OK with it form of factor. He is aware of what it’s like to begin from the bottom up. He is aware of what it’s prefer to have a dream at a really younger age… we perceive one another.
Who’s Lainey Wilson’s Boyfriend?
Lainey Wilson‘s boyfriend is Devlin “Duck” Hodges. The 2 began relationship in 2021 however maintained their privateness till their ACM crimson carpet debut in 2023. Hodges is an actual property agent and a retired NFL participant who performed for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ottawa Redblacks.
She stored their relationship non-public for a very long time, explaining on the Style of Nation Nights, On Demand radio present why. “It’s actually cool to have the ability to begin sharing that aspect of my life,” she mentioned. “Trigger for a very long time, I stored him on the [down low]. I needed to see if he was truly gonna be round to remain. You understand what I’m saying? However he ain’t going nowhere. I ain’t removed him but,” she joked.
In an interview with Billboard talking about her 2024 album, Whirlwind, she defined, “I don’t suppose I’ll ever be that love songwriter that’s tremendous mushy gushy in any respect. It’s going to all the time most likely be a love music that’s like, ‘I like you, however I can nonetheless do my factor.’”
The “Coronary heart Like A Truck” singer recalled the couple’s first date to Folks. “We went to this outdated place known as Silverados, and it had free beer and wine from 5 to 10 p.m.,” she informed the outlet. “I used to be like, ‘This boy likes to ball on a finances too. That is gonna work out.’”
She gushed about how her boyfriend is supportive of her it doesn’t matter what. “Duck is the form of dude who high-fives me on the way in which within the door and on the way in which out and says, ‘Go get it,’” she says. “He is aware of how vital this dream is to me.” She additionally described Hodges as “one in all my largest cheerleaders and champions.”
“WWDD” or “What Would Dolly Do?” isn’t simply the title of her hit music. Wilson additionally revealed that nation legend Dolly Parton impressed her to maintain their relationship underneath wraps from the media. “In terms of mine and Duck’s relationship, there’s going to be some issues that we are able to’t escape and individuals are going to say and do no matter, however me and him are on the identical web page in regards to the much less we put on the market, the much less that we’re going to need to cope with folks making something up and saying something,” she informed Billboard. “We need to maintain that as sacred as we probably can between me and him, and up to now, it has labored for us.”
Hodges additionally impressed some features of Wilson’s profession. “I used to be by no means actually capable of write love songs, as a result of I don’t know if I had truly felt it, however I’m writing me some love songs now,” she says. “I’m grateful for him.”
