Blake Shelton reveals weird 'pep talk' from Billy Ray Cyrus: 'You need to toughen up'
foxnews.comBlake Shelton recalls Billy Ray Cyrus giving him a tough love pep talk before he made his first TV appearance more than 20 years ago.
The "God’s Country" singer said he was "scared to death" in 2001 when he was asked by CMA Awards organizers if he would appear on the show and do a commercial bumper in which he'd tease who was coming up and sing about 20 seconds of his song "Austin." Shelton told Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday that while he stood in the wings, Cyrus exited the stage after presenting an award, introduced himself and asked Shelton if he was all right. "And I go, ’Man, I’m scared to death.
I’m scared to death right now to walk out there,'" Shelton recalled. "And he goes, ‘What do you mean?’ And I go, ‘I’ve just never been on TV, and I’ve got to sing.'" ’ The 47-year-old said Cyrus, 62, told him, "Even if you do great, this is the music industry.
Most of those people are gonna make fun of you and roll their eyes anyway, man.This is the music industry. You need to toughen up a little bit.
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