Lainey Wilson Is Smitten Over Her ‘Hot Date’ to the 2023 ACM Awards (Exclusive)
etonline.comLainey Wilson is dating! And it appears she had just one rule for her date when they attended the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards: don't steal her thunder!The «Heart Like a Truck» songstress spoke to ET's Rachel Smith on Thursday in Frisco, Texas and before diving into country music's biggest night, Wilson had to get a little something, something off her chest when it came to her date, former NFL quarterback Devlin Hodges.«Yup, yup.
I brought me a hot date tonight,» she tells ET. «I sure did. I mean, he's looking like a snack over there, ain't he? I said, 'You know what, you can be my date but you can't steal my thunder.'»Wilson was joking, but it's clear being around Hodges had her in a chipper mood.
Prior to her interview with ET, Wilson, 30, nudged Hodges, 27, when a gaggle of photographers were taking their photo on the red carpet. «I was like, 'Hey, look at all these cameras,'» she quipped. «Don't be nervous, boy!»Hodges definitely understood the assignment for his ACM Awards red carpet appearance, donning a grey cowboy hat, a blue sports jacket with a pocket square, white dress shirt, a bolo tie and burgundy cowboy boots.
Wilson, who also spoke to ET about the future of , gushed as they posed for photos on the red carpet. As for Hodges, whose nickname is «Duck» and is an avid hunter, he's originally from Alabama and he had a stellar college football career at Samford in Alabama, where he starred all four seasons at quarterback and, in his senior season in 2018, broke Steve McNair's NCAA FCS career-record for passing yards with 14,584.
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