{"id":77169,"date":"2025-12-01T20:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77169\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:40:11","slug":"reba-mcentire-corrects-todays-savannah-guthrie-over-question-about-husband-rex-linn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77169\/","title":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire corrects ‘Today’s’ Savannah Guthrie over question about ‘husband’ Rex Linn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reba McEntire is making it clear that she and Rex Linn aren\u2019t married. Yet!<\/p>\n

\"PASADENA,<\/p>\n

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 20: Rex Linn and Reba McEntire attend “America’s Got Talent” Red Carpet at Hotel Dena on September 20, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Monday\u2019s episode of the \u201cToday\u201d show, Reba was on hand to promote her NBC sitcom \u201cHappy\u2019s Place,\u201d which she co-stars with her real-life fianc\u00e9, Rex Linn.<\/p>\n

During the interview, host Savannah Guthrie said, \u201cYou also met your husband there. So, Rex, good ole Rex\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HAPPY'S<\/p>\n

HAPPY’S PLACE — “Promises, Promises” Episode 201 — Pictured: (l-r) Reba McEntire as Bobbie, Rex Linn as Emmett — (Credit: Casey Durkin\/NBC)<\/p>\n

Which McEntire quickly interjected to correct Guthrie\u2019s words. \u201cNow, wait a minute. Before everybody has a conniption fit at home, we\u2019re just engaged,\u201d she quipped.<\/p>\n

Guthrie apologized for the mix-up up to which McEntire clarified, \u201cMy family will go, \u2018Wait, you didn\u2019t tell us?!\u2019\u201d the singer explained.<\/p>\n

\"NEW<\/p>\n

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 12: Rex Linn and Reba McEntire pose backstage at the new play “The Shark is Broken” on Broadway at The Golden Theater on October 12, 2023 in New York City. The Shark Is Broken is a play written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, and directed by Guy Masterson. It is a comedic exploration of the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the filming of the 1975 film Jaws, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

As the flub happened, Linn happened to be in the studio for the interview and when the camera cut to him, he at first looked confused by the word choice before showing off a huge smile as his country superstar fianc\u00e9 discussed their cute dynamic.<\/p>\n

\"Real-life<\/p>\n

Real-life fiancees Rex Linn and Reba McEntire star as on-screen lovers in “Happy Place” season two. (Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

McEntire said working alongside her fianc\u00e9 is a \u201cblast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"(L-R)<\/p>\n

(L-R) Rex Linn and Reba McEntire confirmed their engagement at 2025 Emmys after five years of dating. (Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a workaholic, and he loves to rehearse. Me, not so much on the rehearsal part, so he really makes sure that I know my lines, that I\u2019m ready to go when we have a tape day. We have a blast. We\u2019re so grateful and thankful that we get to go to work together, work together, and then go home together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HAPPY'S<\/p>\n

HAPPY’S PLACE — “I’ve Got a Secret” Episode 202 — Pictured: Reba McEntire as Bobbie — (Credit: Casey Durkin\/NBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Voice\u201d coach added that filming season 2 of \u201cHappy\u2019s Place\u201d has been better than the first season.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeason 2\u2019s so much fun!\u201d she shared. \u201cYou know in season 1 you kind of get the meshing together and learning each other\u2019s habits and how they want to work. And it was fun. Season 2 is so much more fun now we know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FRISCO,<\/p>\n

FRISCO, TEXAS – MAY 08: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Reba McEntire attends the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star on May 08, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy\u2019s Place\u201d airs Fridays at 8 pm on NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire is making it clear that she and Rex Linn aren\u2019t married. Yet! PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-77169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}