Country music legend Reba McEntire has long been open about the fact that she did not want her divorce in 2015 from her husband and longtime manager Narvel Blackstock, who she had been married to for 26 years. This week, McEntire opened up about the “come to Jesus” moment that she had after her heartbreaking divorce.
In the latest episode of her podcast Living & Learning With Reba McEntire, she told her former Reba co-star Melissa Peterman that she had no other choice but to pick herself up after the divorce.
“I think forging your own path, that’s your choice. The divorce was not my choice. I did not want it at all. So it was left up to me of, ‘Okay, kid, how you gonna handle this?'” McEntire said in an episode of her podcast that was titled “Forging Your Own Path.”
“So when the three people who were literally taking care of me, my company and my career left me, it was kind of a ‘Buckle up, buttercup’ moment for me,” McEntire added with a laugh. “I had to … what the hell am I gonna do?”
It was a meeting with her professional team that clarified a way forward for McEntire.
“It was kind of a, as I call it, a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting, and I had to gather my wherewithal, put my feelings aside and go forward,” McEntire recalled.
She found herself having to deal with her band, her crew, and her businesses all by herself.
“It was forging a path that I didn’t want any part of, but I had to do it … and so it was Catch Up 101,” McEntire explained. “I had to learn so much that was dumped on my lap. But I think it’s made me appreciate the business more. I’ve learned a lot. There I was again, forging another part of the territory I never even thought I would have to be involved in.”
Back in 2016, McEntire candidly admitted that she had not wanted the divorce.
“The divorce was not my idea. I didn’t want it in any shape, form or fashion. So it was really hard to make the adjustment,” McEntire said at the time. “When someone’s not happy, I just want everybody to be happy in their lives because our lives are too short to be miserable, so I just thought it was the best thing to take my marbles, go play somewhere else.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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