- Trisha Yearwood obtained a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame on March 24
- She thanked her husband, nation star Garth Brooks, for his help
- “That one has actually been a cheerleader,” she joked
Garth Brooks grew emotional watching spouse Trisha Yearwood obtain her star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
On Monday, March 24, Yearwood, 60, cemented her standing as a Hollywood star and was honored with a ceremony with family members by her facet.
Throughout the ceremony, nation singers Carly Pearce and Reba McEntire delivered speeches devoted to Yearwood. Although Brooks, 63, did not communicate on the ceremony, he sat by Yearwood’s facet and was wiping away his tears all through the speeches.
When it was Yearwood’s flip to take the rostrum, she devoted a portion of her speech to her husband of twenty years.
Yearwood started that portion of the speech by saying she has “a variety of Garths in my life” however “the primary Garth that I met is right here.”
She added of the “Mates in Low Locations” singer, “That one has actually been a cheerleader and as many accolades and awards as he has received, I by no means see him get extra excited than he does after I obtain one thing.”
“For all of the those who need this for me, no one desires it greater than you. I admire you for being my help,” she concluded.
Certainly, Brooks spoke extremely of Yearwood final fall, when she obtained the ACM Honors Icon Award in October.
“I used to be simply so proud. I’m at all times pleased with her, however to see and listen to her acknowledged like that – and to listen to folks use the phrase ‘icon’ in the identical breath as her identify – simply took me someplace new,” Brooks wrote of Yearwood’s most up-to-date honor on his web site.
“She is an icon. I do know what a world-class expertise and pressure she is…and everyone knows what an unbelievable vocalist she is…however I like it when others actually take discover, too.”
Yearwood’s ceremony comes months after Brooks was hit with a lawsuit by his former make-up artist who claims that he raped and sexually assaulted her.
The make-up artist, who filed in October 2024 as Jane Roe, allegedly started working for Brooks in 2017 and claims she had labored for Yearwood since 1999. She claims the inappropriate conduct started in 2019 with Brooks allegedly exposing himself, sending sexually express textual content messages and altering garments in entrance of her.
Brooks has denied the claims made in opposition to him and is alleging extortion from the accuser.
“For the final two months, I’ve been hassled to no finish with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future could be if I didn’t write a examine for a lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars},” Brooks mentioned in a press release to ipromiseyoumedia. “It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.”
“Hush cash, irrespective of how a lot or how little, remains to be hush cash. In my thoughts, meaning I’m admitting to conduct I’m incapable of—ugly acts no human ought to ever do to a different,” the assertion continued.
“We filed swimsuit in opposition to this individual practically a month in the past to talk out in opposition to extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of households on either side.”
“I need to play music tonight,” Brooks concluded. “I need to proceed our good deeds going ahead. It breaks my coronary heart these fantastic issues are in query now. I belief the system, I don’t concern the reality, and I’m not the person they’ve painted me to be.”
The couple — who met in 1987 and bought married in 2005 — additionally made an look collectively at President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in January, the place they carried out a rendition of “Think about” by John Lennon. Moreover, they carried out on the Opry 100 particular earlier this month in Nashville.
