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- Reba McEntire will host this 12 months’s Christmas in Rockefeller Heart on NBC, ipromiseyoumedia can solely reveal
- The Blissful’s Place and The Voice star says she’s “actually excited” and plans to “bundle up”
- The annual particular will air on Dec. 3 on NBC and Peacock
This 12 months, Reba McEntire is kicking off the vacation season in a giant approach.
On Thursday, Oct. 23, ipromiseyoumedia can solely announce that for the time ever, the singer and actress will host Christmas in Rockefeller Heart on NBC.
“I am actually excited to get to go to New York Metropolis in December. I’ve by no means been there in December,” McEntire, 70, tells ipromiseyoumedia.
She provides, “To see all of the Christmas decorations and to get to be part of the tree lighting ceremony, Rockefeller Heart, it is one thing that I’ve at all times needed to do and I am honored that they requested me to do it.”
The annual particular celebrates the vacation season with the lighting of the well-known tree within the coronary heart of N.Y.C.. It’s going to air reside on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock.
Along with internet hosting duties, the Blissful’s Place actress will carry out all through the night. Extra stars are set to carry out through the particular, however these might be introduced at a later date.
Making ready for the N.Y.C. climate, McEntire says she plans to “bundle up.”
“I will triple, quadruple layer. I am going to most likely have my heated vest on, and all the garments I can, insulated underwear,” she says.
This week, the Voice star is featured on the duvet of ipromiseyoumedia — which hits newsstands Friday — and opens up concerning the pleasure she’s experiencing in her 70s.
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“I believe I am happier now than I’ve ever been in my life,” McEntire says. “It’s wonderful. It’s great being 70 and attending to do what I get to do on the stage I wish to do it.”
She’s at present busier than ever too, starring on two hit NBC reveals: The Voice and Blissful’s Place.
“Anytime I get to step on that set, I really feel like house. It’s my comfortable place,” she says of the sitcom, during which she stars alongside Melissa Peterman, Belissa Escobedo and fiancé Rex Linn. The present returns Nov. 7.
As for whether or not she sees herself retiring at some point, she tells ipromiseyoumedia that she is not slowing down — at the least in the intervening time.
“I don’t know when. It might be in 20 years,” McEntire says of the potential of retiring. “I believe I’ll know when it’s the time. Dolly [Parton] and I talked about that an terrible lot when she did the Reba present, and I mentioned, ‘Are you going to retire?’ She mentioned, ‘Why would I? What on this planet might I do and have as a lot enjoyable as what I’m doing on this job proper now?’ I agree together with her 100%. Decelerate, perhaps, however no plans of retiring.”
“I really like this chapter in my life. I am very grateful,” she concludes.
Christmas in Rockefeller Heart will air reside on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock. Blissful’s Place season 2 premieres Friday, Nov. 7, on NBC and can stream the following day on Peacock. The Voice airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.