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Miranda Lambert definitely ain't successful Kansas anymore.
The "Mama's Broken Heart" vocalist deed the reddish carpet astatine the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards—hosted this twelvemonth by Megan Thee Stallion—Sept. 11 looking perfectly stunning successful a achromatic pantsuit paired with a teal bra arsenic she celebrated her archetypal clip astatine the VMAs alongside husband of 5 years, Brendan McLoughlin. (Click present to spot each the manner connected the reddish carpet.)
And it was a peculiar nighttime for the couple, particularly arsenic the 40-year-old—who is simply a presenter contiguous astatine the UBS Arena successful New York City—revealed that Brendan had inspired her upcoming album, Postcards from Texas, debuting connected Sept. 13.
"Brendan’s the best," Miranda exclusively told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi while connected the reddish carpet. "He’s down for anything, ace blessed and supportive, successful the champion way. Let’s maine bash my thing, but is close determination beside maine and it’s truly awesome."
And Brendan—who adjacent has a songwriting recognition connected the caller album—will soon beryllium celebrating a birthday, but arsenic Miranda joked, "He’s not fun, helium doesn’t similar to celebrate."
Instead, the 2 of them volition apt stock a quiescent nighttime astatine home, with Brendan cooking, due to the fact that arsenic helium told E! News, "That’s what makes maine happy.” And he'll astir apt beryllium prepping thing Italian—Miranda is partial to his chickenhearted parmesan— arsenic Brendan said, "that’s location for me."
And contempt their engaged schedules, the "Gunpowder & Lead" vocalist shared that she and Brendan ever find clip for each other.
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"We kinda unrecorded connected a day honestly," she explained. "Like, we truly walk a batch of clip together. We’re similar champion friends. Even erstwhile there’s clip isolated we truly find a mode to link and ever person day nights." (For much from Miranda's interview, tune into E! News tonight, Sept. 11, astatine 11 p.m.)
And New York is decidedly a peculiar spot for the pair, arsenic it's wherever they met successful November 2018 portion Brendan was moving information item during Miranda's sojourn to Good Morning America with her radical the Pistol Annies.
"My girlfriends, the Annies, saw him and knew I mightiness beryllium acceptable to bent retired with someone," she told the New York Times in 2019 astir their meeting. "They invited him to our amusement down my back. They plucked him for me. My information feline Tom, helium was successful connected it too. He said to me, 'He's here. And he's pretty.'"
Looking back, Miranda—who was antecedently joined to Blake Shelton—truly can't judge that she and Brendan came unneurotic successful the mode they did.
"It's similar immoderate kinda Hallmark movie oregon something," the 40-year-old told CBS News in 2022. "Like, this redneck from Texas meets this, like, beauteous NYPD serviceman connected the thoroughfare successful New York. But it really happened that way."
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And the mates has adjacent much to look guardant to successful the coming weeks arsenic Miranda is acceptable to beryllium honored with the Country Icon Award at the People's Choice Country Awards on Sept. 26.
"A circuit de unit successful state euphony for much than 20 years, Miranda Lambert's groundbreaking albums proceed to seizure the hearts of fans astir the world," Jen Neal—Executive Vice President of Live Events and Specials astatine NBCUniversal Entertainment—said successful a statement. "We're truthful excited to observe her career, fierce individualism and innovation successful the manufacture with the Country Icon Award."
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Don't miss the 2024 Video Music Awards tonight, Sept. 11, astatine 8 p.m. connected MTV.