Reba McEntire is a very happy lady. The iconic country singer and actress is engaged to her longtime beau, Rex Linn. They recently marked six years as a couple. One metric of how well two romantic partners get along is whether they can make each other laugh. Judging by a cute, funny video that McEntire posted on social media, they sure do seem like an enduring match!
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Rex Linn Surprised McEntire During a Photo Shoot
The Instagram video shows the Happy's Place star having her photo taken by a photographer. Everything is quiet. Things are going smoothly. Then Linn, 69, stealthily sneaks into a doorway and touches McEntire when she isn't looking and least expects it. Startled, she loudly shrieks in surprise. The little gag indicates just how much these two care about each other. Everybody present had a good chuckle.
McEntire, 70, wrote below it, "6 years together and he's still scaring me every chance he gets! You know what they say about payback..." She ended that message with a happy face emoji. Reba McEntire is probably already plotting her good-natured "revenge" against Linn.
She Talked About Their Shared Sense of Humor
In an interview recently with Garden & Gun, McEntire mentioned her and Linn's witty way of relating to each other. She seems to have found happiness, deep emotional connection, and lasting love with the actor. McEntire shared, "It's the absolute best. We laugh. We're both dorks. He lets me be my silly, goofy self. I've got his back, and he's got mine."
McEntire also spoke about how she and Linn like to have silly fun together when she was on Today three years ago. She said that she might "sit there for 10 minutes and wait for him to come out of the bathroom" to spring a prank on him. Or "[b]e down a dark hall and just be silhouetted... scares him to death. I think that's the funniest thing in the world."
Reba McEntire has known her share of sadness. But she is having the the time of her life right now. The uproarious gags she and Rex Linn play on each other are definitely one facet of their relationship that they both value.
