Reba McEntire is set to make her highly anticipated return to NBC’s The Voice this fall, joining fellow coaches Snoop Dogg, Michael Bublé, and Niall Horan. Although she’s thrilled to be back on the show, the country music icon admits she was initially hesitant to join the show in the first place.
In a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, McEntire shared that she was initially reluctant to join the cast of the show—though her reason might surprise you.
“I was really dreading it at first because I don’t want to tell anybody they suck,” she told the late night host.
Meyers admitted, “You don’t have that vibe. You don’t look like somebody who would enjoy telling someone they suck.”
McEntire’s hesitations about the show began long ago when she was first offered the role ahead of the very first season of The Voice. In fact, Reba was initially offered the gig before Blake Shelton and she turned it down.
“I passed on it years ago when it first came over from Holland and I said, I can’t tell somebody don’t give up your day job. I’m not going to do that,” she explained. “But the way we did it on the first time I was on The Voice, it was more helpful and encouraging and everybody that’s coming back now, Snoop, Michael, myself and Niall, we’re nice people. We encourage, we lift up.”
Things came full circle for McEntire and Shelton when she first joined The Voice and essentially replaced Shelton during Season 24. At the time, it was a big secret and the “Fancy” singer herself even had to keep the news from Shelton.
“Well, he kept asking me if I was going to do it,” she recalled during an interview with Entertainment Tonight‘s Cassie DiLaura. “I couldn’t tell him that I was going to do it — because they say he can’t keep a secret.”
She wound up keeping a secret from mostly everyone, including the “Austin” singer, which proved to be a difficult task.
“I am not a liar; I do not fib. I taught my kids that from an early age and my momma would’ve slapped me upside the head for lying to you,” she joked at the time.
Reba McEntire will appear on the upcoming 28th season of the hit show, but of course not until this season comes to a close. The finale will air on Tuesday, May 20 on NBC and will feature performances from a slew of superstars.
Alicia Keys is set to team up with Amanda Reid for the television debut of “The River” and “Empire State of Mind.” Blake Shelton will return to the stage for the first time since his final season, performing his new hit “Texas” from his album For Recreational Use Only. Chance the Rapper will perform “Space and Time” from his latest project, Star Line, while Foreigner delivers a powerful medley of their iconic hits.
Additionally, James Bay and Sheryl Crow will debut their collaboration, “You and Me Time,” and Joe Jonas will take the stage with his new single “Heart by Heart.” Kelly Clarkson will also showcase her new track “Where Have You Been” and Season 22 winner Bryce Leatherwood will perform “God Made” from his debut album.
Throughout the night, coaches Kelsea Ballerini, Michael Bublé, John Legend, and Adam Levine will also perform duets with their final artists as one of the five finalists is crowned the winner by America’s vote.
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