Reba Calls Out Fake Story: ‘This Is Not True’

Reba McEntire reads stuff that people write about her online, and recently, she saw something that was not true and felt the need to correct it.

Reba posted to Instagram a shot of an article online with the headline: "Reba Confirms She's Leaving 'The Voice' After Her Accidental Live Confession." In big red letters, she wrote over the article "FALSE." She captioned the post with a warning to fans: "Please do not click on any articles that say I am leaving The Voice. This is not true."

She added, "These are fake websites to lure people in with clickbait where they claim I have a company to sell weight loss gummy products. This is false. I do not sell or promote any type of gummy product. Please report these posts if you see them on Facebook or Instagram."

Many fans appreciated the post, with one commenting, "Thanks for confirming this, Reba. We can't always trust social media & the crap they put out there." Another fan joked, "Now if the article was about Tater-tots, we would know it was real." One more fan said, "I love you, queen. You are always looking out for people."

Reba will star in a new sitcom pilot for NBC. The pilot is the first order of the 2024 season for the network.

The comedy pilot, which has yet to be titled and no cast members announced except for Reba, will be with former Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Abbott is set to write the script for the project.

The potential series will revolve around Reba's character, who inherits her father's restaurant. She is less than thrilled to discover she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.

In this journalist's opinion, the part of the half-sister should be played by former Reba TV sitcom co-star and good friend to McEntire, Melissa Peterman. The two have such chemistry and have worked together many times since meeting on the Reba sitcom in 2001. Reba told me in an interview, "With Melissa Peterman, everything is always fun."

Country music tells stories of real life. And no genre sings it better when it comes to heartbreak, the loss of love, and divorce.

Looking back to the 1960s and 1970s, there were two songs about splits by country music queens of their day: Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. Lynn sang the classic "Rated X," which was out in 1972, and talked about what women go through in the public eye after a divorce. It was quite salty at the time it came out.

Wynette is known for the ultimate country music divorce song, "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," which topped the country charts in 1968. It was six years later, in 1975, that she and George Jones got divorced. It was a huge deal at the time because, in their day, they were the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill of country music.

Fast forward to the 2020s, and breakups and heartbreaks leading to divorce still top the country's music charts. Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton are close to topping the charts with their GRAMMY Nominated (Best Duo/Group Performance) heartbreak duet about a couple that communicates so little: "We Don't Even Fight Anymore."

They say divorce is one of the three most stressful changes in life, next to death, sickness, and losing a job. Sadly, statistics say that 40-50 percent of marriages these days end in divorce. The divorce rate for second marriages is even higher, with approximately 60-67% of second marriages ending in divorce.

In country music, many marriages end in divorce, so when Tim and Faith celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary last year, it really was something to celebrate. They are not the only marriage success in country music as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Keith Urban, and Nicole Kidman are approaching 20 years of wedded bliss.

We look at five country music songs about the loss of love and divorce.

This Dolly Parton classic is the ultimate divorce song. The song lyrics' first verse gets right to the point, "Momma moved out / Daddy sold the house / They split up the money / And went on their way / And all the king's horses / And all the king's men / Couldn't put mommy and daddy back together again."

This Dolly album, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, came out right before she released her 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album, which brought her a whole new set of music and movie fans. Reba remade this touching song on her 1995 On My Own album, where she recorded some of her favorite covers.

Reba McEntire with Kenny Chesney - Reba makes another divorce song that hits home for many going through this tough lot in life. This song appeared on her 2007 Duets album. The song features Kenny Chesney and tells the tale of divorce from both sides, Mom and Dad.

The two released a video for the song, which features the couple exchanging kids. It features video footage of Reba sitting in a park but just Chesney's vocals.

The King of Country Music himself, sings the sad tale of divorce in his 2006 hit "Give It Away." The song details the stuff being divided when a married couple split. The song was written by Jamey Johnson, Bill Anderson, and Buddy Cannon. Jonhson's divorce inspired it at the time. The song became Strait's 41st No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, setting a new record for most No. 1 singles on that chart at the time. Conway Twitty held the previous record for number-one hits.

This classic breakup song is epic, with Miranda telling her mom not to share her advice after such a bad breakup. The song was written by Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, and Shane McAnally.

Lambert told us of the song when it came out in 2013, "I think we all have at some point or another, mostly when we're young. Especially crazy teenage love — you think the world is ending if you break up." The music video really adds to the tension of the song, as we see Miranda playing the role of someone not dealing very well with a breakup.

This heartbreaking big hit from Keith Urban ranked number one on the country charts and even peaked at number 6 on the US Adult Top 40 chart. The song's lyrics say in the chorus, "Take your records, take your freedom / Take your memories, I don't need 'em / Take your space and take your reasons / But you'll think of me."

The music video for the song features Keith singing in a dark and empty house with flashbacks of good times with his love.