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Luke Combs: Don’t Tell Him He’s Not Tall

Luke Combs apparently reads what is printed about him online. Recently, he had an objection to a site that published a bio of country stars that stated his height was…

Luke Combs wears a black ball cap, black vest, and tan shirt while smiling.
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Luke Combs apparently reads what is printed about him online. Recently, he had an objection to a site that published a bio of country stars that stated his height was 5'9", a height he was not thrilled with.

He posted his thoughts on the place where country stars go to air their grievances, X / Twitter.

Luke posted a photo of the bio page on X and wrote, "5’9” is crazy work. 6 foot 300lbs of beefcake here according to my driver's license."

The average height for a man in the United States is actually 5'9".

Country stars vary in height, with extremely tall stars like Blake Shelton, who is 6'6", and shorter superstars like Kenny Chesney, who stands at 5'7". Eric Church, who Combs recently stood next to when the two were given a Humanitarian Award at CRS in Nashville, stands at 6'2".

Combs is at the top of the country music game, playing to sold-out stadiums of fans each weekend, but he has not had one experience that most country stars have already had.

In a recent interview, he said that there is one country music icon he has [inlink id="luke-combs-country-icon-salty" text="never come face to face"] with, and it irritates him.

Luke said, "I would like to run into George Strait. I've never met George Strait, ever. I feel like everyone in the world has, and I haven't."

He added, "I'm at the point where I'm salty about it." When asked about when it happens how would he feel, he said, "That would be cool, yeah!"

Strait, known as the King of Country Music, has 61 number-one songs across all country charts. This includes 44 number-one hits on the Billboard country chart,

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.