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Thomas Rhett Has Always Admired Tim Tebow

Thomas Rhett likes to give his fans a good time, but he also hopes that he serves a higher purpose. “I do think I was out here to entertain people…

Thomas Rhett Has Always Admired Tim TeBow
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Thomas Rhett likes to give his fans a good time, but he also hopes that he serves a higher purpose. “I do think I was out here to entertain people and allow people to have a good time on a Friday or Saturday night, but I think the most important reason that I was put here is to use what I have been given for good.”

Rhett says he has always looked up to former NFL star, Tim Tebow, because he says, “Growing up, Tim Tebow was always such an inspiration to me because being in any sort of professional celebrity atmosphere it’s really hard to maintain level-headedness. I would assume more so being in the NFL, and so someone like him who always turned anything good into something great, I’ve just always wanted to try to do that.”

Thomas and his wife Lauren, guided by their faith, have always used their platform for good. He says, “For us, lately, it’s been really advertising 147 Million Orphans and how important it is to adopt children around the world. Or just even small things like, ‘Hey, I picked this devotional book up today and it really helped me out, you should go get it. I just think it’s always good to use your platform for good rather than bad.”

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.