Country singer Lainey Wilson is feeling the love!
The “Heart Like a Truck” singer is revealing the details of her engagement to Devlin “Duck” Hodges, and her plans for their wedding.
In a TikTok video shared by Nashville television station WTVF, Wilson is asked about the former NFL player’s proposal and replies, “I got you girl, I’ll spill the tea.”
Wilson then starts unfolding the story of the romantic proposal, saying, “So, I had talked myself into thinking he was going to do it that day. And then I called my sister. I said, ‘He’s going to propose to me today’ and she was like, ‘I gotta go,’ ” Wilson laughed.
“And then I talked myself out of it because I thought, ‘Man I sure would be upset if I talked myself into this and that don’t happen,’ ” she said.
Lainey Wilson Explains How Engagement Unfolded
But Wilson shouldn’t have worried. Her instincts were right on the money.
The country singer explained that she and Hodges had been ”wanting to go see the George Jones estate” that a realtor friend had listed for sale.
“And then as we [pulled] up, I realized that there were different plans,” Wilson shared. “So, he had it all set up. He had the candles and the picture frames, and it could not have been more perfect.”
Lainey posted pictures of the romantic surprise on her Instagram account, showing the pair on the front steps of Jones’ house holding hands. A closeup reveals that Duck had decorated the step in front of the home’s door with pictures of the couple, candles and red roses.
Lainey Wilson Says She Knew Duck Was the One Right Away
Wilson captioned the post showing her engagement pictures “4x4xU forever ❤️” in reference to her hit song “4x4xU” off her latest album, “Whirlwind.”
The singer says while she and Duck have been dating for four years, it didn’t take nearly that long to know they were meant to be.
Lainey and Duck went public with their romance at the 2023 ACM Awards. But they actually started dating in 2021. And Lainey says both of them knew “pretty much immediately” that they were “going to be in each other’s lives” for a long time after they first met. She even texted him pictures of some “big” engagement ring choices.
“It just felt that natural. And as a joke, I had texted him some big rings, being like this is what I like. He was like, ‘Oh Lord. I better start saving now,’ ” she laughed in the TikTok video.
In the Instagram post about the engagement, the series of photos ends with a video of Lainey walking down the steps of the George Jones house, pretending her left hand is too heavy to lift. She then flashes the beautiful engagement ring at the camera, laughs and runs away.
Singer Admits the Pair Haven’t Started on Wedding Plans
Lainey says while she may have been thinking ahead about the engagement ring, the wedding is another story. The singer admits the couple hasn’t started planning the big day. “We really need to sit down and make that a priority. But I’m sure that it’ll be something that’s just very, very simple, you know?,” she shared in the TikTok video.
The singer will have to find time for wedding planning between tour stops. Lainey Wilson just wrapped up the European leg of her “Whirlwind Tour.” She’ll play a series of music festivals across the U.S. and Canada over the summer. Those kick off May 30 at the Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City, Florida. Then she’ll kick off the U.S. leg of her “Whirlwind” tour in Phoenix, AZ August 14. The singer will pack in 31 tour stops before wrapping things up November 8 in Orlando, FL.
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Lainey Wilson Dishes on Romantic Marriage Proposal (& Her Dream Wedding)