Reba McEntire and Rex Linn Confirm Engagement at Emmys 2025

Reba McEntire confirmed her engagement to Rex Linn after five years of dating during an exclusive interview with Live From E!: 2025 Emmys.

Reba McEntire and Rex Linn have found their happy place at the Emmys 2025.

After all, the Happy's Place costars are engaged after five years of dating, they confirmed in an exclusive interview with Live From E!: 2025 Emmys correspondent Zuri Hall on the red carpet outside of Los Angeles' Peacock Theatre Sept. 14. (Click here to see all the celebrity arrivals.)

After Zuri referred to Rex as Reba's fiancé and her castmate on the NBC sitcom, the country music singer happily shared, "We're having a blast on Happy's Place and so glad to be here tonight."

The couple—who first met in the '90s, but started dating in 2020 after reconnecting on Young Sheldon—were at the awards ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Golden Girls, with Reba performing a musical tribute.

"It's a show that you can watch forever," Reba told Zuri, before Rex jokingly chimed in, "If you're not a fan of The Golden Girls, it would be like not liking puppies."

In fact, the actor said he'd sometimes catch Reba "late at night watching reruns" of the long-running series.

"I'm more like Dorothy," Reba shared, referring to Bea Arthur's character. "I'm to-the-point, blunt."

And the "I'm a Survivor" singer certainly does not beat around the bush when it comes to affairs of the heart. As she previously told E! News, she is "truly committed" to Rex—so much so that she would walk down the aisle for a third time.

"If that's something he feels totally strong about, that's fine with me," Reba—who was married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987 and to Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015—shared in an April 2024 interview. "He's never been married before. So, if he wants to experience that, I'm OK with that."

Reba Mcentire, Rex Linn arrive at Emmys 2025 red carpet

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Plus, the Grammy winner quipped that she and Rex at have been "pretty much inseparable ever since June 16 of 2020."

"It was just like a magnet," she recalled of their first meeting amid the pandemic. "We created an intimacy by texting and talking over the telephone that we wouldn't have gotten if we'd have been together all of that time."

Soft launch? That's so not Reba McEntire's style.

The renowned country singer, 70, stepped out with longtime partner Rex Linn at the 2025 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, with a representative later confirming to USA TODAY that the two were engaged.

McEntire, clad in a sequined black blazer over a long black silk gown, posed hand in hand with Linn, 68, an actor whom she began dating in 2020.

The country star performed later during the show alongside fellow country act Little Big Town. They teamed up for a rendition of the "Golden Girls" theme song to honor the show's 40th anniversary.

McEntire and Linn's romance began during the pandemic, when the two connected after appearing on the show "Young Sheldon."

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"He's a better cook than I am, so I like that, for sure. We love Longhorns, we love the cowboy way of life, cowgirl way of life, and we both got into the entertainment industry," she told Fox in May. "He's an actor. I'm a singer. I love to act. Now we act together.

On the red carpet ahead of the show, McEntire refused to name her favorite "Golden Girl," telling USA TODAY, "No, that's like who's your best friend in the whole wide world."

"But I think, maybe, I'm the Blanche," she added.

This is McEntire's first high-profile public appearance since losing her stepson, Brandon Blackstock, the ex-husband of fellow singer Kelly Clarkson, earlier this year. Blackstock died at 48 following a cancer battle.

"Last week, my stepson/oldest son Brandon Blackstock went home to be with God. His struggle is over and he is in eternal peace in God's presence," McEntire shared in an Aug. 12 Instagram post.

"There is no one else like him, and I’m thankful for the time we had together," she continued. "His legacy and laughter will be carried on through his family. Rest in peace cowboy. Happy trails to you til we meet again."