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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.

By Gabrielle Chung Sep 14, 2025 11:43 PM
| Updated Sep 15, 2025 3:24 AM
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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."

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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."

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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."

To see more celebrities on the Emmys 2025 red carpet, read on.

Selena Gomez

In custom Louis Vuitton. 

Michelle Williams

In vintage Chanel. 

Julianne Nicholson

In Prabal Gurung. 

Noah Wyle

In custom FIGS. 

Hunter Schafer

In McQueen and Christian Louboutin. 

Christopher Meloni

In John Varvatos. 

Uzo Aduba

In Safiyaa, Yeprem ring and A.Jaffe jewelry. 

Keri Russell

In Armani Privé and Sabyasachi jewelry. 

Jessica Williams

In Rodarte. 

Anna Sawai

In Armani Privé.

Ashley Walters

James Marsden

In Ralph Lauren Purple Label and IWC Portofino watch. 

Jude Law

In Brioni. 

Ruth Negga

In Prada

Parker Posey

In custom Valentino and Sabyasachi jewelry. 

Kristen Bell

In Armani Privé and Bucherer jewelry. 

Jake Gyllenhaal

In Prada. 

Cristin Milioti

In custom Danielle Frankel. 

Angela Bassett

In Yara Shoemaker, Lagos jewelry, Alexandre Birman shoes, and Judith Leiber bag. 

Leslie Bibb

In Armani Privé. 

Lauren Graham

In Akris. 

Scarlett Johansson

In Prada. 

Colman Domingo

In Valentino and Boucheron jewelry. 

Adam Scott

In Thom Browne.

Rashida Jones

In Jessica McCormack. 

Hiroyuki Sanada

Brian Tyree Henry

In a customized vintage Maison Bontemps tux, Elizabeth Gage jewelry and Jaeger-LeCoultre timepiece. 

Jesse Williams

In Giorgia Armani, Christian Louboutin shoes, Blancpain timepiece and David Yurman jewelry.

Gina Torres

In Zhivago, Jimmy Choo shoes and Cartier jewelry.

Garcelle Beauvais

In Valdrin Sahiti. 

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