Brad Paisley's Corn-Themed Anniversary Gift for His Wife.

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Brad Paisley reflects on nineteen years of marriage and performing in bars as a teenager. The conversation also highlights Paisley's efforts alongside Ellen DeGeneres to support the Montecito community following devastating mudslides.
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AI GeneratedBrett and a guest reflect on their 19-year friendship and the guest's history with the show. They share personal anecdotes about marriage, parenting, and early musical careers, while highlighting their joint philanthropic efforts to support the Montecito and Santa Barbara communities following devastating fires and mudslides.
How you doing?
This is great having you here to say goodbye,
because you started here on the first season with us.
I remember, first of all, I was scared
you were going to make me dance when I got here.
But I remember the buzz.
And she changed TV, folks.
She really did.
I mean, the buzz was, it was the most fun thing
you could do in the daytime.
And before that, it was all, you know,
who's your father, TV shows and stuff.
And serious Phil Donahue stuff.
This was, you're groundbreaking in so many ways.
And I'm thrilled to be back to say goodbye.
Thanks, Brett.
That's very sweet of you.
We've known each other since, you know,
the first season for 19 years.
You've been married now the same amount of time.
Because y'all got married, like, right before the show,
or the first season, you and Kimberly?
Yeah, right around that time.
Yeah.
So 19 years, you've been married.
19 years, flies by.
Yeah.
It doesn't feel, because Portia and I
have been together 18 years.
Right.
And it doesn't feel that long.
It doesn't.
It's like, it's 10 minutes underwater.
But it's still a, it goes by fast.
She's hilarious, by the way.
I love your wife.
Oh, yeah, she's pretty funny.
She's funny.
She must, she has a good sense of humor,
because so you're together 19 years.
And the anniversary gift, can we show what you got her?
Yeah, sure.
All right.
This is a stool that you sit on.
Yeah.
Because nothing says stool like you're a corn.
Yeah.
But she's got this thing we call a she-shack,
and it's kind of a chicken theme.
So she's got, like, a stuffed, like, chicken stool rest thing.
Look, it's not a real chicken.
Thank God.
No, it's eating the ear of corn.
Oh, so.
Such a great anniversary gift for anyone
who's thinking about doing that.
Yeah, anyone wanting to end the marriage.
It's kind of.
I keep trying.
She loves that kind of thing.
She's truly, she's got a great sense of humor, as you know.
Yes, she does.
And your sons, I saw them at your house.
And one is going to start driving soon, right?
Well, he's old enough to get the permit,
but he's not really that interested,
which is, I'm thankful for.
He's not interested in driving?
He's kind of, I think he's a little scared of it,
which is fine.
I am too.
And I remember, you remember probably the day
you got your license, right?
Yes.
I mean, I had it all on the line.
I had these four friends that were like,
you're driving us to the movies Friday, you better pass.
And we had it all on the books.
And so I went and, skin of my teeth,
got that driver's license and took them to the movies.
And my parents seemed remarkably calm about it.
Then I found out later, they tailed us all the way there.
My mom and dad got in the car, tailed us to the movies.
We went to like the arcade, went to a Wendy's,
went to the movie, came home, and they
were like out of breath, leaning on the kitchen counter,
going, how was the movie?
And they had just barely beaten me home.
That's hilarious.
But I would do the same thing.
I mean, I think that would be the scariest thing.
When your children start driving,
I think I would do that until they were around 30.
Yeah, me too.
It's scary out there.
But thankfully, he doesn't seem to care.
But you started, so he's what, 15?
Yeah.
And you started actually performing
in bars when you were 13.
Yeah, yeah.
Thankfully, wasn't allowed to drink at that point.
But no, I was this little guy that
had a band of senior citizens.
The guys in my band, we were named the C-Notes
because that was our fee, $100.
And my friends called them the C-Niles.
And they were all Korean War veterans
that were playing with me.
It was an amazing experience.
Amazing.
They dressed me too, which was kind of the problem.
I sort of dressed like them for quite a while.
That does not look like you would wear that on your own.
By the way, you did a concert in 2018 where we live.
We live in Montecito.
Well, it was your concert.
But in Montecito and Santa Barbara,
there were some horrible, horrible mudslides
after a terrible fire that was just
that a lot of people were killed.
And everyone lost homes.
And so we did our part in raising awareness,
raising money.
And we did that together in Santa Barbara.
And it was an amazing event.
Thanks to you.
Look, here's the thing that folks don't really
know about you.
And I'm going to crow about you now.
Throughout the fire, you and I were texting all the time.
And you were so worried about that community.
Then comes the mudslides, and people die,
and the community needs help.
And you immediately wrote, what can we do?
And we came up with that concert idea.
You said, come on the show.
Let's do it.
And nobody showed more heart than you did up there.
And I so appreciate who you are and being your friend.
Thank you.
Well, it's such a, you know, I love the small town
feeling of that place.
That's why both of us live there.
It's a beautiful place.
But it's also, you kind of know everybody.
And it broke my heart what was happening there.
So anyway, you're my pal.
You're a great guy.
You're a talented guy.
But the most important thing is you're
a really, really good guy.
And thanks for being a part of this show for 19 seasons.
I loved it.
And just thank you.
Can't wait to see what you do next.
Me too.
All right.
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