Luke Bryan remains to be nursing his emotional wounds. The nation singer and 2022 CMA Awards host is opening up about Katy Perry just lately releasing a duet with fellow nation singer Thomas Rhett.
Bryan spoke with ET’s Rachel Smith on the crimson carpet at this 12 months’s star-studded awards ceremony — which he was tapped to co-host alongside Payton Manning — on the Bridgestone Area in Nashville, and Bryan addressed his “American Idol” co-judge’s foray into nation.
“You already know, my emotions had been harm,” Bryan joked. “You already know, Katy, I advised her at present, you understand, she simply selected a youthful model [of me].”
Perry and Thomas Rhett launched their collaboration, “The place We Began,” final month, and Bryan mentioned he understands why she didn’t collaborate with him first.
“You already know, I get it, I get it. She’s staying in her age bracket,” Bryan quipped.
In April, Thomas Rhett dished to ET in regards to the collaboration and the way it got here to be. ”
“I had no half in that. My report label known as her and mentioned, ‘Would you need to do a collab with Thomas Rhett?’ and I believed they had been loopy,” the 32-year-old singer advised ET’s Rachel Smith backstage through the CMT Music Awards. “I used to be like, ‘She has no concept who I’m.’ They despatched it to her, and she or he liked the tune.”
The 2022 CMA Awards airs dwell from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The present will even be obtainable to stream the next day on Hulu.
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