Blake Shelton Reveals Powerful Advice Billy Ray Cyrus Gave Him – ‘You Need To Toughen Up’

The nation music star Blake Shelton not too long ago spoke out to recall the robust love pep discuss that his fellow singer Billy Ray Cyrus gave him over twenty years in the past, and he hasn’t forgotten it to this present day.

TONIGHT! Do not miss Blake on @JimmyKimmelLive! Tune-in at 11:35/10:35c on @ABCNetwork. -Crew BS pic.twitter.com/k0mRGCkT6C

— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) November 8, 2023

Shelton Will get Recommendation From Cyrus 

Whereas being interviewed by the late evening host Jimmy Kimmel earlier this month, Shelton remembered how Cyrus gave him a tricky love pep discuss earlier than he made his first tv look approach again in 2001. Shelton, now 47, admitted that he was “scared to demise” to take the stage on the CMAs, the place he was tasked with doing a business bumper by teasing who was developing subsequent earlier than singing about 20 seconds of his music “Austin.”

As Shelton stood within the wings ready to go on, he was approached by Cyrus, who instantly launched himself and requested how Shelton was doing.

“And I’m going, ’Man, I’m scared to demise. I’m scared to demise proper now to stroll on the market,’” Shelton recalled. “And he goes, ‘What do you imply?’ And I’m going, ‘I’ve simply by no means been on TV, and I’ve obtained to sing.’”

Cyrus, nevertheless, was not having any of it.

Truthfully, i nonetheless do not perceive how Blake Shelton obtained sexiest man alive over Billy Ray Cyrus . Even with the mullet. pic.twitter.com/qpNSVLSQZe

— ✨BE FUCKING FR✨ (@killakui) April 7, 2019

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‘You Want To Toughen Up’

“Even in the event you do nice, that is the music business,” Cyrus, now 62, allegedly advised Shelton. “Most of these persons are gonna make enjoyable of you and roll their eyes anyway, man. That is the music business. It’s worthwhile to toughen up a bit of bit. Man, folks make enjoyable of you.”

“I do not forget that was his pep discuss to me,” Shelton recalled. “He in all probability doesn’t do not forget that, however I’m telling you, as a younger 23-year-old child or no matter I used to be, I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, you’re proper.’”

Kimmel responded by joking that Cyrus could have been on to one thing as a result of when you have “‘Achy and Breaky’ within the title of your music. Sure, persons are going to make enjoyable of you.”

“Billy had had a tough stretch at that time,” Shelton jokingly agreed.

Try this full interview within the video under.

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Shelton Overcomes Fears Of Being On TV

It’s considerably ironic that Shelton was initially petrified of happening tv, given the truth that he would later spend 23 seasons serving as a vastly profitable coach on the hit NBC tv present “The Voice” from 2011 till he left the present in Could of this 12 months. Shelton even coached alongside Cyrus’ daughter Miley when she signed on as a coach throughout seasons 11 and 13 of the present.

“It’s bittersweet,” Shelton wrote on Instagram as he mirrored on his exit from “The Voice.” “Once we signed up for season 1, I don’t assume any of us knew what this was going to be…”

“These previous 12 years I’ve made lifelong buddies and recollections,” he continued. “I’ve had the nice alternative to teach some actually proficient artists, 9 who’ve taken residence #TeamBlake wins (let’s make that 10 tonight?), and watch these artists develop a lot from the present.”

“Thanks to everybody… the crew, the coaches, the contestants, the followers, and my spouse who’ve made these some actually nice years,” Shelton concluded. “Love y’all!!!!!!”

We’re so glad to see that Shelton overcome his fears of being on tv, and that he’s by no means forgotten the recommendation that Cyrus gave him all these years in the past. Ultimately, we may all be taught rather a lot from Cyrus’ recommendation about toughening up a bit!