Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty; thomas rhett/instagram
Thomas Rhettis reflecting on the first time he saw his oldest daughter.
While appearing on an episode ofKevin Bacon’spodcastSix Degrees with Kevin Bacon, the country singer, 33, reminisced on seeing his daughterWilla Gray, 7, for the very first time.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“She’s been at this children’s home now and she, her name is Willa Gray but her name was Blessing at the orphanage. And she had been there for like a week. She was 6 weeks old,” the girl dad continued.
“And my wife was just talking to me, like ‘We have to find a home for this child.’ And I’ll never forget it dude, it was 2 o’clock in the morning where I was, half asleep, and it just kind of blurted out of my mouth. ‘We’re going to bring her home.'”
“And I don’t even remember saying it, I don’t even know if I was ready to have kids yet. I was really loving the road thing, my career was just starting to take off, I was like, ‘Man if we have kids right now, what is that gonna do?’ And I’ll never forget those words coming out of my mouth,” he told Bacon.
Thomas Rhett and his wife share four daughters together — Lillie Carolina, 22 months, Lennon Love, 3, Ada James, 5, and Willa Gray.
“I was alone with my thoughts in 2020 and wrote a lot of songs, just me and the guitar and I wanted to write some more things thatmade my kids smileand made my kids want to dance,” Thomas Rhett told PEOPLE of the album’s inspiration.
“I started playing the record and I kept taking notes of the ones they wanted to listen to over and over again. There were five or six on there that now when we get in the car, my 2-year-old will be like, ‘Play daddy song, daddy song,’ " he continued. “And if it’s not one of those six, even if it’s an older song of mine or a newer one, those are the only six that she cares about. So those made it on the record for sure.”
source: people.com
