Miranda Lambert, the fiery queen of country music, a woman whose voice can melt asphalt and whose lyrics can cut deeper than a rusty razor, has it all: fame, fortune, a voice that could charm the birds from the trees, and a love story that's straight out of a honky-tonk fairy tale. Forget Cinderella’s glass slipper, this story involves a uniform, a smitten squad of girlfriends, and a dash of New York City magic.
Picture this: 2018, the heart of the Big Apple. Miranda Lambert, fresh off the release of her Pistol Annies album, is hitting the morning show circuit, promoting her latest tunes with the energy of a caffeinated hummingbird. Enter Brendan McLoughlin, a Staten Island native and NYPD officer, tasked with security detail for Good Morning America. Little did he know, he was about to be swept up in a country music whirlwind.
“It was love at first sight... for my girlfriends, at least,” Lambert joked in an interview with the New York Times. "They saw this handsome officer and knew I was ready for a new chapter. So, what did they do? They invited him to our show. Behind my back! They practically plucked him out of the crowd for me."
And plucked, he was. Cupid’s arrow, it seems, was disguised as a backstage pass.
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