Miranda Lambert: Who Her ‘Truth Teller’ Is

Miranda Lambert appeared on The Tamron Hall Show today (1/16) on ABC and talked about who tells her the truth in life, and who her "hype girl" is.

Miranda said of her husband, Brendan, "My husband tells me the truth. Everybody needs somebody in their life who's a truth-teller, and he's very New York about it."

She said her mother Beverly, her partner in her MuttNation charity for animals, is her "hype girl."

Lambert also told Hall of her new endeavors, "I feel excited. I'm more open now to whatever's supposed to come my way. A little more aware and a little less tunnel vision because, luckily, I've worked hard enough to get to where I've reached a lot of my goals, so now I can be a little more free."

The country superstar also took Hall on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of her "Miranda Lambert: Velvet Rodeo The Las Vegas Residency" at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino ahead of her final run of shows this March and April.

Meanwhile, Miranda and Tractor Supply Company have announced the 2nd annual Relief For Rescues fundraising event. Today (1/16) through January 21st, Tractor Supply customers can donate at checkout at any Tractor Supply store, online at TractorSupply.com, or via the Tractor Supply mobile app. The fund provides critical support to shelter pets during times of natural disaster.

Lambert said, "Helping shelters and shelter pets recover from a natural disaster is part of our MuttNation mission. "Partnering with Tractor Supply stores across the country for our annual Relief For Rescues fundraiser, along with the support from the tens of thousands of animal-loving people who donate to our cause this week, allows us to provide critical assistance immediately – where it's needed when it's needed."

Speaking of need, we reached out to Miranda's people to ensure she was aware of a Nashville animal shelter's heating problems after the two-day snowstorm (with temperatures in the single digits) in Nashville. Her publicist said Miranda is aware of the problem and is "working to see what we can do to help via MuttNation."

Metro Animal Care and Control in Nashville said the heating system is down in one of their adoption rooms, which is currently filled with around 20 dogs. They told WKRN, "We don't have anywhere to relocate them, sadly, so we are hoping people from the community will pick up some dogs to get them in a warm home." Metro Animal Control is a place Lambert has been too many times to visit, and sometimes takes home an animal or two to add to growing family.

Lainey Wilson posted a clip of her new commercial for Wrangler now long ago. It features the country star in her Wranglers surrounded by wild horses. Of course, she's wearing her many Wrangler bell-bottom styles. At the end of the commercial clip, Lainey says, "Wrangler, long live cowgirls."

Wilson captioned the video clip on Instagram, "Turn heads and capture hearts (smiling emoji with cowboy hat). I partnered with @wrangler to show y'all some of their new Fall styles."

Many of her die-hard fans reacted to her post, including one who wrote, "Lainey Wilson do a Flicka remake." Another fan commented, "My favorite new ad or commercial! I'm loving it. Way to go, Lainey." One more fan gushed, "I absolutely LOVE the trail you are blazing for women in country music."

See that post here.

Over the decades, country stars have lent their talent to promote many items through print, TV, and radio commercials, from the 1970s, when Loretta Lynn was talking about Crisco Oil to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson doing Taco Bell spots. It was actually Toby Keith's Ford commercial that started to get him more noticed by a wider audience. Some credit that commercial with cementing his superstar status.

Even country icon Dolly Parton teamed with her goddaughter Miley Cyrus for a 2022 Superbowl commercial for T-Mobile. Kelsea Ballerini also became a commercial girl when she announced in 2022 that she was an official "Cover Girl" for the makeup brand. Faith Hill has been in Pepsi commercials, Shania Twain has done Revlon commercials and Garth Brooks has done Dr. Pepper commercials.

The news of Wilson's commercial got us thinking: what other country stars have teamed with companies and made commercials? So we dove in and found seven commercials that some of you may recall through the years as companies turned to country music royalty to promote their brands.

The new Wrangler ad is not Lainey Wilson's first commercial for TV. She starred in a commercial earlier this year for Tractor Supply. The ad features her driving a four-wheeler, performing on stage, and sitting in her truck with her momma. She also rides a horse in the spot and even drives a tractor. In the ad, she sings the song "For Life Out Here."

About a year ago, Thomas Rhett teamed up with Fritos and did a commercial touting the famous chip brand. The company revealed that Thomas's commercial was the first new Fritos television commercial in 20 years. Rhett joined the iconic corn chip brand for its "Down For Everything" campaign. In the fun commercial, he asks a friend what his fave is like, "camper or tent" or "lab or poodle." Rhett is not the first country star to do ads for Fritos; Reba did so in the late 1990s.

Reba was one of the many actors who portrayed Colonel Sanders in fun KFC ads and commercials a few years back. In the ad, you can hear Reba's voice singing in a bar, then turning around and singing, "I'm Colonel Sanders," dressed as the chicken icon, and then throwing a hat to herself, looking like the Reba we all know in the audience. The hilarious video also features actor Don Swayze playing guitar behind her. One of the best lines in the song is, "I'm definitely not a woman." Other actors playing the Colonel in ads included Rob Lowe and comedian Jim Gaffigan.

In 2015, Miranda Lambert did a commercial for Ram Trucks. The minute-long ad features Lambert singing her hit "I Got Wings" in front of images of farm life and photo frames of herself throughout her hair. She also drives her Ram truck through a farm and plays guitar on the porch of an old farmhouse.

It's hard to find anything of Garth Brooks on YouTube because the superstar actually employs people to take down his stuff daily. However, you can see a commercial he did in the fall of 1994 for McDonald's when he teamed with the burger giant to offer CDs and cassettes of his music for fans who buy a value meal at McDonald's. In promoting the new partnership, I interviewed Garth with some fellow media outlets one afternoon, and he conveniently brought in a sack of McDonald's lunch to munch on while we talked.

And who can forget the 2021 Superbowl commercial featuring Blake Shelton, his then girlfriend Gwen Stefani, and their buddy Adam Levine? The funny ad shows Adam setting Blake and Gwen up with one another after Stefani tells him, "I'm ready to start dating again." After she describes what she wants, Adam, through a "spotty" phone service, hears it all wrong and thinks Blake fits the bill perfectly of an "uncultured country guy."