Blake Shelton said Billy Ray Cyrus told him he needed to 'toughen up' during a pep talk before his first television appearance in 2001.
Blake Shelton recalls Billy Ray Cyrus giving him a tough love pep talk before he made his first TV appearance more than 20 years ago. The 'God’s Country' singer said he was 'scared to death' in 2001 when he was asked by CMA Awards organizers if he would appear on the show and do a commercial bumper in which he'd tease who was coming up and sing about 20 seconds of his song ' Austin .
Kimmel joked that Cyrus might be right, especially if an artist has a mullet and adds the words 'Achy and Breaky in the title of your song. Yes, people are going to make fun of you.' 'Billy had had a rough stretch at that point,' Shelton jokingly agreed. Shelton, who was a coach on 'The Voice' for 23 seasons, kidded that he will give impromptu advice to another performer if 'I think they're going to do really good. I will.
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