The Life-Changing Advice Reba McEntire Got From Her Dad

Reba McEntire has often spoken about her parents' support of her and her siblings. However, there was one caveat. As she told Oprah.com, "The only thing Daddy wasn't supportive of was when I wanted to run barrels in the rodeo." 

However, Clark McEntire made no secret as to why he felt that way. "Daddy would just point-blank tell me, 'Reba, I don't know why you want to do something you're not good at.' And I said, 'Well, that was hurtful.' But it was true. It was very honest," she told CMT. Sure enough, Reba admitted to Oprah.com that, no matter how much she loved the sport, barrel racing really wasn't for her — especially in a competitive setting. "I was better in the practice pen than I was in the arena. When the crowd became involved — it wasn't good," she revealed.

That's not to say Mr. McEntire's words of wisdom were limited to keeping her out of a sport she wasn't excelling in, though. Far from it, Clark actively encouraged Reba to pursue the thing she was best at. When asked what she should be doing instead of rodeo sports, Reba recalls him telling her, "Sing. You ought to be singing." Luckily for the Grand Ole Opry inductee and her fans, she heeded that advice, and the rest is history.

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