Lainey Wilson is tired of ‘waiting’ for boyfriend Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges to propose and admitted she may have to pop the question herself.
On Tuesday, the 32-year-old Yellowstone star chatted with Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie Xo about her 2025 wishes and manifestations to tie the knot with her boyfriend of nearly four years, during a CMT interview.
‘No pressure, brother! No pressure,’ she said making an impatient expression. ‘I might have to propose to him. We waiting!’
Bunnie said, ‘No, Duck’s gonna do it. I could feel it,’ to which Lainey cheerfully responded. ‘I like that.’
In the comments, Bunnie penned: ‘I’m calling now! Duck & Lainey.’ And the Watermelon Moonshine singer added an emoji of a woman tipping her hand, conveying confidence.
The country songstress and her 28-year-old boy toy were first linked in 2021 at a Nashville saloon through a mutual friend’s introduction.
Lainey Wilson is tired of ‘waiting’ for boyfriend Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges to propose and admits she may have to pop the question herself; seen April 2024
The lovebirds made their red carpet debut at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards where she was named Female Artist of the Year and won Album of the Year with her record Bell Bottom Country.
But this is not the first time Lainey has felt as though she had to take matters into her own hands.
When asked about marriage plans in September 2024, she said: ‘I guess I’m going to propose cause his a** ain’t proposed to me.’
Justifying their timeline, she claimed they were still enjoying non-marital bliss and that they weren’t quite ready to tie the knot.
She declared: ‘I think it needs to be during a season of our life where we really have the time to enjoy it. Right now it would be like, “Oh shoot, I’m engaged, all right on to the next thing,” and I just want to like be able to really soak it in.’
Back in 2023, the vocalist opened up to People Magazine about her ‘lovable’ man and how she does not ‘have to convince anybody to like him.’
She said: ‘I said, “We gonna see if you’re in it for the right reasons.” Turns out, he is.
‘Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five all of my artist friends at the ACMs, and I said, “Those are his friends!” He’ll FaceTime me, and he’ll be with HARDY and Morgan [Wallen] and Luke [Combs], and I’m like, “Stop stealing all my buddies.”
The country songstress and her 28-year-old boy toy were first linked in 2021 at a Nashville saloon through a mutual friend’s introduction; seen November 2023
When asked about marriage plans in September 2024, she said: ‘I guess I’m going to propose cause his a** ain’t proposed to me’; seen May 2023
‘They’ll always be out golfing and drinking a beer. I don’t have to convince anybody to like him. He’s a very lovable person.’
The blonde vixen also confessed that the former NFL player turned real estate agent is her muse when it comes to producing heartfelt, romantic music. She also claimed he is ‘one of my biggest cheerleaders and champions.’
‘Duck is the kind of dude who high-fives me on the way in the door and on the way out and says, “Go get it,”‘ she expressed.
‘He knows how important this dream is to me. I was never really able to write love songs, because I don’t know if I had actually felt it, but I’m writing me some love songs now. I’m grateful for him,’ the Hillbilly Hippie singer added.
Later on Tuesday, Lainey hit the stage for New Year’s Eve LIVE: Nashville’s Big Bash and preformed some of her greatest hits ahead of the countdown to midnight.
She also revealed to her fans that the highlight of her year was being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry back in July.
‘I feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be,’ she shared. ‘Just so many things to celebrate. So if 2025 is anything like 2024, it’s gonna be another hell of a ride.’
