THE gossip machine has come to a grinding halt over the status of country star Miranda Lambert and cop husband Brendan McLoughlin's marriage after months of uncertainty. Miranda posted a smiling photo on Instagram on Wednesday morning of the couple hugging during a recent trip to Italy , quelling fears that the two may be separating. "Thank you for your beauty, history , art, wine , gelato, sweetest people and the memories," the singer wrote in one of the pic's captions.
The two look tanned and relaxed while sporting outfits perfect for vacation travel while posing in front of a variety of Italian courtyards and restaurants. Over 50,000 people liked the short post within hours of it going live. Miranda, 40, made no reference to the tabloid drama that enveloped her family this summer .
Read more on Miranda Lambert Known for her powerful voice, honest lyrics, and fiery performances, Miranda is seen as an icon in the country music genre. She has won multiple Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards throughout her decades in the spotlight with hits like Kerosene and Me and Charlie Talking. Miranda married New York City police officer, Brendan McLoughlin , 32, five years ago after a series of relationships that went badly, only to face rumors about her husband's possible infidelity a few months ago.
RUMORS OF CHEATING Brendan was skewered by fans in June after videos of the New York City police officer grinding against an unknown blond woman at a nightclub began circulating the internet. Most read in Celebrity The troubling encounter took place on June 26 at Miranda 's bar in Nashville, Tennessee . In videos that The U.
S. Sun obtained by a fan, a man who appears to be Brendan is getting pretty friendly with a woman on the dancefloor. A woman in the video repeatedly wraps her arms around the former NYPD officer's neck and grabs his face as she appears to talk into his ear.
The man in the clip looked happy to oblige. "It was hours of him acting like this," the fan told The U.S.
Sun. LOVE STORIES Before marrying Brendan in a secret ceremony in January 2019, the country star had dated Turnpike Troubadours frontman Evan Felker and R&B singer Anderson East. She had married singer Blake Shelton in 2011 and divorced four years later.
Miranda and Brendan met on the set of Good Morning America in 2018, reportedly when the police officer was still in a relationship with another woman and awaiting a newborn with an ex. The mother of his alleged girlfriend at the time, Jackie Bruno , told Us Weekly that her daughter was heartbroken when Brendan left her for the country singer. “She was engaged to Brendan and he cheated on her and got another girl pregnant,” Carol said about her daughter.
Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin's relationship blossomed immediately, but time will tell if they can keep their marriage intact. November 2, 2018: Miranda Lambert meets Brendan McLoughlin on the set of Good Morning America. Lambert was performing with her band, the Pistol Annies, while McLoughlin, then a NYPD officer, was doing security for the show.
Lambert's security guard and bandmates helped orchestrate the set-up, which involved inviting McLoughlin to the band's show. January 26, 2019: Lambert and McLoughlin officially tie the knot on a farm outside of Nashville, less than three months after their initial meeting. February 16, 2019: Lambert reveals she wed McLoughlin in a belated Valentine's Day announcement posted on Instagram and X.
April 2019: The new couple make their red carpet debut at the 2019 ACM Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada. December 25, 2019: Lambert and McLoughlin celebrate their first Christmas together as a married couple, in Lambert's home state, Texas. January 26, 2020: The loved-up duo celebrate their first wedding anniversary, with Lambert sharing photos from the couple's nuptials.
March 2020: McLoughlin retires from the NYPD after taking a leave of absence in 2019; he continues to split his time between Nashville and New York City, where he has a son from a previous relationship. October 2020: McLoughlin makes his acting debut in Miranda Lambert's music video for her 2019 song, Settling Down January 26, 2021: The hot couple celebrate their second wedding anniversary. October 14, 2021: Lambert and McLoughlin get all dressed up in honor of his 30th birthday January 26, 202 2: Lambert and McLoughlin celebrate their third wedding anniversary.
November 8, 2022: The duo attended the BMI Country Awards, where Lambert was nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year. January 26, 2023: Lambert and McLoughlin celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary. February 5, 2023: After performing her new single, Carousel, Lambert walked the red carpet of the ACM Awards with her beau.
January 26, 2024: Lambert and McLoughlin celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. May 15, 2024: Lambert opens up about her relationship with People magazine, explaining that her one marriage rule is "communication," just months after calling her husband a "truth-teller." June 24, 2024: A series of video clips showing McLoughlin dancing and engaging in what appears to be flirty, touchy-feely behavior with several mystery women at Lambert's Casa Rosa bar in Nashville go viral.
June 27, 2024: One of the mystery women featured in the video speaks out to In Touch, revealing that nothing inappropriate happened between her, her friends, and McLoughlin, who ended up leaving the bar – alone – before the night was over. “She was thrown for a loop, she had no clue." Brendan welcomed a baby boy named Landon with ex Kaihla Rettinger in November 2018, just days after meeting Miranda for the first time.
'IT'S GREAT' TO BE A STEPMOM Miranda said in later interviews that she did not have an issue with Brendan becoming a father just days after the two met. “I was like 'Hey, I got the dogs , you got the kid, we can mix and mingle,'" she told Extra in June 2019. “My stepson [Landon] is amazing,” Miranda said.
Read More on The US Sun “I'm loving that whole phase, and I've raised a million dogs, so I feel like I've got that part of my womanly/motherly thing is full, so this is a whole new journey." "It's great" to be around him, she added..
