Closer USA – August 26, 2019

HEART to heart

proudof, butnobodytalksaboutit.Theytalk

aboutme beingnaked[inFailureto Launch]

and thathotbodyI had.[Laughs]

Yo u wearmultiplehats as anentertainer,

si nger,comedian.What’syourfavorite?

I’min thehorseandcattlebusiness.I’ve

been speakingto corporationsfor34 years.

ThosearethingsI lovedoing.Singingin

church,singingon theroadwiththegospel

groupTheIsaacs.I startedsingingat the

GrandOleOpryin thelasttwoyears...

Amazing!Whatelseis comingup?

Ourfamilydida pilotfora realityshowfor

E!calledThe BradshawBunch. We’llknowin

Septemberwhetherit’llgetpickedup.We got

our threegirlsinvolvedandI thought,Dad is

70 now,andwhenI’mgone,they’llhavethisto

lookbackon andlaughat. It’sgoingto be Erin,

Rachel,Tammy,mystepdaughterLacey.One

son-in-lawis a chef.Erin’shusbandis a horse

trainerandmy oldestdaughteris sellingreal

estateanddatinga reallygoodguy,whocould

becomemy otherson-in-law.It’sfunny.

Yo u’vebeena CBSandFoxcommentator

fordecades.What’sthefunniestthing

th at’severhappenedto youon air?

Yes,yes!We weredoinga footballgame,

St. LouisCardinalsandthe[NewOrleans]

Saints.I’mjusttalkingup a stormanda

WesternUniontelegramcomesto theguard

atthedoor.I openit up andit says,“Shut

the effup!”I went,“Ohmy God,somebody

TRUECOWBOYHis cover

of“I’mSo LonesomeI

CouldCry”hit No.17 on

the HotCountrySongs

chartin 1976.

TOUGHGUYHe tooka rolein thestuntman

comedyHoopersohe could“seewhat

[acting]waslike”withpalBurtReynolds.

GOODARMIn 1966,Terry

(aseniorat WoodlawnHigh

inShreveport,La.)broke

the nationalrecordin

the javelinthrowfour

weeksin a row.

TR U ES TAR

Terry(seen

withhis brother

Craig)got his

staron the

Hollywood Walk

ofFamein 2001.

TRACKTO

FI ELDTO

STAGE

doesn’tlikeme.”[Laughs] So

I didn’tsayanotherword.I

couldn’ttalk!

Anyotherfunmoments?

I did onegamelayingon my

backon thef loorbecause

VerneLundquistwasthe

voiceoftheCowboys,andthe

Eagleswerepepperinghimwith

snowballs![Laughs] I couldgo on...

Anythingembarrassingeverhappen?

Ittakesa lotto embarrassme....Oh,two

weeksagoI wasgettinghearingaids.I had

myearsfilledwithliquidwax,thenhadto

doFaceTimeto over100,000peopleand

kepttalkingaboutmy “hearinglegs.”I said,

“Whatarey’alllaughingat?”

How’syour healthbeen?

Youwantme to giveya a rundown?

[Laughs] Overall,good.I gotdiagnosedwith

rheumatoidarthritisfiveyearsago.You

takesteroids,andI puton 40 pounds.I can’t

acceptthatI’vegota stomach!

Yo u lookgreat,andso doesTammy.

How did yougettogether?

Wedated13 years,neverlivedtogether.[We

wereboth]comingoutof baddivorcesand

whenI wasgettingcloseto her,I’d runand

hideforsixweeks,thencomerunningback.

I said,“There’snobodygettingtheirhands

aroundmy heartagain.”I foughtherfor

FAM I LY G U Y

“My love for farming came

from my grandparents, who

were [Louisiana] cotton and

watermelon farmers,” Terry

tells Closer. “I had such a

tight family, so my love

for people is natural. That

molded me into what

I am today.”

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