“I guess I’ll find out when the time is right,” the indefatigable country legend said in a new interview.
Reba McEntire celebrated her 70th birthday back in March, at an age when many people might be thinking about retiring, but the country music great and TV personality still believes she's still a couple of decades away from retirement.
When asked when she might retire in a new interview PeopleMcIntyre answered candidly: “I don’t know when. It could be in 20 years.” (That would mean McIntyre has reached the ripe age of 90.) She added, “I guess I'll find out when the time comes.”
McEntire goes on to recall how he and Dolly Parton talked “an awful lot” about retirement back in the early 2000s, when Parton was a guest star on McEntire's hit sitcom Reba. “I said, 'Are you going to retire?'” McIntyre recalls. “[Parton] said: “Why do I need this?” What could I do that would be more enjoyable than what I'm doing at this job right now?” I agree with her one hundred percent. Maybe slow down, but there are no plans for retirement.”
McIntyre is, of course, busy as always. she's doing it now fourth term as coach on Voicewhich is in the middle of its 28th season. And the second season of her new sitcom, Happy's placeis set to launch its second season on November 7 on NBC.
“I love this chapter of my life. I'm very grateful,” McIntyre said. People.
Back in May, McIntyre was also enrolled in host the 60th Academy of Country Music Awardsmarking her 18th time at the helm of the institution hosting the awards ceremony. TO open a big anniversary showMcEntire performed a medley spanning ten years, welcoming one Song of the Year winner from each of the last six decades.
