‘American Idol’ Alum ​Scotty McCreery Opens Up About Becoming a Dad and the Power of Saying ‘No’

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Keeping his priorities “damn straight.” Scotty McCreery may have five consecutive No. 1 hits on Billboard, but the country crooner has had to adjust his outlook on his career since welcoming son Merrick “Avery” in October 2022 with wife Gabi Dugal McCreery.“The power of saying ‘no’ to some things is becoming a big thing for me,” the singer, who recently teamed up with UScellular for their Locally Grown, Locally live music campaign, explained. “Realizing, ‘Hey man, you’re a father now.’ I wanna be there for my kid and we’re still busy, I’m still working my tail off, but we’re not saying ‘yes’ to everything like I used to always do.

I gotta have time with my kid, I gotta have time with my family. So, that has changed a lot.”One change McCreery plans to make in the near future is converting his tour bus into a “baby” bus for his upcoming 35-city tour.“One of the bunks is now a crib ­­­— where he can’t roll out.

We try to bring all his stuff from home out there on the road too, so his toys and his mats, so, he kind of has those same smells and sounds and sights that he gets in his nursery too,” he told Us. “I love the road, but I do get to miss home.

I get to miss him, the wife, so, this is selfishly, it’s huge for me and hopefully for them too, that we all get to hang together and have a year together on the road.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesAvery, who is now 5 months, is already taking after his dad in some ways.“I hum to him nonstop.