Reba McEntire thinks she’s joining ‘The Voice’ at the “perfect” time. The 68-year-old singer is replacing Blake Shelton for the next season of the hit TV show, and Reba is already looking forward to the challenge.
The music star – who will appear alongside John Legend, Niall Horan and Gwen Stefani on the show – told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “The first time I ever heard of ‘The Voice’, I saw the tape from Holland’s [version of the show].
They asked me to do it, and I turned it down. “But I think timing is everything. It all worked out for it to work now. I think I’ll be a better mentor to help the kids out more. “I call them kids because they’re all younger than me.
But I will be really excited to get it started.” Despite this, Reba managed to remain tight-lipped about the news. Asked if Blake knew about her big secret, Reba replied: “Well, he kept asking me if I was going to do it.
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