In a recent interview with a leading man’s magazine, Kenny Chesney said that he will never have another girlfriend appear in one of his videos because when things go sour he’s stuck with the video as a reminder of the gal.
Kenny’s ex-fiancee, Mandy Weals, was in his How Forever Feels video – and now he can’t stand to see it.
He says, “I’ll never do that again. When it doesn’t work out, you have to live with that video.”
“I had to do the song at the Country Music Association Awards and the whole video behind me was her. I was doing the song with a chip on my shoulder.”
Other Interview Quotes:
On the rumors he is gay: “That is the most unbelievable thing in the world. ‘Because Renée cited fraud, Kenny’s got to be gay.’ What guy who loves girls wouldn’t be angry about that? I didn’t sign up for that. I think people need to live their lives the way they want to, but I’m pretty confident in the fact that I love girls. [laughs] I’ve got a long line of girls who could testify that I am not gay.”
On becoming a country singer instead of a rock singer: “Some would argue I am a rock singer. There are moments when I’ve got five electric guitars on one song. Last year this guy reviewed my show and said, ‘The best rock show to come through town this year: Kenny Chesney.’ He thought I should have been more country, just because I wear a hat onstage. ‘This isn’t country music.’ He meant it as a slam, but we took it as a compliment. I’m a country singer just by how I grew up, who my parents are and my heritage. If Lynyrd Skynyrd came out today, it would be considered country; same with the Eagles. I think the lines are blurred now more than ever. I don’t apologize for it.”
On losing his temper: “I don’t really lose my temper that much, but when somebody mistreats my guys, I just go crazy. I did throw a PlayStation out the window of my tour bus one night. We play NCAA Football on PlayStation 3, and I’m very competitive. I was getting beat really bad—like three games in a row—and I’d had enough. I pulled the game out of the wall, opened the window while the bus was going down the road and threw it out onto the interstate. That’s the maddest I’ve been in a couple of years. All the guys on the bus were trying not to laugh.”
On drinking before a show: “I don’t really drink before a show. That’s my only drinking rule. Especially with today’s cell-phone cameras, there’s no win to it. I have a rum and sugar-free Red Bull every night to toast with the band, just to take the edge off and give me a little energy. Certain nights, when everything’s perfect and we have thousands of people partying, I break my rule and have a drink onstage. I’ve never done a show drunk. Well, I take that back. In the early days I did.”
On his early records: “On the second and third records, All I Need to Know and Me and You, I was not being myself. Every Nashville singer was trying to sound like George Strait because it was a successful blueprint. Sometimes we’d play a club on tour, and it would be just me and the band and the bartenders.”
How Forever Feels Music Video
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