Garth Brooks made a shock look on Monday’s (November 25) episode of Jimmy Kimmel Reside!, the place he carried out a mini-concert for followers regardless of his latest authorized troubles.
The nation music star sat down with host Jimmy Kimmel earlier than performing on the free outside occasion. Within the interview, Brooks opened up about his and his spouse’s, Trisha Yearwood, Thanksgiving traditions, his Las Vegas residency, the primary time he heard one in every of his songs on the radio, and constructing a wood bridge along with his three daughters.
He then took to the stage to carry out a couple of songs, together with an upbeat rendition of Nitty Gritty Grime Band’s “Fishin’ within the Darkish.”
Brooks tweeted a backstage picture forward of the present, writing, “Backstage at @JimmyKimmelLive! We now have the entire band right here tonight!!! love, g.”
Backstage at @JimmyKimmelLive ! We now have the entire band right here tonight!!! love, g
Watch #StudioG right here: https://t.co/2ETiMDdh8A pic.twitter.com/kWSvXMnekb
— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) November 26, 2024
Nonetheless, the late-night look and live performance virtually didn’t occur. The gig was first introduced on November 15, however days later, followers who had secured tickets acquired an e-mail informing them that the occasion had been referred to as off.
“Sadly, the Garth Brooks outside mini-concert at Jimmy Kimmel Reside! on Monday, November 25, has been canceled and can now not proceed as scheduled. Tv manufacturing selections can fluctuate as a consequence of quite a lot of causes,” the corporate stated in an announcement, per Us Weekly.
Then, in a sudden change of route, ABC introduced on Friday, November 22, that Brooks would seem on Kimmel, and the mini-concert was again on.
Many followers speculated the explanation for the back-and-forth selections was as a result of sexual assault and battery allegations Brooks is presently dealing with. In October, the singer’s former hair and make-up artist accused Brooks of raping her throughout a 2019 work journey to Los Angeles, along with sending her sexually express textual content messages and repeatedly exposing his genitals to her.
Brooks has denied all of the accusations, telling Us Weekly final month, “For the final two months, I’ve been hassled to no finish with threats, lies and tragic tales of what my future can be if I didn’t write a verify for a lot of tens of millions of {dollars}. It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.”
“Hush cash, irrespective of how a lot or how little, remains to be hush cash. In my thoughts, meaning I’m admitting to conduct I’m incapable of — ugly acts no human ought to ever do to a different,” he added. “We filed go well with towards this particular person practically a month in the past to talk out towards extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of households on each side.”
Elsewhere on Monday’s present, Kimmel poked enjoyable at Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who dropped out of the operating for Donald Trump‘s legal professional common place final week and joined Cameo.
“Final week, he was a congressman, nominated for legal professional common,” Kimmel acknowledged. “This week, he’s begging for cash on the identical web site as the woman from ‘Chimp Loopy’ and the Rizzler.”
Regardless of being nominated by Trump, Gaetz withdrew from the operating amid allegations of intercourse trafficking involving a minor, drug use, and making Venmo funds for intercourse with varied girls.
“That is the circle of disgraced politician life now: Congress, Cameo, subsequent factor you understand, you’re a banana on The Masked Singer,” Kimmel quipped. “Let’s hope Matt’s Cameo goes higher than his Venmo went.”
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