This just in: Blake Shelton remains unappreciated and used by the Rascal Flatts in a shocking admission to the famous group's tyranny.
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Recently, we had the pleasure of speaking to Blake Shelton in light of the release of his new album, For Recreational Use Only. In confidence, he shared that after all these years, the Rascal Flatts treat him like a wide-eyed puppy that's desperate for their approval.
And in a tragic twist, they're right.
Hark the harrowing (and not frankly hilarious) words of poor Blake Shelton when we asked him how his inclusion in the Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets Rascal Flatts album came to be.
"The Rascal Flatts guys still treat me like the opening act, and I fall for it, too," he said. "I still feel like they're my bosses, even a hundred years later."
Speaking on the collab, he said, "I just got a text from Gary, and I think Jayden Marcus, too. They were like, 'Hey man, need you to hop in the studio and put a vocal on this.' Not, 'When you get a chance,' ASAP. Like 'Yes sir, f--k, we better get in the studio.'"
Rascal Flatts Subject Blake Shelton To Torturous Demands
Not only were the Rascal Flatts extremely and utterly demanding to our poor Blake, but they forced him to sing until he bled.
"The very next time I was in the studio, [where I was] meant to be recording for myself, we went in and I had to spend the day singing '"Mayberry" in Gary's key, which I can't sing in."
How inhumane.
"I know, can you imagine? Not enough courtesy to say, 'Hey, is there a better key for you that might work?" he recalled.
"Oh my God, blood was comin' out of my mouth, trying to sing, in Gary's key. My ears were poppin'."
I can only thank Blake Shelton for coming forth with the truth of working with the Rascal Flatts. This is why I became a country journalist, to expose the harsh reality of the industry. Not even Shelton is safe.
