Trace Adkins is going into detail about how he survived a “kill shot” from one of his ex-wives.
During a recent appearance on the “This Past Weekend with Theo Von” podcast, the 64-year-old country singer discussed his four marriages and how one of his exes “took it a little far” when asking him to leave, and shot him.
“She was mad. Wanted me to leave, and I wasn’t going to leave, so that’s how it went down,” he said. “She put it under my left arm and the bullet came out under my right arm.”
He went on to share that as she was holding the gun and preparing to fire it, he approached her with his hand out, asking her to give him the gun when she fired the shot.
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When asked what it felt like to be shot, Adkins explained that in his opinion, when the situation “is that serious, your body protects you,” and “you just go into shock,” adding that he doesn’t remember feeling anything.
“I just remember getting up off the floor and then taking a few steps and then going back down and that’s all I remember,” he said. It went under this arm, came out this arm. So it went straight through. It went straight through my heart and both my lungs. It was a kill shot.”
The “Ladies Love Country Boys” singer added: “The doctor said the only reason I survived was cause the bullet went through at point-blank velocity at muzzle velocity. So it didn’t have time to mushroom. It was just muzzle velocity, so it just went straight through.”
He went on to say that the pain from his injury came during the recovery process, saying that in order to repair his heart and lungs, “they just cut you and just crack you open.”
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When asked if he thought she was trying to end his life by shooting him, Adkins said he doesn’t think so, adding, “I don’t think she even had any idea what that gun was going to do.” In the end, the singer decided not to press charges against his ex.
“I’d never seen her hold a gun. I’d never seen her shoot a gun,” he said. “I knew she had one, but I’d never seen her use it. I had a bunch of guns, still have a bunch of guns, and I shoot them pretty often, but I’d never seen her do that. And I just I don’t think she knew what was about to happen when she pulled that trigger. She thought it was a toy.”
The incident took place in 1994, when he separated from his second wife, Julie Curtis, with the couple getting divorced later that year. Prior to Curtis, the singer was married to Barbara Lewis, and later went on to marry Rhonda Forlaw, who he separated from in 2014.
He is now married to Canadian actress Victoria Pratt, who he married in October 2019 in a ceremony officiated by singer Blake Shelton.
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When speaking to Fox News Digital earlier this month about the message behind his new song, “American Made,” Adkins spoke about Pratt, who recently became a naturalized citizen.
“She is so proud to be an American,” he said. “My family’s been here for over eight generations on both sides. I’m proud to be an American too, and you know, I think we’re equally as proud so there you go.”
