Brett Young is putting himself and his family first. The country music star, 44, recently appeared on an episode of The BobbyCast Podcast, where he opened up about health, wellness, and fame, along with a myriad of other topics.
During the hour-long conversation, host, Bobby Bones, noticed Young’s new chiseled appearance and asked him, “Are you hitting it pretty hard?” Young replied, “In the last year and a half or so, I’ve been digging into health and wellness a little bit,” Young replied.
“I quit drinking last year. I got really into longevity and things that kind of extend your lifespan,” Young added, noting he’s not necessarily going as far as some people, like longevity icon Bryan Johnson — a health nut with a ‘don’t die’ mentality. Instead, Young focuses on staying healthy for his family, which includes his wife, Taylor Mills, and the couple’s two daughters, Presley Elizabeth and Rowan Marie.
“Everything’s kind of geared towards being around for my family as long as I can,” Young shared. “It started with how hard mornings with children were.”
Brett Young went on to say that while his ladylove and two kids helped motivate him to change for the better, he “started digging into [how] it’s poison, but you drink it because it’s fun, and you enjoy it or whatever. But I started digging into how bad it was for you.”
Adding to his list of reasons, Young said his hangovers weren’t what they used to be back when he was, well, younger.
“As I got older, hangovers got real, and kids got up early, and it just wasn’t serving,” he said. “It wasn’t good for me, and it made my wife nervous that I was getting older and still getting after it. So it was an easy decision for the family.”
Much like his sobriety, in terms of keeping a distance from alcohol, Young says he doesn’t chase fame. He admits, “I don’t like it.”
“I’m lucky that I fly under the radar for the most part,” he shared, adding, “It’s still too much for me. If I’m there to be the artist, then I’m good with all of it. But if I’m doing everyday stuff, I don’t like that it creeps in.”
“I only like it to a point, and I only like it in its place,” he continued. “But I realize that it doesn’t work that way. I’d like to be famous enough to not worry about my family being provided for…. I never cared about people knowing who I was or being famous going into this. I wanted to make music for a living because I didn’t want to do something I hated to make money.”
Young stands at 6 feet 6 inches, and he considers himself lucky enough not to “get picked out of crowds. I don’t walk through the airport and get attention.” However, he also misses catching folks who want his attention if he’s unable to see them eye-to-eye.
Or perhaps he’s oblivious as he shares, “My wife will walk through an airport, and then she’ll start talking about something like she thought I saw it too, and I didn’t. And so maybe I’m just oblivious, but she’ll be like, ‘I can’t believe they didn’t ask for a picture.’ And I’ll be like, ‘Whose they?’ She’s like, ‘Well. Way back there, by the bar that we walked by. There were these three girls, and I’m like, ‘I dunno.’”
Despite not being too interested in the fame aspect of his career, Young says he still enjoys some of the perks of being a celebrity, such as getting the opportunity to “pitch an inning for The Savannah Bananas.”
“I got to pitch an inning for The Savannah Bananas last year. I’m 44. Baseball was supposed to be my thing my whole life,” Young said. “I bullied my way into it. They wanted me to sing. I said, ‘I’ll sing if I can pitch,’ So I enjoy those sides of it…. I’m not anti. I like the cool things I get to do as a result. For sure.”
While Young has certainly had his fair share of cool experiences, he said the best was a sentimental one he had at Dodger Stadium. He says that he and his Dad shared a love for the team growing up.
“One of the pieces that we did, we did in LA, and we got to use the field at Dodger Stadium. Corey Seager and I did this. We played catch and interviewed together, and stuff, but at the end of it, they let me stand on the mound, and my dad stood behind home plate, and they let me play catch with my dad at Dodger Stadium,” he said. “I couldn’t give him anything cooler in his whole life than that, and I got to do it.”
Young recently released his fourth studio album, 2.0 via Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment. The project features collaborations with Lady A on “What I Do It For” and an updated version of “In Case You Didn’t Know” called “In Case You Didn’t Know 2.0” featuring Hannah McFarland.
