Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney Addresses Fans With Lengthy Statement About DUI, Getting Sober, & Transition Rumors!
04.01.2024 - 23:23
/ perezhilton.com
Joe Don Rooney is starting the new year with transparency.
If you didn’t know, the Rascal Flatts musician has been relatively off the grid for a while now. He drops the occasional post every now and then on X (Twitter), but hasn’t uploaded anything on his Instagram feed since July 2021.
Since then, he’s been trying to lay low with all that social media stuff, apparently. But on Wednesday, he took a moment to fill in some blanks. In a lengthy post on Elon Musk’s social media app, the 48-year-old apologized to fans for his absence online. Then, he took time to address what sounds like a rough few years:
He started off by addressing a rumor that started on TikTok in 2023, which suggested that a male country singer was transitioning:
He then went on to address an extremely low moment that nearly cost him his life in September 2021: a drunk driving incident. He explained:
He continued:
In 2020, Rascal Flatts announced they’d be splitting up after one final tour, and a year later, Joe’s wife Tiffany Fallon filed for divorce. The exes share three kids together, and just finalized their split last fall.
However, it sounds like the rock-bottom drunk driving moment led Joe to take back some control over his life. He told his fans:
He was booked into the Williamson County Jail the night of his wreck, and later had to serve an additional 48 hours — which he says sucked. But like he noted, he avoided a far worse situation. He went on:
Wow! He sounds so grateful for the journey he’s been on.
The Life Is A Highway musician went on:
Good for him! It sounds like he’s really turned his life around. He concluded with one more major note:
The guitarist then signed off:
We’re extremely happy for Joe! By his own account, it really sounds like