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Lainey Wilson is opening up about her time on Yellowstone, revealing that she almost quit the popular show. The 30-year-old plays Abby on the Paramount Network hit, revealing on the Dutton Rules podcast that she had actually considered leaving the show due to her dad having a health scare.
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“In the middle of filming of Yellowstone, my daddy was in the hospital,” Wilson revealed to Adison Haager. “He spent two months in ICU in Houston, fighting for his life. The doctors told us he’s not gonna make it, there’s a big chance he’s not gonna make it.”
Lainey Wilson on Yellowstone Drama
During the time when Wilson was considering leaving Yellowstone, she explained that she felt like she had a lot of opportunities coming her way while her family was going through a tough time. However, her decision to stay on the show was ultimately influenced by some advice she received from her father.
“I was in Houston with my daddy standing next to his bed, and I was like, ‘I’m not going to film. I can’t do it. I can’t do it,'” she noted. “And he woke up just in time before I really made up my mind, and he said, ‘I don’t care if it was my funeral, if you got a job that needs to be done you’d better go do it and not come back until it’s done.'”
“And so, I had to kind of pull up my bootstraps and I had to think what would he want me to do,” she stated. “I had to find that courage from a place I had never actually had [dug] down so deep inside.”
Lainey Wilson on Starring on Yellowstone
The country singer went on to say she received support from her fellow cast members as well. “Every day we were on set they were wanting updates about, ‘How’s your daddy doing? We’re praying. We’re lifting him up,'” she stated. “Every single person just came up to me and was loving on me as much as they could. That’s truly, I think, what also gave me the strength to keep on pushing through.”
Last month the singer revealed how she landed her role in the country drama, saying that Taylor Sheridan reached out after using a song in one episode. “He said, ‘I want to create a character specifically for you,'” she noted. “He said, ‘I want you to wear what you wear, sing what you’re singing and pretty much just be yourself. You’re gonna go by Abby. She’s a musician.’ And without even thinking, I just said, ‘Yes, count me in. Let’s do it.'”
