Ernest at the CMA Awards

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00:00Jeff Kirkschen at the 2025 CMAs with Ernest. Hello, hello. I'm telling you right now,

00:09this guy can write some songs. It's unbelievable. But I want to talk a little bit about, I only get

00:14one big question with each of our artists. Okay. Mine for you is I love and I want to thank you

00:19for sharing your health journey. Oh, yeah. On social. Yeah. You look great. Thank you. You feel

00:24great. I do feel good. I feel good. I mean, I feel like this is such a great trend with guys like

00:28yourself and Jelly Roll being like, hey, not only am I doing this, but I want to share it with people.

00:33Yeah. I mean, I think it was a way to hold me accountable through the whole thing and

00:36literally just check in on socials because I know that I'll get my ass fried if I set out on this

00:43big journey and then just no follow through. The last couple months, I've been slacking a little

00:48bit. I'm going to lock back in around the new year. What has been the one thing that you were

00:53not expecting to either enjoy more? You're like, man, quinoa is pretty good. I like doing shakes

00:58in the morning. Yeah. I think surprise you. I think like when I was really in the thick

01:02of it, being able to like get through the day without because I love when we're on the

01:06road, like going and finding a dive bar and eating shitty bar food and having drinks. And

01:11I've I've gotten into like protein shakes to hold me through like after show food when

01:16I get done, my guy Dylan will make me a protein shake and we'll chill and play FIFA.

01:20That'll fill you out. Totally. Fill you up so much more than you would think.

01:23Yeah. So like little, little things I just, at first, I don't know, discipline was the

01:29overall common theme for the whole thing. I taught myself that I can be disciplined.

01:33Now I promised only one question, but I have to ask about the, the, my son, my son gave me

01:37this this morning on the way out the door. Ryman, he's four, he's been making a bunch of necklaces.

01:42So he's like, I made you this. You're like, I'm taking it with me. Yeah. I'm wearing it

01:45every day. I gotta go to work. Dad's gotta go to work. Yeah. I love that. Ernest,

01:48everybody. Thank you. Thanks for your time. Appreciate you.