Page 22 of Every Now and Then
“Since I love you like a sister, I’m going to tell you the brutal truth—you really need to get out and spend more time with adults.”
Celebrity Blind Item
Email:[email protected]
Subject:From Breakup to Booty Calls
Message:This A-list country singer is back on the celebrity dating app after calling it quits with his long-term love last year. And let’s just say, he’s not exactly singing the blues. His profile’s getting more hits than his last album, and according to the chorus of women bragging online, he's been hitting more than just the high notes lately.
Outlaw Frontman Caught Naked in Lovers Spat
Rock stars and musicians are no strangers to wild behavior, but it’s not usually Ruston Hayes, lead singer of the award-winning country band Outlaw, making the headlines.
At least not until recently.
Grainy black-and-white security footage leaked overnight shows the 35-year-old singer standing completely naked in the hallway of a downtown Nashville apartment complex.
The time-stamped video captures Hayes entering an apartment at 10:24 P.M. with an unidentified young woman. Just seven minutes later, the same woman, now partially undressed, opens the door and appears to push Hayes out of the apartment.
Leaving him stranded, naked and alone in the hallway.
Though the video has no audio, the singer knocks on the door and appears to plead to be let back in. After several minutes, the womanreopens the door, hands him his clothes, and then slams the door shut again. Hayes hastily dresses and exits the camera frame at 10:33 P.M.
Hayes previously dated Jane Townsend, the younger sister of his manager, Charlotte Townsend, before their quiet breakup last year. Since then, the singer has been spotted out with multiple women but not seriously linked to anyone.
The full video is available on our website.
Representatives for Hayes were unavailable for comment.
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After the photos and video hit the media last week, Charlotte summoned the band. I know why she called the meeting, but she’s letting me stew before reprimanding me.
To say the record label isn’t happy about my sudden media firestorm is an understatement. Aiden, one of the record label executives who we routinely work with, and one of my good friends, ripped me a new one as soon as the story broke.
Under normal circumstances, he’s a man of few words, so his fiery speech was surprising. But I can’t say it was undeserved.
“Here’s the publicity itinerary for the album release as it stands now,” Aiden explains as Charlotte passes out stacks of paper for eachof us. I take a cursory glance, flicking through the pages, before dropping them onto the table. Char syncs everything to our e-calendars, so it seems like a waste of trees to still pass out hard copies. “The label will continue to add interviews and media appearances as they’re booked, so check your email.”
Then, Aiden glances at Charlotte, signaling his part of the meeting is concluded.
Like I said, he’s a man of few words.
“Y’all are going to be debuting the first single fromAlcohol and Orgasmsat the Nashville Holiday Music Festival next month.” Charlotte trails off, glaring at me. “Side note: Could y’all have picked an album title that didn’t include the word orgasm? Do you have any idea how many times I have had to say that word in business meetings? It’s embarrassing!”
I bite back a laugh as a bright pink hue crosses Charlotte’s freckled cheeks after having said the word orgasm twice in as many sentences. I’d pay good money to see her in those aforementioned business meetings, blushing away while trying like the dickens to remain professional.
“Blame your boy Hayes,” Rowdy says with a smug grin. “He provided the inspiration and wrote most of the songs.”
“Could be worse, Char. Hayes could have written those orgasm songs about your sister,” says Josh.
"Eww!" Char shakes her head like an Etch-a-Sketch, trying to dislodge that idea from her brain. "No, Josh. Just…no!"
“And you wonder why you earned the nickname Dumber,” I mutter with a smirk.
