‘Yellowstone' Star Reveals the Priceless Advice She Received From Her Hero, Reba McEntire

Lainey Wilson is a country singer, songwriter, and actress from the hit television series, Yellowstone. Although she has achieved major success, the star revealed that she has struggled with anxiety and depression. She opened up about her experience in her new Netflix documentary, Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool.

"A couple of years ago was wild," she said in the documentary, as reported on by Entertainment Weekly. "Everything I'd ever dreamed about kinda happened all at once. You know, when opportunities come at you, and you didn't have any for so long, you wanna just take 'em all. And I guess a little bit of that was probably fear that they weren't always gonna be there."

She went on to explain, "I think I was not feeling [like] myself for a couple of years. I had reached a point where I was just like, 'I don't know if I'll ever be the same.' I was extremely anxious, and the anxiousness caused depression, and … the depression caused more anxiousness, because I was like, 'Why in the world am I depressed during this time of my life? This is everything I've ever wanted.'"

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"I had … several breakdowns, I guess you could say," she continued. "I thought I was not gonna come back from that either-it was a solid panic attack for, like, multiple days. I had played shows and everything while I was having the panic attack. It was terrifying. It was a chemical imbalance happening. I was, like, spiraling out of control. And then it's the fear of thinking that you're always gonna be stuck in that mindset. It causes more anxiety. It's just, like, a vicious cycle."

To help ease her struggles, Wilson decided to get advice from her hero, Reba McEntire. In May 2025, the two singers released a single along with Miranda Lambert called "Trailblazer."

"I said, 'This is a loaded question, but what do you do when you feel like you can't go any further?'" Wilson recalled asking McEntire. "And she said, 'I do it for somebody else.' And that right there has put so much in perspective for me. I get on that stage and I do it for other people."

Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool will be streaming on Netflix starting on April 22.

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This story was originally published April 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM.