Reba McEntire may be preoccupied with her time-consuming Hollywood job, but she always finds time for her six children.
Although Reba only has one biological child, she considers her ex-husband’s children to be her children as well, especially since she despises the term “stepchildren.”
Reba became a mother for the first time in 1976 when she married Charlie Battles, a steer wrestler, and rancher.
The Grammy winner became a mother figure to his two teenage boys, Lance and Coty Battles, at the time. Reba kept in touch with the boys even after the trio broke up in 1987.
After her first marriage, the country singer married music manager Narvel Blackstock in 1989.
Shawna Blackstock, Brandon Blackstock, and Chassidy Blackstock, whom Narvel shares with ex-wife Elisa Gayle Ritter, joined Reba’s family after their wedding.
Reba sees the TV producer’s kids as her own flesh and blood, which is sweet. In 2010, she bragged to The Boot, “I don’t consider Brandon, Chassidy, and Shawna stepchildren.” “They’re all mine,” says the narrator.