REBA’S READY TO DIVE INTO DATING POOL!
LOVELORN country songbird Reba McEntire is finally ready to date again after her searing 2019 split from silver-haired Anthony “Skeeter” Lasuzzo, insiders tell GLOBE.
The Forever Love singer, 65, fell head over heels for the retired geologist after being introduced by friends in 2017 — but the ghost of Skeeter’s late wife, Marolyn, made the Oklahoma spitfire decide they’d be better off as pals, tipsters say.
“Skeeter and his wife were married for 26 years,” spills a source. “In 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Skeeter was devastated.”
ing her hubby heartbroken, dishes the source. “She was the love of his life.” Reba had bounced back from two divorces — from Charlie Battles in 1987 and Narvel Blackstock in 2015 — but the source says she knew she couldn’t compete with Skeeter’s memories of Marolyn.
“Skeeter was always recalling good times he and his wife
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“It seemed as if her ghost was always in the room with them.”
In the end Reba decided it was time to find someone who could make her feel special again, and she’s been reaching out to pals to help her find a handsome new man, spills the source.
“While she’s open to dating a guy a couple of years younger, she’s more interested in finding a man in his late 50s who can keep up with her love of travel, horseback riding and hiking.”