During a private autograph session at the MOA, Trisha Yearwood reportedly made an interesting comment about her absent husband, Garth Brooks.
For nine days, I've been waiting for one of Yearwood's handlers, either from the book or music world, to interpret what Diane Neumann of Winsted, Minn., and Gary Nelson of Shakopee tell me Yearwood said after perhaps one too many fan inquiries about the adorable Brooks.
Yearwood was signing her second cookbook, "Home Cooking," written with her mom and sister, at a private signing for winners of a K102 contest. "The first three people there asked her about Garth and didn't ask her any questions about herself," Neumann said. "Finally she goes, You know what, he didn't write the book. He didn't come along."
Sound snippier than a person should referring to the man Wikipedia claims is Yearwood's THIRD husband? For all we know, Yearwood was miffed at Brooks for not coming to Minnesota to attract a bigger crowd.
The comment prompted Neumann to advise Nelson, who had invited Neumann to the event as a birthday gift, not to ask anything about Brooks.
Nelson told me he did not interpret Yearwood's comments the way Neumann did. "It was funny how she said it. She wasn't mad, I don't think," Nelson said. "Is there funny-sarcastic?" If so, that's how Nelson would describe Yearwood's remarks.
As the next item will demonstrate, Nelson and Neumann apparently don't see eye-to-eye about much beyond their appreciation for Yearwood, the Grammy-winning country music singer.
Not learning of Yearwood's open-to-interpretation remark until later, I also asked Yearwood a Garth question: Which of the book's recipes did she have to make for Garth to get him to write the cookbook's foreword?
