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Miranda Lambert Shares New Photo With Brendan McLoughlin for 6-Year Anniversary: ‘Love You Forever’
Miranda Lambert is celebrating another year of marriage with husband Brendan McLoughlin.
The “Wranglers” singer, 41, shared a tribute to Brendan, 33, in an Instagram post on Sunday, January 26. The carousel featured a black and white throwback photo in which the couple shared a kiss while leaning over a horse on their wedding day, as well as a more recent selfie showing Miranda and Brendan flashing smiles at the camera.
“6 years. I’ll love you forever,” the country star captioned the post.
Miranda met Brendan on the set of Good Morning America in 2018. She was performing with her band, Pistol Annies, on the talk show, where he was assigned to work at the time as a former New York City police officer. The pair fell in love fast and tied the knot in January 2019, with the “Drunk” hitmaker announcing the news to her fans the following month.
“I wanted to share some news,” Miranda wrote alongside a photo of herself in a wedding gown on Instagram. “I met the love of my life. And we got hitched! My heart is full. Thank you, Brendan McLoughlin, for loving me for … me. #TheOne.”
In June 2024, the couple faced reports of marital issues when Brendan was caught on video dancing with a group of women at Miranda’s Nashville bar, Casa Rosa. In one clip shared on TikTok, he was seen dancing closely with a brunette woman in a denim dress, while another video showed a blonde woman seemingly having an intimate conversation with the former NYPD officer with her hands on his face.
The mystery blonde, who chose to remain anonymous, told In Touch after the videos went viral that her group’s encounter with Brendan was completely “innocent.”
“Earlier in the night, we noticed him in the roped-off section at the front of the bar. We recognized him, and we all thought it was cool that he was there, and mentioned hoping for a Miranda appearance,” she explained. “We went back to enjoying our night, drinking and dancing with each other and just having a good time.”
The woman added that they ended up “near the roped-off section” and asked Brendan to take a photo with their bride-to-be, and he said he would.
“Somehow, later, we were let into the roped-off section where he was. I’m not sure how that was initiated or happened. We were all dancing together and laughing and talking, thanking him for helping to make our bride-to-be’s night so special and fun. He was gracious and polite and kind. He did a lot of laughing at us, because we are a silly bunch and were having a good time just dancing and being goofy together,” she continued.
The woman insisted that “there was never anything inappropriate said” between anyone in the group and “there was no vibe whatsoever of anything other than friendly, innocent dancing and talking,” noting that Brendan was “not flirty.”
“The bar was extremely loud, and even yelling in each other’s ear, it was hard to hear anything. He left about an hour, maybe an hour and a half, before we left. Truly, none of us ever felt that there was any flirting happening. It was just dancing, laughing, and talking. He was friendly and casual, but never inappropriate or suggestive in any way,” the woman said.
The woman also said that putting her hands on Brendan’s face was a “silly, unconscious habit” and something “motherly.”
“That isn’t something that should reflect badly on him at all. It’s sad that he and Miranda are dealing with all of this for no reason,” she said of the negative attention the couple received from fans at the time.
Miranda continued to show support for her husband after the videos surfaced. In an August 2024 interview on Bunnie Xo’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast, she explained that she is a “ninja” when it comes to protecting their relationship.
“I told him, like, ‘I’m a ninja for you, and I will fight through anything with you.’ And I feel like that’s so important. And I think, you know, going through other relationships, you learn through those things,” Miranda said. “And you learn about communication and what you did do and what you didn’t do. And so, I think I came into this marriage with such a strong sense of what I want and what I want to be for someone and the partner I want to be.”
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