{"id":88428,"date":"2024-04-08T03:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T03:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/toby-keiths-kids-discuss-2024-cmt-awards-tribute\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T03:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T03:47:49","slug":"toby-keiths-kids-discuss-2024-cmt-awards-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/toby-keiths-kids-discuss-2024-cmt-awards-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Keith’s Kids Discuss 2024 CMT Awards Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The late Toby Keith<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s kids knew they were in for an emotional night at the 2024 CMT Music Awards where their father was honored<\/a> on Sunday, April 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot. It\u2019s our first really public appearance, public outing, and so it\u2019s very bittersweet,\u201d Shelley Covel Rowland,<\/strong> Toby\u2019s eldest child, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> on the CMT Awards red carpet in Austin. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be emotional. We\u2019re doing our best to keep the tears in now, make it through this line of cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shelley, 44, walked the red carpet with sister Krystal Keith<\/strong> and brother Stelen Keith Covel<\/strong> <\/a>before Lainey Wilson<\/strong>, Brooks & Dunn<\/strong>, Sammy Hagar<\/strong> and more gathered on stage at the Moody Center to pay tribute to Toby, who died in February<\/a> at age 62 after battling stomach cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an award show that we came to quite a bit and we\u2019ve always come with him, so this is our first time being here without him, but he\u2019s being honored, so we feel like he\u2019s here,\u201d Krystal, 38, shared. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to hear his music, even though he\u2019s not the one singing it. But we\u2019re really honored that Brooks & Dunn and Sammy and Lainey have come to honor him in this way. So we\u2019re really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Krystal Keith, Shelley Covel Rowland and Stelen Keith Covel<\/span> Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for CMT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stelen got to talk to the performers briefly before the performance, but he didn\u2019t focus much on their show. Instead, they just focused on sharing their memories of Toby. \u201c[I got to] talk to them just about what he meant to them and vice versa,\u201d Stelen told Us<\/em>. \u201cI got to relay the same back, and so we\u2019re really excited to be here for them to see them perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krystal noted that hearing how their father impacted people has left them blown away in the months since his death.<\/p>\n

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