Hint Adkins mirrored on being shot by his ex-wife Julie Curtis throughout a home dispute in 1994.
“That took it somewhat far, I believed,” the nation singer quipped on Tuesday’s episode of the “This Previous Weekend with Theo Von” podcast.
“That was uncalled for. That was completely uncalled for,” he joked of the incident. “Simply depart. Let’s simply name it quits and we don’t must go that far.”
Adkins, 64, stated he’s at all times believed Curtis, who was his second spouse, didn’t imply to shoot him once they had been arguing about his consuming.
“I don’t suppose she even had any thought what that gun was gonna do,” he defined. “I’d by no means seen her maintain a gun, I’d by no means seen her shoot a gun. I knew she had one, however I’d by no means seen her use it.”
“I don’t suppose she knew what was about to occur when she pulled that set off. She thought it was a toy.”
The “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” singer recalled that his then-wife was “mad” at him for refusing to go away the home, which led to her taking pictures him beneath his left arm.
Adkins revealed the bullet “went straight by my coronary heart and each my lungs” and got here out by his proper arm.
“I simply keep in mind getting off the ground, taking just a few steps after which going again down,” he stated of the moments after he was shot. “That’s all I keep in mind.”
Adkins stated when he was airlifted to Vanderbilt College Medical Heart, docs informed him he solely survived as a result of he was shot “at level clean velocity,” so the bullet “didn’t have time to mushroom.”
The “Celeb Apprentice” alum defined that the worst a part of the incident was recovering from the emergency open-heart surgical procedure.
“The restoration from one thing like that, that hurts,” he shared. “They don’t care, they simply stretch every thing and break stuff. They’re simply attempting to get to your coronary heart to avoid wasting your life.”
Adkins, who didn’t press prices towards Curtis and bought divorced from her later that yr, revealed he’s forgiven his ex-wife for taking pictures him.
“I’ve simply at all times felt like I don’t suppose she meant to do it,” he stated. “I simply don’t suppose she thought it was gonna damage me. She thought I used to be indestructible.”
In 2022, Adkins informed Individuals he nonetheless goes to a coronary heart physician for normal checkups three a long time after being shot.
“It was painful, however it didn’t sear my reminiscence,” he shared, including, “The bodily ache — damaged bones and surgical procedures and bullets and getting beat up and lower — has by no means actually bothered me. I’ve a excessive tolerance for it. It’s the damaged hearts that left the deepest scars.”
Adkins’ first marriage was to Barbara Lewis, with whom he welcomed two daughters.
After his divorce from Curtis, Adkins bought married for a 3rd time to Rhonda Forlaw in 1997. They’d three daughters collectively earlier than divorcing in 2014.
Adkins has been married to his fourth spouse, actress Victoria Pratt, since 2019.
