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As fans of the group know, Rascal Flatts has not been active for a few years now. In the middle of Their dissolution , there were initially plans for a farewell visit. Then the tour was delayed due to the COVVI-19 pandemic. After that, the members gave variable accounts on their status and who called it before confirming that Rascal Flatts was finished - at least for the moment. Meanwhile, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney In particular left the spotlight, leading to many gossip. Now, in a press release published on X (formerly Twitter), Rooney explained what really happened to him and tackled a rumor on his personal life.

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After noting that it was "a few years" since he interacted with fans on social networks, The musician said that the start of a new year seemed to be a good time to express themselves. The 48 -year -old continued, explaining that his journey to become sober is the reason why he has moved away from public life.

"My life and my career took a major detour to 4A [sic] in the early morning of Sept 9" I was drunk and I was so far with my life - I was completely out of control and I finished d 'Try to fight against fears, the depression and the anxieties that had turned me in a way that I had never known before. "

In June 2022, Rooney pleaded guilty to a downside for the September 2021 incident, as indicated by TENNESSAN . He was ordered to serve two days in prison and the remaining 11 months and 27 days of his sentence were suspended. He also lost his driving license and had to follow the Dui training.

Rooney explains in his post that the accident led him to become sober, admitting that "alcohol consumption has been a problem for many years". He continues: "I was not a good father - I was not a good husband - and I was not a good group companion for my business partners. I would probably never have taken responsibility for all this If it was not for my car wreck on Sep 9, 2021 ... Fortunately, (and I really believe that) God led me to this tree enough in complete safety so as not to kill myself - and fortunately, nobody Another was involved and I didn't hurt anyone. " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

He said that he has been in a Utah treatment center for four months and that he has now been sober for almost 28 months.

Now he plans to "protect [his] family and protect [his] sobriety". Rooney adds: "I have new boundaries for the first time in my life. Only positive, magnets, caring and understanding people can enter."

In his article, the musician also addresses the "many rumors and opinions thrown around him" and why he became so private. After having confirmed for the first time that he is, in fact, living, he demystifies a particular theory.

"No, I'm not going to a woman," wrote Rooney. "This thought has never come to my mind. Nothing against the Trans community, but I needed to set the record straight."

While Rooney focused on his sobriety and rascal flatts dissolved, the guitarist has made the headlines in the past two years due to his ex-wife divorce Tiffany Fall on , to whom he had been married since 2006. As indicated by People , Rooney asked for divorce in January 2021, but a tense legal battle meant the The divorce has not been finalized until December 2023. The former couple has three children together.

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