Country singer Lainey Wilson received the Entertainer of the Year honor at the 2025 CMA Awards, which was held on November 19. She also hosted the award ceremony. She also hosted the award ceremony. She said she was nervous about hosting the show, as she mentioned:“I was just so tickled to be hosting this thing tonight.”She also said:“Thank you for letting me run my mouth on this legendary stage and celebrate the best genre in the world, country dang music.”At the award ceremony, Wilson was seen with her fiancé and former NFL quarterback Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges. They got engaged in February 2025. Per a report by Us Weekly, they started dating in 2021. Meanwhile, speaking about her decision to keep her relationship away from the public eye, Lainey Wilson said last year:“When it comes to mine and Duck’s relationship, there’s going to be some things that we can’t escape and people are going to say and do whatever, but me and him are on the same page about the less we put out there, the less that we’re going to have to deal with people making anything up and saying anything.”In April 2023, rumors about Lainey Wilson and Hodges' dating became more viral after she was seen wearing his jersey during her show in Pittsburgh. The next month, the couple made their red-carpet debut at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2023.While talking to Bobby Jones on the latter's podcast sometime in June 2023, Wilson said:“He’s been around for a while. I just decided to make him wait for two and a half years.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostLooking back at Lainey Wilson’s 2023 CMA Award winThis is not the first time Lainey Wilson has won the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year. She won the same award two years back. At the time, Hodges shared a heartwarming Instagram post, writing:“She already heard what I’m fixing to say, but I just want y’all to hear it once. This girl is the most hard working person I know. Her work ethic and her desire to be the best person she can be is contagious. I’m so happy that all the hard work continues to pay off.”He went on to say:“Congrats on all the awards last night and especially the BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT! ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR!. I’m so glad she can be some of y’all’s favorite artist, sing your favorite song. Or be your daughters favorite role model. I’m just thankful to call her my best friend.”According to Variety, while receiving one of the awards at the 2025 CMA Awards, Lainey Wilson remembered her parents. Speaking about the work on her 2024 album Whirlwind, she said that most of the writing work occurred when her life was not steady. She remembered the old days when she would pick up her guitar and play it with utmost dedication.She said this is how she worked for the last two years. Lainey Wilson mentioned that although her life was going through changes, she felt no different.