‘Yellowstone’ star Lainey Wilson shares ‘pretty cool' moment with Jon Bon Jovi

Lainey Wilson admitted receiving a letter from Jon Bon Jovi has been one of the "coolest moments" of her career.

Bon Jovi recently praised Wilson during an interview with Jelly Roll for Interview magazine. The rock star even gave the 32-year-old country music star his phone number in a letter.

"That's pretty cool!" Wilson told "Entertainment Tonight" at CMA Fest. "And he did write me a little letter! And he put his phone number on there. I was like, 'Now this might be one of the coolest moments I've had.'"

Wilson explained she did reach out to Bon Jovi to express how much his support meant to her.

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"My goodness! I mean, he has lifted me up and encouraged me, and that's one that you write home about, for sure," the "Heart Like A Truck" singer shared.

Bon Jovi first praised Wilson after Jelly Roll mentioned the two were "label mates."

"Which, by the way, is she the greatest thing ever?" Bon Jovi asked.

"Ever," Jelly Roll responded. "Voice, work ethic, human, checks every box."

"Not only was she awesome at MusiCares, but then I saw her perform at Clive [Davis]’s thing, where she came out with you and did ‘Save Me,’" Bon Jovi added. "Both of you played for a different audience that fell in love with you that weekend and went, "Holy f---, look at this talent."

"We felt so honored, because we represented country music and Nashville that week," Jelly Roll recalled. "I looked at her and was like, ‘I’m so proud of the way we’re carrying ourselves out here. This might be the biggest ripple a couple of Nashville artists have made at Grammy Week in a long time.’"

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Wilson began performing music at the age of 9. Her first gig was the grand opening of a convenience store in her small Louisiana hometown. Wilson eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and played at bars around town until her music landed on the "Yellowstone" soundtrack.

Wilson landed six nominations at the CMA Awards in 2022, the first time she was on the ballot. The musician released "Bell Bottom Country" the same year, which solidified her status in the industry.

Her hard work through the years paid off, with Wilson being awarded six ACM Awards and one Grammy in the last two years.

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Wilson revealed advice she was given by Keith Urban, who she collaborated with on "Go Home W U," ahead of their performance together at CMA Fest.

"Keith has given me some of the best advice," Wilson explained to "Entertainment Tonight." "It was this one day, I was so tired, I had just come off the road or something, and I ran into him on music row and he said, 'Remember Lainey, no whining on the yacht.'"

"I wrote that one down," she revealed. "I was like, 'I like that!' It's true, you know? Like, at the end of the day, we can be tired and run in the mud, but we get to get up and do what we love to do every single day."

CBS host shocked by poll showing 62% of registered voters support deporting all illegal immigrants

CBS News host Margaret Brennan on Sunday appeared perplexed by the results of a recent poll that showed majority support for deporting all illegal immigrants.

"Homeland Security says that President Biden has already deported or repatriated more people in the past year than any year since 2010. And then, depending on the details of what’s talked about on the campaign trail, some of what Mr. Trump talks about could be illegal," Brennan said. 

She  continued, "It doesn’t seem practical, in some sense, to round up children. And then we know that the courts have questioned whether local authorities would have the ability to do it, and federal authorities don’t have the resources. So what exactly do people think they’re supporting?"

A CBS News/YouGov poll found that 62% of registered voters said they would support a government program that would deport all migrants living in the U.S. illegally. The poll, conducted between June 5-7, also found that a majority of registered voters supported Biden's latest executive action at the southern border.

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Anthony Salvanto, CBS' director of elections and surveys, said that while the support for a deportation effort was mostly among supporters of former President Trump, some Democrats supported it as well.

"When you measure public sentiment on this or really just about any policy, you're getting a sense of direction. You're getting broad brushstrokes," Salvanto said.

Salvanto also said the poll asked if respondents felt local authorities should be involved in deporting the migrants. 

"A lot of folks do say yes. Again, the details of that, the specifics, you're not going to pick that up in an aggregate public opinion," he said. 

"We are in a different era in which a lot of folks say the system as a whole is not working. And all of these, if you connect the dots through them, are part of that reaction against it, which explains some of that general sentiment for some of these policies," Salvanto continued.

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Brennan said Americans generally just want the government to "do something."

Trump has said he plans to use the National Guard to deport migrants who are in the U.S. illegally. He has also said he would carry out "the largest domestic deportation operation in American history."

Biden recently issued executive actions at the southern border, which temporarily stops migrants who cross the border illegally from claiming asylum. 

Biden issued a presidential proclamation that will temporarily suspend the entry of non-citizens across the southern border once the number of average border encounters exceeds 2,500 a day over seven days, officials said. That will stay in effect until 14 days after there has been a seven-day average of less than 1,500 encounters along the border. Officials said it would make it easier for immigration officers to quickly remove individuals who do not have a legal basis to remain in the U.S.

Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

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