Miranda Lambert Says She Was the “Shyest Kid Ever” Until One Teacher Helped Her Shine

It’s hard to believe that a performer as fiery as “Gunpowder & Lead” hitmaker Miranda Lambert was ever a shy kid. After all, her ability to tell it like it is is one of the traits fans love most about her.

But during a pitstop on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Miranda admitted to being really reserved when she was growing up — or, “the shyest kid ever,” in her words.

Her parents, Rick and Bev, worked as law enforcement and had “vibrant personalities,” the singer, 41, explains. So, she and her younger brother, Luke, would more or less shrink into the background.

“They just wouldn’t shut up,” Miranda jokes of mom and dad.

Had a teacher at Lindale High School in east Texas not helped her break out of her shell, we might not have the same superstar we know today.

Miranda credits Ms. Caldwell for changing the trajectory of her career. She was already performing in bars and the church choir as a teen when, due to an oversight, she ended up in Speech Honors, a debate class.

“That is not my vibe. I was panicking,” the three-time Grammy winner remembers.

“I could do it if I was singing,” she says of getting in front of a crowd, “but still shyly singing.”