#554 - Josh Ross Addresses His Controversial Comments He Made During a Live Show + Chad Kroeger of Nickelback Taught Him How to Party While on Tour + How He Got Akon on a Song
Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Josh Ross sits down with Bobby on this episode of the BobbyCast and nothing is off limits. He finally addresses the controversial comments he made during a live show and talks about what it’s been like dealing with the fallout. He also shares some road stories from touring with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback and how one of those nights led to a lesson he didn’t expect. Josh teases how Akon ended up on one of his songs and why that collab still feels surreal. Plus, he reveals his personal Mt. Rushmore of artists in and out of country music… and a few of his choices might surprise you.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:11.1 | All right. |
| 0:11.6 | Well, let's talk about music for a second. |
| 0:13.2 | You feel good? |
| 0:13.9 | Dude, this is firing me up. |
| 0:15.5 | I like it. |
| 0:16.6 | Let's say some other. |
| 0:21.4 | Episode 554 with Josh Ross. |
| 0:25.3 | What I did not know until I was looking up the intro is that he is the two-time Canadian country music entertainer of the year. |
| 0:35.7 | I did not know that. |
| 0:54.6 | I don't know that I would have talked about that. Although we did get into Canada a little bit, I just kind of forget. He didn't look Canadian. I don't know what Canadian looks like, but he didn't look Canadian. But he is the reigning CCMA Entertainer of the Year for the second consecutive year. That is a big deal. That is a big deal. Yeah, that's super cool. |
| 1:02.3 | Josh Ross got some great songs. His most recent single, single again, went number one. |
| 1:07.6 | He was like the first Canadian male to do that in like 30 years. But again, the Canada thing, |
| 1:29.0 | not a huge part of his story to me. I think he mentioned something early and I was like, oh yeah, I forgot you were Canadian. And then we got into what I remembered and we talked about on the Bobby Bone Show, which was him on stage, being like, I love America. Then he had to go back and apologize. So I don't know, I liked him. We ended up calling Bailey Zimmerman at the end of this, which was kind of funny because who knows what Bailey's even up to or if Bailey's even awake or what hour Bailey's awake. But here we go. Episode 554, you guys can |
| 1:34.9 | follow Josh at Josh Ross Music. Also go to his website, Joshrossmusic.com for tickets to his 2026 tour that kicks off February 6th. |
| 1:46.0 | He's got a song now called Hate How You Look that's hitting the charts. |
| 1:49.6 | He's kind of killing it right now. |
| 1:51.1 | We had a super fun time. |
| 1:52.4 | Here he is. |
| 1:53.1 | Josh Ross. |
| 1:55.0 | Josh is here. |
| 1:55.8 | Did you think you were coming to like a studio studio? |
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