Hey, it's Amy. Thanks for subscribing to the Bobby Bone Show podcast. We wanted to give you a little something extra today since there isn't a new podcast up.

I wanted to share a long form interview that I did recently with Ashley McBride. I do a show every weekend. It's called Women of I Heart Country and Ashley came on as my guest this weekend.

She helped me settle the debate on bathing your cats. We talked about her horse riding accident and shared the story behind her new duet with Carly Pierce, which is called Never Wanted to Be That Girl.

She also performed that duet and her song One Night Standards. And you'll hear all that inside this interview.

And you can listen to Women of I Heart Country hosted by me every weekend. Just check out your local I Heart radio station or search Women of I Heart Country on your I Heart radio app.

But here it is, a special edition of Women of I Heart Country with Ashley McBride.

Let's go, girls.

I'm Amy Brown. I'm Amy Brown and we are pumped to be joined by our guest today, Ashley McBride. Hey, Ashley, how you doing? I'm doing good.

Now I know that vocals sometimes you got to warm up, but I know you said you haven't done much in today except to my pets.

Yeah, so how do you talk to your pets? Well, it depends on if it's the dog Optimus Prime. He gets asked who's my best friend and who's the best boy.

And then I have a cat named Luma's who's kind of a trashy individual. He likes to literally get into the trash.

And him, I just tell him Luma's your handsome. You're a good kitty. I'm not really a cat person or never was. But he's a really cool cat.

You're not a cat person, but you have a cat of two cats.

So how did you end up with a cat? I have a cat named Miller Light. She was found in the woods to to small be away from her mother.

And of course, I wasn't going to let anything bad happen to that cat. So it's now my cat.

And then Luma's was kind of the same way. He was in a situation where he was old enough to get away from his mother, but wasn't in a situation where he would be taking care of fully.

And so I was like, yeah, I'll take him.

Well, I need you to settle a big debate that we've had on the show because I have a cat and I'm a new cat mom.

And I recently gave my cat a bath and it was pretty controversial on Instagram.

Like people said I was idiotic for bathing my cat. But then other people were like, no, bathe your cat. It's fine. So Ash and McBride, do you bathe your cats?

Luma's loves to get in the sink and also loves to jump in the shower while you're in there. He's not afraid of water.

And I don't know that I've ever bathed Miller Lite because she really doesn't want to have anything to do with anyone.

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