Lainey Wilson Admits to ‘Lying’ to Fiancé Devlin Hodges on Their First Date: ‘He Fell For It’

Lainey Wilson is keeping it unapologetically real about the beginning of her romance with fiancé Devlin Hodges.

In an interview with Southern Living, published on Thursday, October 2, the country star, 33, revealed she once told a white lie to Hodges early on in their relationship.

“On our first date, I told him that people call me Goose. I was lying, but he fell for it,” the Grammy Award winner admitted. “I think he was like, ‘Oh, I’m in love.'”

According to Wilson, the fib came to her after she and the former NFL athlete, 29, discussed the origin story behind his nickname, Duck.

“I knew he enjoyed duck hunting,” the “Heart Like a Truck” singer remarked. “Then once I got to know him, even after he told me he was a world-champion duck caller, he told me that that’s not even why he got the nickname Duck.”

“He said he was playing football at Samford [University], and the coach there [said], ‘You remind me of one of my favorite quarterbacks ever, and his name was Duck,'” Wilson explained.

“And he had a really good season that year. And so the whole team started saying, ‘It’s Duck season; it’s Duck season!’” she added. “So that’s how he got Duck.”

The pair have been together since 2021 — and Wilson also quipped during the interview that Hodges’ role as a world-champion duck caller is “what did it for” her.

As Star previously reported, the couple announced their engagement in February via an Instagram carousel with photos taken during the special moment, which went down in Franklin, Tennessee.

“4x4xU forever ❤️,” the pair captioned their joint post.