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LeAnn Rimes says she 'panicked' after teeth fell out onstage
For LeAnn Rimes, the "show must go on."
At least that's how the country prodigy-turned-genre power player addressed her teeth falling out during an onstage performance at a concert over the weekend in an Instagram video posted Saturday, June 21.
In the video, the 42-year-old said she felt "something pop in my mouth" while singing the 1996 fan favorite track "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" before the dental bridge, which she attributed to past dental surgeries, at the front of her mouth fell out.
Then, Rimes said that she "panicked" and said "'hold, on!' and ran to the side of the stage."
There, she "popped" the bridge back in her mouth and "just went on singing." Rimes said she "had to get real with everybody and tell them exactly what was happening or else I would've had to walk off stage."
On Friday, June 20, Rimes was slated to perform at the Skagit Casino Resort in Washington state.
For the rest of the show, Rimes said that she was pushing her teeth back in: "I never knew how many 'Fs' and 'Ths' and 'Shs' that I have in my songs." While the moment was admittedly 'embarrassing' for Rimes, she called it "the most epic experience ever."
The two-time Grammy winner, married to actor Eddie Cibrian, said she doesn't want it to happen again, though: "I don't usually have firsts in my career — that was a first, and hopefully a last."
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In a follow-up video, Rimes posted herself, seemingly backstage at a venue, singing a cover of Miley Cyrus' new song "More to Lose" from her new album "Something Beautiful," released last month.
"This song is so fun to sing, even when your bridge (🦷) is hanging on for dear life… nothing more to lose, when you've already lost your teeth and dignity on stage 😂" she joked in her caption. The former "Voice Australia" and "Voice UK" coach is set to perform next on July 12 in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to her website.
