Luke Bryan stops to help stranded Tennessee mom change tire
ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
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COLUMBIA, Tenn. — This is what makes Luke Bryan country -- helping a woman in need by changing her flat tire.
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Photos: Luke Bryan through the years Here are some memorable photos of country music star Luke Bryan through the years. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMT)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2006: Luke Bryan attends the 40th annual CMA Awards at the Gaylord Entertainment Center on November 6, 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2007: Country musician Luke Bryan arrives at the 2007 CMT Music Awards at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University on April 16, 2007, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2008: Musician Luke Bryan performs onstage during Day 2 of the 2008 Stagecoach Country Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on May 3, 2008, in Indio, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2009: Caroline Bryan and singer Luke Bryan attend the 43rd annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 11, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2010: Musicians Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan perform onstage during the American Country Awards 2010 held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 6, 2010, in Las Vegas. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2011: Musician Luke Bryan performs on stage at the 2011 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2012: Musician Luke Bryan and Caroline Bryan arrive at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 1, 2012, in Las Vegas. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2013: Co-hosts and recording artists Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton speak onstage after Bryan accepted the Entertainer of the Year award during the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2014: Recording artist Luke Bryan accepts the award for Top Country Artist onstage during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2015: Musician Luke Bryan, winner of the Entertainer of the Year Award and Vocal Event of the Year Award for "This Is How We Roll," poses in the press room at the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on April 19, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2016: Co-host Luke Bryan and recording artist Blake Shelton perform onstage during the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2017: Luke Bryan attends the unveiling of his Madame Tussauds Nashville wax figure in Times Square on March 1, 2017, in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Madame Tussauds Nashville)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2018: Caroline Boyer and singer-songwriter Luke Bryan attend the 52nd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 14, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2019: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan attend ABC's "American Idol" finale on May 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2020: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan attend the premiere event for "American Idol" hosted by ABC at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on February 12, 2020, in Hollywood, California. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Photos: Luke Bryan through the years 2021: Luke Bryan performs during the Proud to Be Right Here Tour at Bridgestone Arena on July 30, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)
The country singer stopped to help Courtney Potts, who said her tire “blew up” near Bryan’s hunting land in Columbia, Tennessee, The Tennessean reported.
Potts shared her experience with videos on TikTok and Instagram on Monday.
“I have lived here my entire life and this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime thing!” Potts wrote in the comments section of her TikTok post.
Potts said that she “definitely” knew how to change a tire.
“No one reads,” she wrote on TikTok. “I was in a bad curve with two kids and you tell me you would tell Luke Bryan to leave.”
Potts said Bryan was trying to take his boys hunting, but he was worried about the woman and her children, The Tennessean reported.
Potts said the tire blew while she was traveling to her parents’ home, WKRN reported. Bryan got out of his pickup truck to help.
“He was like, ‘Hey, I almost hit you! This is a really bad road, we’ve got to get out of this curve,’” Potts told the television station. “I knew his voice, and I was like, ‘OK, this is happening?!’
“He didn’t act like a celebrity, not even a little bit. He just looked like anybody else that would have pulled over,” Potts told WKRN. “He wanted to get his boys out and show them how to change a tire. He wanted them to have the same hospitality.”
A young Tennessee mom says she is not only blown away by the kindness of a country music star, but also the overwhelming attention she's gotten on social media. See how Luke Bryan 'saved the day.' https://t.co/0fz3kRO1Jmpic.twitter.com/mNyviYkvHS
Thirty minutes later, Bryan was finished. She took a photo with Bryan, which she also posted on social media.
The posts went viral.
“There’s people that I haven’t talked to in years that have shared it,” Potts told WKRN. “For that to go viral, I was just blown away, and it’s one of those things where you go, ‘What just happened?’”
