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Miranda Lambert has lived quite an eventful life, and over the last two decades, she has amassed a huge fanbase. Yet, there is one story that is worth telling, and it involves sharing her father with a kidnapping victim. Keep reading for more details.
Miranda Lambert Has An Empathetic Soul
Despite being a shooting, cowboy boot-wearing down-home girl, Miranda Lambert has a very good heart. She took Ella Langley under her wing when they were working together, and the two women have some fun stories to share. They gathered with Reba McEntire to have a ladies’ powwow, and country fans immediately wanted more from the trio. As for Miranda and her family, she is incredibly close to her parents as well as her brother, Luke. It is great to see this bond, especially with their upbringing.
Both of her parents were private investigators, and Bev and Rick Lambert had been friends with Cathy Mahone. Cathy was married to a man named Ali Bayan, but they divorced yet shared custody. He was supposed to take their daughter, Lauren, out for Halloween in 1987, but instead, he kidnapped her. Moreover, Ali took Lauren to Jordan, but Cathy had Miranda’s parents there to help her along the way. Finally, they got Lauren back, and, as a teenager, Bev Lambert encouraged her to come live with the Lamberts. She shared a room with Miranda, and they formed a very special bond:
She’s [Miranda] always been like a little sister to me. She’s got the biggest heart, just like her parents.
Additionally, Lauren was able to share Miranda Lambert’s father, Rick, with him, “being the dad she needed … He actually walked me across the football field when I was homecoming football sweetheart because he was like a dad to me.”
Miranda Praised Lauren
After the pain and suffering that Lauren went through, Miranda Lambert has nothing but praise for her former roommate. She has called Lauren “one of the bravest people I know,” which she truly is. Lauren, who is now married, a mom, and a physical therapist, has since forgiven her father but lived a nightmare experience. She will never forget what happened but has documented it in a book, Stolen: A True Story―Kidnapped, Rescued, Redeemed. Miranda Lambert does the foreword.
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