Jana Kramer’s Fiance Allan Russell Reveals How He Feels About Her Past: ‘I Don’t Judge’
26.05.2023 - 14:59
/ usmagazine.com
Jana Kramer is gearing up for her fourth trip down the aisle — and her new fiancé, Allan Russell, is ready to be her husband.
“I think you see people who wait for years and years and years to get engaged and get married. And I mean, I’ve got friends who’ve waited years, and then they get engaged and split up a year later [or] six months later or they get married, and they split up three, four years later, and they’ve waited years to do it,” the soccer coach said on the Friday, May 26, episode of her “Whine Down” podcast. “I’ve got friends who do it within weeks and have been together for over 20 years. I’m not so sure there’s a set way to do things. If something feels right in your heart and your soul, then I think you should follow it. And we’ve got a relationship [where] we trust each other and it’s built on respect and for each other. There was no rush to do anything at all. It just felt right.”
The twosome met via Instagram in late 2022. Russell said on the podcast that he “didn’t look into” Kramer, 39, “too much” when they first connected.
“I didn’t do a background check,” he quipped. “Once, I looked up who she was, I knew about [her] being an actress and in the music industry and that she looked like an amazing mom and had a couple of amazing kids.”
The One Tree Hill alum shares daughter Jolie, 7, and son Jace, 4, with ex-husband Mike Caussin. The twosome finalized their divorce in 2021 after a tumultuous marriage, including the former NFL player being accused of cheating several times. Kramer was previously married to Michael Gambino in 2004, Johnathon Schaech in 2010 and engaged to Brantley Gilbert in 2013.
“Regardless of what the past has been, everyone has a past,” Russell said. “But it’s how they’ve learned and