After Trisha Yearwood married Garth Brooks in December 2005, they moved to Oklahoma (per The Daily Mail). As Ree Drummond detailed on The Pioneer Woman, her home in Oklahoma wasn't far away from Yearwood's. Despite that, they hadn't met until Drummond filmed a Thanksgiving "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" competition.
Drummond recalled being "totally surprised and excited" when Yearwood was brought out as a "Throwdown" judge. "I'd never met her in my life and was therefore very starstruck and didn't really care who won the Throwdown at that point because my day was officially complete," Drummond explained. Yearwood was "gracious enough" to visit after filming at the Lodge on the ranch, and Drummond was left horrified to learn Yearwood had been in her messy home. Drummond cringed knowing Yearwood saw the condition of the home. There had even been a pair of her son's "boxer shorts laying inside-out right by the door." Luckily, Yearwood seemingly wasn't fazed.
In October 2014, Drummond appeared on Yearwood's show. She teased on Instagram it was "so much fun, food and laughter," and Yearwood tweeted a snapshot together and added an "xoxo" to the post. They were together again for an episode of "The Kitchen" and Drummond wrote in her book "Frontier Follies" she was once mistaken for Yearwood at her daughter's volleyball competition (via CheatSheet). Drummond and Yearwood clearly clicked and developed a friendly, supportive rapport with one another, surely to the delight of their many fans.
