The male companion who sparkedMiranda Lambert’ssalad-dumping dramareportedlyidentified himselfas a cop — meaning signs seem to point to the fact that it was her new husband Brendan McLoughlin.
The “Vice” singer, 35, made news last week for reportedly dumping a salad on a woman whose husband had argued with Lambert’s friend in the men’s restroom.
The country star was dining at the Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill with her mother and the man Feb. 10 when an older man made a comment about “millennials and their phones” to Lambert’s pal in the men’s restroom, according to TMZ.
Miranda Lambert, Brendan McLoughlin.The Image Direct
A female employee of the restaurant then called 911, telling the dispatcher that she assumed the man was Lambert’s boyfriend. But given what the world knows now, the man was likely Lambert’s husband, as the two had alreadysecretly wed back on Jan. 26.
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After the dispatcher asked the caller whether the man was working security for the singer, he replied, “I don’t know if that’s the situation. I know they’re with each other,” and identified him as being around 140 lbs.
Courtesy Miranda Lambert
Nashville police confirmed to PEOPLE that they responded to a call regarding two men fighting at Stoney River Steakhouse on Feb. 10 around 8 p.m., though they were unable to confirm Lambert’s involvement.
Both men declined to press charges when cops arrived, and no report was filed.
Lambert surprised fans Saturday when she revealed she and McLoughlin had tied the knot in a ceremony that a source told PEOPLE took place three weeks prior.
“In honor of Valentine’s Day I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life. And we got hitched!” Lambert wrote on Instagram. “My heart is full. Thank you, Brendan McLoughlin, for loving me for….. me.”
McLoughlin has been with the NYPD since 2013, and is assigned to the South Midtown Precinct, which covers the Times Square area.
Brendan McLoughlin and Miranda Lambert.Courtesy Miranda Lambert
It was there that he and Lambert met on Nov. 2, a source toldPEOPLE, when the singer and her band Pistol Annies appeared onGood Morning America.
A friend of the star toldPEOPLEthat the pair likely clicked due to similarities between McLoughlin and Lambert’s father.
“If you know Miranda’s dad and his background, you can guess why she’d easily connect with Brendan,” the friend said.
Lambert’s father Rick is a former homicide-and-narcotics cop with the Dallas Police Department.
source: people.com
