The country rock star left the stage during his show in Mississippi to help his wife, Amber, deliver their third baby, son Abram Howell
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Brantley Gilbert had “one hell of” a story when he welcomed his third child in the middle of one of his concerts in Mississippi.
The country rock singer, 39, revealed in an Instagram video that his wife, Amber Cochran Gilbert, went into labor while he was mid-show at Cadence Bank Arena in Tupelo during his Off the Rails Tour.
He described what happened in his video, noting that he was pulled aside for an “emergency backstage” just after his set started. He could be seen running offstage and out of the concert venue.
A spokesperson for Brantley confirmed that he had gone to his wife, who “was in labor.” The pair went on to welcome their son, Abram Howell, on Friday, Oct. 11. After “briefly calling their families” to let them know the joyful news, Brantley continued the concert
In the video, the musician shared a snippet of the conversation between himself and his mother as he told her the news. She could be heard asking him how he was, to which he responded, “Not as good as you are about to be. You got a new grandbaby.”
“I got a new grandbaby? I do?” she could be heard ecstatically replying as the video cut to black and white clips of him holding the hands of his newborn baby.
His mother then asked him how his wife was, and he told her that she was “a freaking savage.”
“I know she is. She’s amazing. She’s absolutely amazing.” He then told her that he would “go finish the show” and then FaceTime her after.
The video then showed him getting back onstage and telling his fans in the audience, “We got a baby.” The audience then erupted in cheers. He then showed additional photos of the birth before sharing a sweet moment with his bandmates onstage as he hugged them.
“So last night might have been the craziest night of my life,” he captioned the video. “Watching such an amazing woman do such an amazing thing is something I’ll never forget.”
“Thank you to our road family for rallying around us, Brittany Thornton for helping us bring this little dude into the world, Tupelo, Mississippi, for showing us mad love and support, and most of all… Amber Gilbert, for letting me love you and showing me EXACTLY how incredibly strong a woman can be,” he added. “I love you.”
He also reshared the video to his Instagram Stories, writing, “We’ve got a new addition to the Gilbert family … God is good.”