Country music has a new queen, and at least one Fox News host wants to meet her.
Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones made his admiration for Ella Langley very public, and co-host Ainsley Earhardt made sure to help him along.
And what Jones said next, and then posted on Instagram, is going to be the talk of Nashville for a while.
A Hit Song, a Live TV Moment, and a Texan With a Plan
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has been one of the most remarkable chart stories in country music history. The song sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 for 23 consecutive weeks at the time the Fox & Friends segment aired, a record-setting run that turned the Alabama singer into one of the biggest names in American music.
The song’s lyrics hit close to home for Jones. Langley sings about a man who keeps choosing Texas over her, leaving her drinking Jack & Coke alone. Jones, a Texan himself, had thoughts about that.
“I will still say I remain hopeful that we will make some type of contact because she does not have to drink Jack & Coke by herself,” Jones said on air. “She does not.”
Earhardt noticed the enthusiasm and noted how beautiful Langley is, which Jones took as his cue to turn the segment into something a little more personal.
“I do because I feel bad she’s drinking Jack & Coke by herself,” he said. “She’s a beautiful woman, she seems wholesome, and we can fix that.”
Earhardt, playing the role of matchmaker with some obvious enjoyment, then extended an invitation to Langley directly.
“So, Ella, come to Fox & Friends,” Earhardt said. “We would love to interview you, and he would love to take you on a date.”
Jones confirmed it without hesitation.
“Are you saying you wanna take her out on a date and drink with her?” Earhardt asked.
“I would love to,” he replied. “I would love to. I love Jack & Coke, so that’s my drink of choice.”
This Is Not the First Time Jones Has Shot His Shot
The moment was charming on its own, but it turns out Jones has made this pitch before.
In an earlier Fox & Friends segment also focused on Langley, he made his case with similar Texas-specific logic.
“I just wish people would let her know she doesn’t have to drink the Jack by herself,” Jones said during that prior appearance. “She can find her a Texan as well. There are plenty of us and she can come right along and have the last laugh.”
But Jones did not stop at the live segment. He followed up on Instagram, where he laid out his case in more detail and with the kind of enthusiasm that is hard to fake.
“I try to be Christ-like, but I sometimes do wanna get back at people,” he wrote. “And I think Ella should get back at whoever this dude is that broke her heart, and what better way to do it than dating a Texan? I love Jack & Coke. I mean, kind of like the ultimate revenge plot.”
And then he kept going.
“I’m not sure if we’d be a good match, but hey, we’ll just have a little fun. You know, if it doesn’t work, we can be friends. She can write a song. The children would be beautiful. I’ll take her on a BBQ date. I think she would appreciate a Texas BBQ.”
That last line about “the children would be beautiful” is the kind of thing that either lands perfectly or completely misses, depending on the audience. But Jones committed to it, and that counts for something.
Why This Story Connects With the Audience That Loves Both
There is a reason this moment generated attention beyond the usual morning show clip cycle. Ella Langley is not just a chart success. She has become something of a cultural touchstone for the kind of honest, heartfelt country music that speaks to real people navigating real heartbreak. “Choosin’ Texas” co-written by Langley alongside Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, and Joybeth Taylor, taps into a feeling that anyone who has watched someone they care about drift away will recognize immediately.
And Fox & Friends occupies a very specific place in the lives of the audience that also drives country music streaming. These are people who genuinely love both Lawrence Jones’ casual, unpretentious style and the kind of country music Ella Langley makes. The overlap is not accidental.
Jones himself is a Texan at heart. He grew up in the Dallas area, attended Garland High School, and has never made any effort to hide his roots. When he talks about finding Langley a Texan, he is not performing some bit for the camera. He means it.
And “Choosin’ Texas” earned its run at the top for a reason. Langley wrote the song on a retreat with Lambert. As Langley told Billboard earlier this year, the whole thing came together in about 45 minutes after Lambert told a story about getting pulled out of a traffic ticket because she had Texas plates. That kind of natural, low-fuss storytelling is exactly what makes a song stick, and this one has stuck at number one longer than almost anything in the modern era of popular music.
The song previously knocked Mariah Carey off the record for most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 for a non-holiday title by a woman. That is not a small accomplishment. Carey’s records tend to survive for a long time.
But none of that is apparently what Jones is thinking about when the name Ella Langley comes up on the Fox & Friends rundown. He is thinking about Jack & Coke and Texas BBQ and the distinct possibility that whoever broke Langley’s heart made a serious miscalculation.
Langley has not publicly responded to Jones’ repeated on-air and social media campaign for her attention. Whether she finds it charming, amusing, or something else entirely is the kind of detail that could produce either a great follow-up story or a very awkward Fox & Friends segment down the road.
But Jones is not backing off.
And if there is one thing the Fox & Friends audience and the country music audience have in common, it is an appreciation for a man who commits to his position even when the outcome is genuinely uncertain. Jones has made his case on national television, twice, and then reinforced it in writing. The rest is up to Ella Langley.
Source: Mediaite, “Fox Host Shoots His Shot With Country Star Ella Langley After Segment About Her Hit Single: ‘Don’t Have to Drink Jack & Coke Alone'”