“I think Ludacris is sitting on my row,” he said. “That’s pretty cool”
And that’s not all. After all, the “My Way” singer revealed he also has his eye out for Mrs. Right.
One week before the annual award show, Riley admitted he didn’t bring a date to the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards May 17 in hopes his celeb crush Shania Twain would notice him.
“Well, I don’t know if Shania’s here now but there’s a lot of people here,” he said of the AMAs on May 25, “so I keep my options open when I go to an award show like this.”
And that news is music to fellow attendee Bebe Rexha’s ears. In fact, she exclusively told E! News at the event that she thinks Riley is “so f–king hot” before cheekily mouthing to the camera, “Call me.”
For every star on the 2026 AMAs red carpet, read on…
—Reporting by John Redmann
