{"id":290278,"date":"2020-03-31T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1136265"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:49:54","slug":"thomas-rhetts-30th-birthday-celebration-was-perfect-for-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/thomas-rhetts-30th-birthday-celebration-was-perfect-for-social-distancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Rhett&#8217;s 30th Birthday Celebration Was Perfect for Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020231\/rs_600x600-200331134237-Thomas-Rhett-600.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.703433922997\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"25.902185223725\">\n<p>You only turn 30 once\u2014and if you&#8217;re&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/thomas_rhett\">Thomas Rhett<\/a><\/strong>, you only turn 30 during a pandemic once.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With social distancing a top priority these days amid the coronavirus pandemic, the country crooner rang in his milestone birthday a bit differently this year when it came around on Monday. As the &#8220;Be a Light&#8221; singer shared with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/savannah_guthrie\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hoda_kotb\">Hoda Kotb<\/a><\/strong> on&nbsp;<em>Today<\/em> Tuesday, his wife,&nbsp;<strong>Lauren Akins<\/strong>, had some of his best friends &#8220;just pull up in our driveway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They leaned out the sunroof and said happy birthday,&#8221; he described. But, that wasn&#8217;t all for the Grammy nominee. &#8220;My parents and her parents came over, but we sat six feet apart,&#8221; he shared.&nbsp;&#8220;It was so strange, but weirdly had a great time on my birthday\u2014ate a lot of cake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The star certainly has plenty to be happy about. In addition to ushering in his birthday, the performer is also a new dad times three after he and Lauren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1093439\/thomas-rhett-and-wife-lauren-akins-welcome-baby-girl-find-out-her-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave birth to&nbsp;their third daughter<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>Lennon Love Akins<\/strong>, last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"50.235294117647\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.598615916955\">\n<p>&#8220;New baby, just turned 30 in a quarantine,&#8221; he quipped to the co-hosts. &#8220;So, it&#8217;s pretty wild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Things got even more fun when Lauren tried to open a bottle of champagne for the birthday boy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-W8APphaH9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resulting in the cork hitting a light fixture<\/a> and the champagne spraying all over. Cheers indeed!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"28.258503401361\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"5.0136054421769\">\n<div class=\" Igw0E IwRSH eGOV_ _4EzTm ItkAi \" readability=\"10.689075630252\">&#8220;Happy 30th birthday honey,&#8221; Lauren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1134839\/learning-thomas-rhett-and-lauren-akins-love-story-will-make-you-fall-for-them-even-harder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote to her longtime love<\/a>. &#8220;Even in this quarantine I can&#8217;t believe I get to live this messy &amp; dreamy (all at the same time) life with you. At 30 years old, you&#8217;re still my dream come true I love you.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic<\/i> Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT on NBC, MSNBC and NBC News NOW. For the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic and for tips on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19, please visit The Center for Disease Control and Prevention at https:\/\/www.cdc.gov.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1136265\/thomas-rhett-s-30th-birthday-celebration-was-perfect-for-social-distancing?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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