Melissa Peterman Dishes on Reba McEntire and Boyfriend Rex Linn’s ‘Adorably Cute’ Moments onHappy’s PlaceSet (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Melissa Peterman, Reba McEntire and Rex Linn.Photo:Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty

Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty

Melissa Petermanis a fan ofReba McEntire’s relationship withRex Linn— and is spilling some inside details.

While catching up with PEOPLE at the NBC Comedies Celebration with PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, Oct. 10, the actress, 53, opened up about what it was like filmingHappy’s Placewith the couple, who have beendating since 2020.

“It’s adorable and oftentimes … we’re taking a five-minute break or we’re having breakfast or lunch and you look over and we have a bar set — it takes place at Happy’s Place — and you look over and they’re in a booth at the bar. And it looks like they’re legitimately on a date at a restaurant just sitting together being so adorably cute,” Peterman says.

Melissa Peterman, Reba McEntire and Rex Linn.Leon Bennett/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty

Leon Bennett/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty

“I will also add they’re really professional about it too. I mean, it’s, it’s very cute,” adds Peterman. “But at the same time, the minute we get back to work, you’re back to work and you make her run lines all the time.”

The sitcomfollows Bobbie (McEntire) after she inherits her father’s restaurant, per NBC. She is less than thrilled to discover she has a new business partner, a half-sister (Belissa Escobedo) she never knew she had.

Rex Linn and Reba McEntire in ‘Happy’s Place’.Casey Durkin/NBC

Casey Durkin/NBC

Linn, 67, who plays a short-order cook, tells PEOPLE that he and McEntire, 69, kept things professional but fun throughout filming.

Peterman jokingly tells PEOPLE, “I do that with her too. I don’t get the same reaction but I try to just get a little quick peck on the cheek too.”

Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire in “Happy’s Place”.Casey Durkin/NBC

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Happy’s Placeis set to premiere on Friday, Oct. 18 at 8/7c on NBC.

source: people.com