Country Singer Chase Rice Reveals Mom’s Apology After Abuse Confession

Country singer Chase Rice is opening up about the emotional phone call he had with his mother after he publicly addressed being sexually abused as a child.

Rice, 41, first spoke about the abuse during a June 2025 interview on the "In the Blinds" podcast.

"I was molested as a little kid," he said at the time.

"That's the first time I've ever said that in public, and I'm OK with saying that 'cause I went through that and relived it."

He added: "I'm like, man, I was just a kid. I had nothing to do with that. And it was really f***ing sad that that happened to me. It doesn't define who I am now."

Months later, Rice revisited the experience on the "Taking Back Ocala" podcast.

He described how his mother reacted after hearing him speak openly for the first time.

Rice explained that the conversation happened following a summer family trip to church camp.

"It was something we've been doing since we were kids, and we finally started going back now that my brothers have kids," he said.

During the camp, his mother did not mention the interview.

"She didn't say a word about it, and I didn't think about it," Rice recalled.

"It's just me talking to a podcast. I was just like, 'Whatever. I'm not going to try to hide this.' She didn't say nothing."

When Rice returned home that night, his mother asked if they could speak on the phone.

"I said, 'What's up mom?' And she started crying on the phone," he said.

"She said, 'I had no idea.' She had an idea, and she knew it was a wrong part of my life and that we dealt with it the wrong way, but she'd never heard me say it."

Rice described the moment as surreal.

"But man, it was weird because it was a moment where you're talking to your mom again about this thing that you've been so scared to even address your whole life," he said.

His immediate reaction was fear.

"A lot of me went back into like, 'Oh, s***, I'm in trouble.' And it wasn't that. And you know it's not gonna be, but it was her apologizing."

Rice responded by reassuring her.

"At the same time it's like, 'It wasn't your fault, Mom.' Stuff happened that was wrong. It's OK. I'm facing it now."

The singer said the experience has made him stronger.

"It's making me stronger now because if I could say no in life in the long run to a sexual addiction or drinking addiction or drug addiction, damn, nothing's going to stop me," he said.