If anyone was doubting Hardy’s down-home credentials before, they won’t be after seeing his 89-year-old grandmother proudly display the fish she caught.
In the video, Grandma Hardy holds up her catch and exclaims, “Did he pull!” before expertly removing the fish from the hook. Someone behind the camera asks if anyone is available to assist her, but she politely declines, saying, “I can.”
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“Uh uh. “I’m used to doing this,” she says, before finishing the removal and holding the fish up for a photo.
“What do you want to tell Mike?” someone asks. (It’s unclear who Mike is in this context, but Hardy’s true first name is Michael.) “Say, ‘Wish you were here!'” Grandma replies with a smile.
If anyone doubted Hardy’s country credentials before watching this video, they certainly don’t now. Some country purists have chastised the Philadelphia, Mississippi native throughout his career, particularly for releasing hard rock songs and even a half-country, half-rock album titled The Mockingbird & the Crow.
But he’s also released some of the biggest country radio hits in recent years. He also frequently declares his own country-as-all-get-out status in his songs, particularly on songs like “Rednecker” and “Unapologetically Country as Hell.”
Hardy’s grandmother might have been in town to see her brand-new great-grandchild. The singer and his wife Caleigh welcomed their first child, a daughter named Rosie, earlier this month.