Ty Herndon's Whole Truth What Mattered Most, Hollywood Survival, Addiction & Faith

For the first time, country music star Ty Herndon tells the full story behind his memoir What Mattered Most: a 21-year-old's hotel room in Hollywood that he kept silent about for nearly forty years, the New Year's morning in 2020 when his phone rang at 6:45 a.m., and the love he didn't think he'd live to write. This is Nashville's podcast, The Patrick Custer Show: the only place on Broadway where shame gets bounced at the door and hope is always on the house. Full episode + every clip in one place:    • Ty Herndon, What Mattered Most: Full Episo...   What did Ty Herndon spend nearly forty years unable to say out loud about a hotel room in Hollywood? How does a number-one country artist watch his career disappear in a single news cycle and not become bitter? What happened on the New Year's morning of 2020, when he had a handful of pills and his phone rang at 6:45 a.m.? And what made a country dad drive his transgender son 200 miles out of town and drop him off, only to lose him 24 hours later? We explore shame and silence, faith and identity, addiction and recovery, and the cost of carrying things alone. If you have ever felt like you had to hide something to survive, Ty opens up about the work of saying it out loud and what becomes possible on the other side. Content note: this episode discusses suicide attempt, sexual assault, and addiction. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) offers support 24 hours a day. The Trevor Project (1-866-488-7386) offers crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth. RAINN (1-800-656-4673) offers support for survivors of sexual assault. THE PATRICK CUSTER SHOW: Instagram:   / thepatrickcustershow   TikTok:   / thepatrickcustershow   Facebook:   / thepatrickcustershoww   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ciCkeb... YouTube:    / @thepatrickcustershow   Website: https://www.thepatrickcustershow.com PATRICK: Instagram:   / thepatrickcuster   TikTok:   / thepatrickcuster   Facebook:   / thepatrickcusterr   YouTube:    / @thepatrickcuster   TY HERNDON: Instagram:   / tyherndonofficial   TikTok:   / tyherndonofficial   Facebook:   / tyherndonofficial   YouTube:    / @officialtyherndon   Website: https://www.tyherndon.com BOOKING AND PRESS: [email protected] COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: GLAAD has been working for fair, accurate, and inclusive LGBTQ representation since 1985. Forty years of changing the stories that change the culture. Instagram:   / glaad   TikTok:   / glaad   Facebook:   / glaad      / @glaad   Learn more: https://glaad.org CHAPTERS: 0:00 Cold open: "Bitterness grows a seed of hate" 0:11 Welcome: Ty Herndon returns to The Patrick Custer Show 5:23 The memoir "What Mattered Most" 13:57 David Ritz and reframing Ty Herndon's life story 17:00 Meeting Alex: Ty's husband and the unexpected ending 22:57 GLAAD partnership and 40 years of LGBTQ representation 24:50 Reconciling faith and being a gay Christian in country music 31:55 The father, his transgender son, and the Walmart dresses 38:42 Sobriety, sober-ish, and the addiction patterns behind patterns 41:30 January 2020: Ty Herndon's suicidal night and the 6:45 AM phone call 49:57 Male sexual abuse: the 90% that goes untold 52:57 Star Search at 21 and what Hollywood demanded he hide 1:15:02 Masking and the cost of being a closeted country artist 1:25:38 Surviving the arrest: Ty Herndon on bitterness versus sorrow 1:35:25 Practical spirituality, prayer, and "building the table" 1:37:02 Ty Herndon's text to Patrick: hearing from God 1:50:39 What mattered most: Ty Herndon's closing answer #TyHerndon #WhatMatteredMost #PatrickCusterShow #NashvillePodcast #BroadwayNashville #CountryMusic #LGBTQFaith #Memoir #AddictionRecovery #DeconstructionAndReconstruction #ComingOut #GLAAD #Resilience #Identity