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Riley Green Says CMA Awards Date, Influencer Bryana Ferringer, Is Just A Friend
Playing it coy…
A couple weeks ago, Riley Green was one of the biggest winners at the CMA Awards, taking home three trophies for Music Video of the Year (announced before the show started), Single of the Year and Song of the Year for the song “You Look Like You Love Me,” which he shares with Ella Langley.
But it wasn’t his acceptance speeches, or even his performance of “Worst Way,” that fans were paying attention to… it was his date, influencer Bryana Ferringer.
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It had fans all worked up, and many hearts around the world shattered as Riley sat next to a new lady.
Bryana and Riley have been spotted together for months now, so I think it’s safe to assume they’re in some sort of relationship, and it’s serious enough that he would go public with it at such a big event, though they notably did not walk the red carpet together, so there’s that.
Bryana previously dated country artist Tucker Wetmore, and she is a beauty, fashion, and lifestyle influencer who lives in Nashville and has been spotted with Riley here and there for the last several months, so I’m sure some of his fans have taken notice, especially if you’re on TikTok at all. Fans also think that Tucker just put out a new song about her, and you can read more about that HERE.
But there might be hope for y’all yet, if you were one of the ones whose heart broke seeing Riley with a new girl, because during an interview with Elaina Smith on her Backstage Country radio show, Riley said that Bryana was just his “friend.”
He explained that he usually takes friends, or even some of his team, with him to the show, and he went with his mom once too, but he wanted to shake it up and go with a lady friend, I guess that’s what we’ll call her, this time:
“Its gonna be tough to tiptoe out of having a date to an award show. Yeah, I mean, you go to award show all the time, and I’m always by myself, or I’ve got like, a security guy, or a buddy with me, so I took a friend with me to the award show.
We had a nice time. My mom’s gone with me before. So it was my first or second award show date ever. I guess I’ve gotten big enough this is a really big issue, you know?”
So even if they are casually dating, it sounds like it’s nothing too serious, and they notably did not walk the red carpet together.
When asked if Bryana has been the inspiration for any new music, Riley says that hasn’t been the case yet, but he plans to do some more writing when he’s back on his farm in Alabama for the holidays this month:
“As of now, no. I haven’t written a lot this year. I’ve written a lot of stuff after ‘Don’t Mind If I Do,’ but the holidays is always when I write the most songs.
It seems like this is my down time, after Thanksgiving and things slow down, I’ll be at home, I’ll be sitting around the farm, that’s when I come up with a lot of inspiration for songs, so who knows.”
Riley has teased that a new album is in the works, and he’ll likely drop a new record in 2026, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if Bryana ends up being the muse for any of them.
Only time will tell, but Riley sure knows how to keep the fans guessing about his dating life, that’s for sure… you can watch the interview here:
@elainadsmith New muse, perhaps? #rileygreen #cmaawards #countrycouple #countrymusic ♬ original sound – Elaina
Riley will embark on his 2026 Cowboy As It Gets tour next spring.
Cowboy As It Gets 2026 Tour Dates:
April 16th, 2026 – Southaven, MS – Landers Center#~$
April 17th, 2026 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center#~$ *ON SALE 10/3
April 18th, 2026 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena#~$
May 7th, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion#~•
May 8th, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre#~•
June 18th, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center#~•
June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~•
June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~•
June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$*
June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$*
July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~•
July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~•
August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/•
August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/•
August 8th, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live#/•
August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/•
August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/•
August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/•
August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^
August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*^
#Justin Moore
~Drake White
$Mackenzie Carpenter
•Hannah McFarland
*Adam Hood
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