Happens to the best of us. Cody Johnson is many things… a powerhouse country vocalist, a real-deal cowboy, but not everyone knows that he’s just as big of a family man. And he’s a guy who’ll be the first to admit that sometimes… a cuss word just slips out. Of course, you have to learn to hold your tongue when you’re a father to two young girls and you want to set a good example for them. But as Cody pointed out, it’s not always easy, and dare I say… sometimes it is even warranted. In a recent interview with Chicago’s US99 radio station, Cody sat down for a fun conversation that covered everything from his memories in Chicago to real cowboy etiquette. But a highlight is a hilarious story of the one time he really lost his cool in front of his daughter when being asked: “Even if you do cuss a little bit you don’t cuss in front of your kids, right?” And he quickly answers with this: “Not unless something goes really wrong.” He continues with a time when something did go really wrong. Cody began, describing a day on his land with his two little girls and wife: “We were on the backside of the ranch. There’s this pond that’s stocked full of bass… the kids are over here fishing on this side, and I’m tearing them up over here. And I’m going, ‘Clara, they’re over here, they’re over here, come over here.’ So she stands beside me right here…” What happens next is every Texan’s nightmare… “Out of nowhere, the grass next to me starts shaking. And I heard it. And all I saw was about that much of him,” (Cody gestures with his hands) “He was about as big around as a beer can, and he was slithering right beside me.” That “him” would be a six-foot rattlesnake CoJo described, and it was inches from his oldest daughter, Clara. “I hollered, ‘Clara, f**king run!’ And then I hollered to my wife, ‘Throw me that God D*mn .30-30 right now!’ He has the podcast hosts laughing, especially when he explains how later he was busted by his own kid for saying bad words in front of her. The whole thing started with a lighthearted conversation about Cody’s occasional love for some good ’ol Texas slang. The hosts even asked about some PG replacements like: “Dill my pickle” “Madder than a puffed toad” “I could chew up nails and spit up a barbed wire fence” But none that could get the point across for Cody in that situation on his land with his kids. But he did admit to one classic saying that I would pay to hear come out of his mouth on a normal day: “I have said, ‘Don’t let your alligator mouth overload your lizard ass.’” It doesn’t take much to be reminded why we love Cody Johnson so much. He’s as real as they come in every aspect of his life, and who doesn’t love a well-placed cuss word? At the end of the day, he’s just a dad trying to stay clean around his kids…unless there’s a rattlesnake involved. Watch the full interview here: The post Cody Johnson Recalls One Of The Few Times He’s Cussed In Front Of His Kids: “I Hollered, ‘Clara, F***ing Run!'” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.