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Ryan Seacrest <\/strong>is embracing the highs and lows of being single.<\/p>\n While hosting American Idol<\/a> on Sunday, May 11, Seacrest made a candid confession after hearing Thunderstorm Artis<\/strong> perform his heartfelt original song, “Out of the Blue.” The song, a Mother\u2019s Day tribute to Artis’ wife Faith, hit Seacrest right in the feels, leaving him jokingly \u201cdepressed\u201d about being single.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics. I just printed them out backstage. \u2018Your green eyes are soft like the summer and your touch can put out the embers of my burning heart from that gray December,\u2019\u201d Secrest gushed. \u201cI\u2019ve never been more depressed to be single than right now in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Artis\u2019 emotional tribute not only moved Seacrest but also earned praise from the American Idol judges. Lionel Richie<\/strong> declared, “You\u2019re about to turn your thunderstorm into a tornado,” while Luke Bryan<\/strong> praised Artis\u2019 songwriting talent. \u201cYou\u2019re checking all those boxes,\u201d Bryan said. Carrie Underwood<\/strong>, who also sang during the evening, called Artis an artist, admiring his ability to bring new, compelling songs to the stage.<\/p>\n Seacrest has been romantically linked<\/a> to a few major stars through the years, including Julianne Hough<\/strong> and Shayna Taylo<\/strong>r.<\/strong> He most recently dated model Aubrey Paige<\/strong>, however the two split in 2024. The Wheel of Fortune host has also opened up about his own desires for marriage and children in the past. In December 2021, the personality admitted to WSJ Magazine<\/a> that he wants kids at some point.<\/p>\n \u201cI do want to have kids. But I haven\u2019t even gone down that path, which is nuts at my age. I think in the last year, it\u2019s become clear to me that yes, I do want to do that … I want to be available and present,\u201d he revealed to the outlet. He was dating Paige at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[45150,45152,45153,105,45151,218,45148,45149,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-american-idol","9":"tag-aubrey-paige","10":"tag-beautiful-lyrics","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-lionel-richie","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-ryan-seacrest","15":"tag-thunderstorm-artis","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114497708555607756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}