Meghan Trainor’s father, Gary Trainor, was hospitalized in California on Friday, February 21, after being injured when he was hit by a automobile whereas crossing a avenue, Us Weekly can verify.
Gary, 71, was strolling throughout a busy avenue close to the San Fernando Valley on Friday evening when he was struck by the automobile. He was transported to a close-by Los Angeles emergency room and is now in a secure situation, Meghan’s rep confirms to Us. Leisure Tonight reviews that the incident occurred at 8:15 p.m. and the automobile and driver remained on the scene, with the Los Angeles Police Division confirming that it was not a hit-and-run incident. TMZ was the primary to report the information.
Meghan shared a message on Instagram on Sunday, February 23, thanking followers for his or her assist. “I’m with my dad now,” she captioned a photograph of herself with Gary.” Thanks for all of your candy messages. It was all very scary however he’s the strongest man I do know.”
The “All About That Bass” singer, 26, and her musician father are very shut and he helped her write some songs on her 2011 album, Solely 17, together with “Cupid.”
Gary has additionally accompanied her as her date to a number of award exhibits. He was by her facet when she received the Grammy award for Greatest New Artist in 2016, with the pair each crying as her identify was introduced.
The “Pricey Future Husband” singer later shared a photograph on Instagram of herself and her father in tears, captioning the pic, “That is me eternally..bawling my eyes out. Can’t consider what occurred. My dad whispered ‘you made it’ earlier than I walked up and I misplaced it. I like my household a lot. With out them I wouldn’t be right here in the present day. Thanks to my staff and everybody who acquired me right here. Gonna cry joyful tears all evening. AHHHHHH.”
In January, Gary made a shock look on The Voice UK, when his daughter invited him up on stage to play “Shake, Rattle and Roll” on the keyboards whereas her fellow decide Tom Jones sang.
In a 2016 interview with Billboard, Meghan — who grew up singing in a household band that includes her dad, her aunt Lisa and her youthful brother, Justin — credited her father with inspiring her vocal model. “My dad thinks he’s James Brown generally,” she stated. “He’s very soulful. He’ll simply go, ‘The way you doing’, child?’”
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