{"id":2301975,"date":"2026-02-26T22:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2301975"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:24:12","slug":"leann-rimes-reveals-brutal-truth-about-iconic-coyote-ugly-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/leann-rimes-reveals-brutal-truth-about-iconic-coyote-ugly-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"LeAnn Rimes reveals brutal truth about iconic Coyote Ugly scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LeAnn Rimes is reflecting on how she shed her \u201cAmerica\u2019s sweetheart\u201d image and embraced her sexuality after appearing as herself in the film Coyote Ugly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The singer and actress, who rose to fame at the age of 13 in 1996 with the success of her hit song Blue,<\/i> was just 17 when she filmed a cameo in the movie, reports Fox News<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the finale of the 2000 musical drama, Rimes, who was clad in a low-cut, backless crop top with snakeskin leather pants, performed a duet of the film\u2019s theme song, Can\u2019t Fight the Moonlight<\/i> with lead actress Piper Perabo while dancing on the counter of the movie\u2019s titular bar. <\/p>\n

During an appearance on US TV show Good Morning America<\/i>, the two-time Grammy Award winner recalled that her iconic cameo marked a turning point in her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was kind of my introduction to sexiness and sex sells,\u201d Rimes, now 43, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean really, I was America\u2019s sweetheart until they put me on a bar, and then it was all over,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo I mean I was just like, \u2018What do I do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what to do now on a bar but back then that was just really good editing,\u201d Rimes joked. \u201cReally good editing\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The movie follows shy aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, who moves to New York City to pursue her dreams and ends up working at a wild bar called Coyote Ugly.<\/p>\n

At the bar, the female bartenders, known as \u201ccoyotes,\u201d pour drinks while dancing on the counter and whipping the crowd into a high-energy frenzy.<\/p>\n

Coyote Ugly<\/i> became a box office hit, raking in $158 million worldwide and later achieved cult classic status.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t Fight the Moonlight<\/i>, which was written by Diane Warren and recorded by Rimes, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, the US charts.<\/p>\n

Rimes recently recreated Coyote Ugly<\/i>\u2019s famous final scene at the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Nashville in a video that she shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n

In the clip, Rimes lip-synched Can\u2019t Fight the Moonlight<\/i> while dancing on the counter alongside her 9-1-1 Nashville<\/i> castmates Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jessica Capshaw, Mackenzie Porter, Hailey Kilgore and Juani Feliz.<\/p>\n

\u201cNashville, do we serve water in this bar\u2026,\u201d Rimes wrote in the caption, referring to one of the movie\u2019s famous lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody call the 113 as your girls had a little fun of their own in between filming,\u201d she added. \u201cBig thank you for having us and to the bada**e ladies for teaching us some moves!\u201d<\/p>\n

While appearing on Good Morning America<\/i>, Rimes shared the story behind her viral post.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoyote Ugly will forever live on. It\u2019s 26 years since we shot this movie, and I was 17 and like all the ladies, we all grew up together,\u201d she said, referring to her co-stars in the procedural drama. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey all grew up with this movie, and it was my idea to take them down to the bar in Nashville,\u201d Rimes continued. \u201cI had a group text and everybody was like, \u2018Let\u2019s go. I\u2019ve been wanting to go to the bar forever.\u2019 They were so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rimes previously opened up about the most shocking moment that she remembered from filming her cameo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chicken cutlets that they had me put in my top. There you go,\u201d Rimes told TV show Entertainment Tonight<\/i> in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 17. My mum was very happy that was the only bar I was dancing on. That she knew of. Thanks, Mum,\u201d Rimes joked. \u201cAnd so literally they [said] you\u2019re gonna dance on a bar and they\u2019re like, \u2018Here\u2019s your outfit. Here\u2019s your chicken cutlets.\u2019 \u2026 I mean, literally, I\u2019m like, \u2018What do I do with these? How do I put these in?\u2019 I had no idea. That\u2019s what I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rimes also shared her thoughts on Can\u2019t Fight the Moonlight<\/i> after including a new rendition of the song on her EP Re-Imagined<\/i>, released in June 2018. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God. What\u2019s so crazy about the song was it became an international success. It was number one in 11 countries. I think it was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt did nothing in the States,\u201d Rimes continued. \u201cIt came back around almost two years later and then was a top 20 hit in the States\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, it\u2019s weird how the universe works,\u201d she added. \u201cWeird how things come back around. I never expected it. You just never know what\u2019s gonna hit. It really is crazy how successful this was\u201d.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in Fox News<\/a> and was reproduced with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.news.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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