Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Says Post Malone Used To Sleep At Texas Stadium While His Dad Was Working: “Had A Cot For Him”

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An incredibly unique childhood experience.

Post Malone is set to headline The Salvation Army’s Annual Red Kettle Kickoff Halftime Show during the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, as the Cowboys will take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, November 27th at 3:30 PM at AT&T Stadium, which will air on CBS, and I’m sure it will be a surreal moment for Post and his entire family.

Post’s performance will be extra special consider he is a Texas native and huge Cowboys fan, and his father actually worked for the Cowboys and managed concessions when Post was a kid.

Of course, he says it’s an honor to be part of the show this year:

“I’m from Texas. I grew up a Cowboys fan and have been watching this halftime show for years. It’s a real honor to be part of the Red Kettle Kickoff with The Salvation Army and the Dallas Cowboys and help bring hope to so many people.”

And it sounds like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is equally as excited.

In fact, in an interview with Athlon Sports, Jones says he’s “extraordinarily excited” for the game, as well as Posty’s performance, and he shared a really neat story about Post as a child, when his dad was still working for the Cowboys.

Post’s parents split up when he was young, so when he was with his dad while his mom was at work, he would sleep in a cot at Texas Stadium until his mom could come pick him up when he got off work.

Jones said for four or five years, his dad, Rich, would bring him to work when he had late nights and let him go to bed so he could get enough sleep. He said there was about a four or five year stretch that he would sleep there every night:

“You know his background. He used to come over every night and sleep in Texas Stadium. And he slept over there for years, because his mother was working. And then she would finish her work and then he’d go home.

Oh, yeah, for several years. Probably four or five (years). Had a cot for him and he slept.”

It’s no wonder he’s such a big fan of the Cowboys now… not only did his dad work for the time, but he literally slept at Texas Stadium, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys before they built AT&T Stadium, most nights. I feel like that’s any little boys absolute dream to sleep over at your favorite NFL teams stadium…

There have been so many great Thanksgiving halftime performances in Dallas over the years from country artists like Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson and more, but this one from Posty will certainly be the most personal one yet, and I can’t wait to see it.

While Post Malone is performing in Texas, back in Nashville, his bar Posty’s will be giving out free meals to on-duty, uniformed first responders from Wednesday, November 26, through Friday, November 28, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is super cool and a great way to give back during this special holiday season: