Riley Green’s mom can handle it when his female fans behave in the ‘Worst Way’

Sure, it’d be great if your son was a chart-topping, award-winning country star. But there is a downside, which Riley Green‘s mother has had to come to grips with: all the female fans who are interested in him romantically.

“My mom has an Instagram, unfortunately, so she sees things that are mentioned. I think she gets some messages — she told me she got some applications for daughter-in-law sent to her in DMs,” Riley reveals.

However, he notes that his mother just thinks it’s funny — well, most of it, anyway.

“You know, I’m sure there’s some things she has to kinda look away from every once in a while, like bras goin’ [up] on the stage, or whatever it is,” Riley says. “She’s got a really good outlook on it.”

Riley says he and his mom both realize that, as he puts it, “Some of what we do out here is not reality, and people on the internet and things they say, is a lot of times just people being funny.”

“So, she has a good sense of humor with it and doesn’t let it affect her too much.”

Riley doesn’t have a show booked for Mother’s Day, so maybe he’ll get to see his mom and show off his new ACM hardware. Ahead of the ACM Awards on Thursday, he and Ella Langley won the award for visual media of the year for “you look like you love me.” He and Ella are also up for single, song and music event of the year for their hit duet.

‘Twang’ and Alabama roots cement the bond between Riley Green + Ella Langley

Back in November, Ella Langley and Riley Green won musical event of the year at the CMA Awards for “you look like you love me” — but that was only the beginning.

In recent days, they’ve picked up the ACM trophy for visual media of the year for their chart-topping duet, and Ella’s been named the ACM’s new female artist of the year.

When it comes to the woman who’s the most-nominated artist going into the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, Riley says he’s just glad a lot of folks have caught onto what he’s known for quite awhile.

“I’ve been a big fan of Ella Langley for a long time,” he reflects. “We met through a mutual friend and I was kinda in as soon as I heard her voice and her twang and how country she sounded, and also that she loved what I would call traditional country music.”

Riley admits Ella has a bit of a home field advantage, as well.

“And then also, she’s from Alabama, so I kind of was pullin’ for her anyway,” he points out. “So, I was very fortunate to get her on tour. And ‘you look like you love me’ happened, which is something that I don’t think any of us had any idea about.”

The tour mates are still in the running for single, song and music event of the year for “you look like you love me” at Thursday’s 60th ACM Awards, which stream at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video.