Jake Owen 's response to a question about who the craziest contact he has saved in his phone is took a complete 180-degree turn from what we expected.
It all went down while Owen was in the Taste of Country Nights studio chatting with Evan Paul.
Owen replied, "I'd say the best number that I got in my phone is my granddad, who's 103. There's nobody on Earth that's more important in my phone than him."
This was such a warm response, especially since we know for a fact that the singer has some celebrities in his contacts list. But none of them are more meaningful than his own granddad.
"There's nobody on Earth that I can call that can give me the wisdom and insight and knowledge [that he can]," Owen continues. "I could call him right now and he would answer the phone: 'Hello the

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