Jana Kramer has needed to be on The Masked Singer because it debuted in 2019 — however her husband, Allan Russell, was considerably extra skeptical of the singing competitors present.

“I used to be so thrilled once I received the textual content, I used to be sitting there with my husband on the sofa,” Kramer, 40, solely advised Us Weekly forward of her Thursday, November 28, elimination from the Fox sequence. “I simply began screaming, and my husband’s like, ‘What?’ And I’m like, ‘I simply received supplied The Masked Singer.’ And he’s like, ‘The what?’ And I’m like, ‘The Masked Singer. You don’t know what that’s?’”

Kramer — whose costume was the Royal Knight — went on to indicate Russell, 43, clips of the present, which she typically watches together with her youngsters, however he was nonetheless a bit thrown by footage of contestants performing in huge, elaborate costumes.

“He’s like, ‘And also you wanna do this?’” Kramer recalled. “And I’m like, ‘Sure, I do. Like 1,000 %!’ He was confused … however I used to be so, so thrilled.”

Whereas Russell was not updated on Masked Singer lore, Kramer’s kids had been absolutely on board together with her determination to do the present — and almost blew up her spot with their buddies. (Kramer shares daughter Jolie, 8, and son Jace, 5, with ex-husband Mike Caussin, whereas she and Russell welcomed son Roman in November 2023.)

“They had been telling their buddies at college, they had been saying, ‘Hey, you must actually watch The Masked Singer,’” Kramer mentioned with amusing. “And I used to be like, ‘Jolie, you may’t say that. You’ll be able to’t inform them that it’s Mommy.’ She was like, ‘I’m not, Mommy! I’m simply saying, ‘, you must actually watch it.’”

Whereas Kramer’s youngsters have all the time recognized it was their mother underneath the Royal Knight masks, her different members of the family weren’t within the know — and he or she was excited to lastly spill the beans with this week’s particular Thanksgiving episode. One particular person, nonetheless, guessed immediately that Kramer was on the present.

“My sister-in-law texted me final week and was like, ‘When are you gonna inform us that you’ve an alter ego named the Royal Knight?’” the “Whine Down” host shared. “So that they had been slowly figuring it out, and more often than not I simply performed foolish.”

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Although Kramer signed on for The Masked Singer partly to make her household smile, the expertise ended up bringing her some surprising pleasure as nicely. She’s launched two of her personal albums and several other singles, however singing because the Royal Knight gave her extra religion in her skills.

“I really feel like I allowed myself to have a lot extra enjoyable being in a masks,” Kramer defined. “I received to simply go on the market and really simply be me. I really feel like numerous occasions once I exit on stage — I’m not a shy particular person, however I do get like, ‘Oh, man, I wanna be sure I hit each be aware.’ Which I don’t ever hit each be aware, however I really feel like I’m extra insecure. However once I was on the market doing The Masked Singer, it’s like I felt so assured and I had enjoyable. I feel that’s what I lacked once I go on stage different occasions.”

The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the subsequent day on Hulu.