Hardy - Wait In The Truck 1st Time Reaction | Wow. I'm Crying...

That was emotionally distressing... so powerful.
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[@ReactToTheWorld]

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[@thatcanadianwhitetrashguy]

I've just been Turned into a Hardy Boy This song shud be a Mans Anthem at Sports Events F the National Anthem.

[@karenwalsh1143]

Hell yeah!​@@thatcanadianwhitetrashguy

[@JOKER6979]

This actually happened in Alabama I believe 15 years before the song.

[@jkmeans]

Also, Cover Me Up by Morgan Wallen. Make sure you react to the video/story not the dangerous sessions which is just him playing guitar. Thank you to our veterans.

[@jkmeans]

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[@LincolnHawk-bk5yr]

He deserved a medal, not a prison term.

[@danielcrow4247]

Great reaction and no you're not the only one who gets emotional watching this video. I spent 28 years working in law enforcement, security and corrections. I do not condone what he did but far too often the system fails the victims of domestic violence. I do agree that I would go to any lengths regardless of the consequences to protect my daughter.

[@laupstad]

When my best friends sister told us what happened to her this was our only question. In unison. "Where's he at?". Long before this song came out. She refused to tell us and all these years later I still can't make my mind up if that was a good thing or not.

[@ursulaturner7980]

😢yes...

[@dawsonholland2885]

Sometimes it's fails? You mean it always fails

[@TylerKing-sf8xn]

​@dawsonholland2885 exactly the justice system is a JOKE they slap them on the wrist and let them go it's sick

[@user-neo71665]

The law is minutes away, a pistol is seconds. Every legal gun owner should own one.

[@lylelookingbill6606]

In country boy vernacular "Wait in the truck" translates as "I need to handle something and I don't want you to see it being done." Sometimes real men must unleash the monster inside us, we must be meaner than evil. We don't want you to see that side of us, we don't want you to fear that side of us so we tell you to ''wait in the truck" As she is on the stand testifying she says "I don't know if he's an angel because angels don't do what he did" I would submit that he was both a guardian as well as an avenging angel. When the system, when society fails to protect those weakest among us it is left to rough men standing outside the rule of law to do what is necessary to preserve the peace, protect the innocent, and return civility. Some call this "vigilante justice" but for some the vigilante is the only hope to obtain justice. Here is what I saw in the video: A drifter, a loner, a ex'con (Based on the prison tats) finds a gal who has been beaten, he knows the signs he's seen them in the past in a woman he holds dear. He makes the decision to help her, the only help he knows is violence. He has been to prison and knows he can do the time. He makes the choice to remove her from her prison, a prison of abuse and pain, he frees her.

[@jamesbranham2217]

And better read up on angels.. some go to war.. 2angels in Babylon brought fire and brimstone down and destroyed that place because of their evil ways

[@devildoc4257]

💯

[@jessegosa5168]

Yes sir

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

I have always been really independent, but when my late husband or brother said 'wait in the truck' I stayed put, they did not want me involved in what they were going to do.

[@TheHaas123]

He doesn’t have prison tats, he’s just a regular blue collar guy. Remember ex cons can’t own guns. He’s just a regular dude who runs into this girl, realizes she’s being abused, and saves her, and trades his life for hers

[@danor6812]

"Angels don't do what he's done." Ever hear of Michel the Arch Angel? Men get emotional with this song, because we know it's the right thing to do. Yet society's laws prevent us for doing what needs to be done.

[@larynanntapp6333]

As a DV survivor, thank you for this reaction. Sending warm regards from Kentucky.

[@dawnhall2400]

Same from Atlanta ❤❤❤

[@stevehobbs9015]

That there.!!! That's justice.!!!

[@jacobgibson9184]

I love the fact that he used a revolver called a Judge. Great play on words.

[@billallen4793]

And if your familiar with the cartridges that that gun is capable of shooting, you know why it only took one shot!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠

[@stevehobbs9015]

Yes.. .the "Taurus Judge". Available in .410 shots hell.....and the ever awesome. 45 Colt long.

[@walkerbarr3606]

It’s was a .357 in the video but you get it. Hahaha!

[@thirday44]

Another play on words "I let the hammer drop." He let the hammer drop on the revolver for final judgment on the abuser. Then the courtroom shows the judge dropping his hammer(gavel) for final judgment on Hardy. Also the abuser was wearing a shirt referred to as a "wife beater". There's a lot in this song.

[@marilynk30]

Shes still waiting in the truck!❤

[@EddieVick-xh1fq]

Great reaction . As she drove away she still had his truck. When a woman is told to "wait in the truck " she understands that things are about to get sorted out and she doesn't need to be involved .

[@johoney5458]

absolutely right.

[@SgtSplatter782]

As soon as he asked "Where he at?" you know it's about to get serious.

[@georgejones9434]

Damn straight,an no other wards needs to be said!!

[@yvonne6463]

he was an angel of mercy.. i been in that situation.. i had a support system thankfully but many women die from ths kind of situations!

[@spectrelead]

I'd say more an Avenging Angel, but that's just my view on what happened

[@jaclynschaper]

Love this song. When she says I didn't think my day of justice would come from a judge under his seat.... the revolver he used is referred to a Judge. I love that line.

[@user-xl4zf5bk6c]

Taurus Judge.....best handgun I ever owned

[@SgtSplatter782]

The Judge and his Jury of 6.

[@meinok3662]

The one in the video isn't a judge.

[@SgtSplatter782]

@@meinok3662 Yeah it looks like a S&W in .38. still love the word play though.

[@reneebush2399]

⁠@@meinok3662yeah they decided to swap it out for cinematography purposes because something with a smaller barrel worked better within the rest of the scene. However the Judge with the shorter barrel doesn’t look as good on screen. So I get why they swapped it out despite the line originally being written to meaning The Judge handgun.

[@bonnielapan8114]

This man being so emotional from this this video got me! I’m now subscribed forever!!! 😊😊😢

[@JustanotherJoe-ys2vh]

Praying for the women that are trapped. There is help!

[@mitchellwaters0706]

Semper fi dude..marine..for always faithful..thanks for reaction..I feel the same way as you tearing up..62 year old former marine from south carolina

[@johoney5458]

thank you.

[@mitchanderson2569]

Thank you for your service! In South Carolina myself!

[@RitaMae13]

I'd have to tell my daughter the same thing...wait in the truck!

[@melindabaker710]

i read somewhere that this was written about Hardy's friend who this is about and they wanted to bring awareness

[@teamrealtree0073]

Justice was served you don't but your hands on I women. Walk the hell away or pay the price straight up.great song and a great reaction.

[@user-eo8sm7dh6d]

Great reaction to an incredible song. Hardy is a talented song writer. He wrote God's Country for Blake Shelton. You should check out his A Rock, Mockingbird & The Crow, and Sold Out. John, you were dead on with your take.

[@Melody-bourbonite4life]

all of the above and "screen " and "radio song " as well

[@jackkoch9974]

I'm a hard-core vet, retired LEO. IF any man doesn't cry over this song, there is something wrong with you. Think about this happening to your mother, sister, or daughter. And it happens all the time. All over the globe. The laws still to this day don't protect women. These kinds of guys get back out and will find you. The woman is not safe, no matter where she goes. Restraining orders are a waste of time because by the time the police show up, it's too late.

[@ReactToTheWorld]

Hardy's got us in our feels with this one!

[@HoosierHayday]

This has been one of my favorite songs for almost a year now. Depending on the mood and surroundings it always gives me chills but in the moment i do still tear up a little.

[@bren6967]

Very good reaction and yes he was an Avenging Angel. Avenging Angels were the first angels created by God. As a teen in the 70s I saw so many abused women and young girls. Where I grew up women belonged to the "man" of the house (Bible Belt USA). However, every once in a while one of those "men" would cross a line and then just take off. The rumors were that they were in hiding under some random septic tank. What do I know? I was just a kid. 🤷‍♀

[@TheCruzcruz]

This song is so powerful, it chokes me up every time I hear it. The video is awesome

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

Hardy is an amazing talent. I love his song 'Give Heaven some hell' too. He also has a very fun one called 'Rednecker' to show a lighter side to him.

[@Arilou14714]

I literally cried the first time I saw this video. Hearing the words vs seeing it happen gives such a different feeling

[@sonjacrowell9896]

I’ve never been able to say … Thank You . ❤ wish I could. ❤

[@Fewminhuman]

Well said brother you nailed that in saying the essence of a man and why we are here! 👊

[@scottdonohue3379]

He did what any father of a daughter would want someone to do for their daughter if they weren’t there to do it himself. It’s also the way an old school man would handle that kind of a situation when the protective side of them goes into overdrive when you just can’t handle something that wrong right in front of them.

[@InstallationGuy]

luv your reaction dude, powerful, you get it...

[@matthewdooley7855]

That's a man. Doing the right thing, even though it means a life in jail for him. Hardy's an amazing songwriter. This song also helped launch Lainey Wilson to a whole new level. Your words after the song are great. Men, at their best, are protectors. But this song is also about men at their worst - which is why we NEED good men to step up.

[@TimedRevolver]

And he wasn't just a killer. You can see him briefly hesitate before pulling the trigger. He didn't WANT to kill the guy, but it became necessary, so he did.

[@stevengroff3270]

Great reaction, love watching both your channels... keep up the great work both of you

[@josephlambert9100]

I will 1000% do it for any woman on this planet anytime anywhere I will protect woman or any child with my life!

[@firefighterchick]

I believe that Hardy's character lost someone he loved to domestic violence. He had just met her but instantly decided that her only chance was if the b *stard was dead. I don't condone vigilante justice but I can fully understand the mindset. Too many times victims are betrayed by the system that's supposed to help them.

[@msangelstrange]

I have said this before, you don't go shoot someone because of a stranger you find in the street, BUT if as a child you went through domestic abuse of your mom, sister, aunt anyone that you love with all your heart and are too young to do anything to help and it ends horribly maybe with your loved one loosing their life. . Talk about PTSD when you are finally at an age to do something and you come across this poor woman in the street. Driving that road that day he may not have seen a stranger but instead the loved one he was too young to save.

[@shawnlambrecht1052]

We need strong men in this world.

[@Melody-bourbonite4life]

great reaction!!!! definitely got to do more HARDY

[@lizabeth4453]

6:54 - The second I began to fall in love with you both. First time here. Won't be the last. Love & light!

[@dawnhall2400]

Absolutely same here ❤ Love from Atlanta

[@scrappy8ball]

Ive seen this video over a hundred times probably, and it gets to me every time.

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Great reaction guys!!! Leaves ya to wonder if he did wrong in his pass and wanted to do something good...or had someone he loved loss there life to someone who abused his family member...

[@brucecronin6396]

Love it !! I watched the girl till I saw the guys reaction. Not just a daughter , but a mother or an aunt !! Love the reaction, love you guys !!

[@bluez1981]

I agree... Such a powerful song. I also agree there in an inherit good...a protector in most guys. He came across someone in trouble and was hell bent on ending her pain. From the video it looks like he took the gun with him for protection, he was going to confront the guy for what he had done....guy went for a shot gun and bad things happend. I haven't heard such a good storytelling song like that in such a long time.

[@ultragunnervb]

You are 100% right on your thoughts about how this song hits hard for a guy that holds being a protector very high.

[@user-eo8sm7dh6d]

Great reaction, John and Lulu.

[@jealousjelly]

For something fun, watch the live version of Hardy's song "I'm Unapologetically Country As Hell." It's very, very different from this and I think you two will love it.

[@randallscharmen5922]

Loved your analysis. Protecting things worth protecting.

[@jeffkerby6057]

When I get 1st heard this, I cried also. I'm 59. I loved it!!!!!

[@bobbyhughes2089]

Wow! This was my first time hearing this song…speechless.

[@danasixty5402]

Your emotions were truly Heart felt . Thank you . from a Survivor .

[@samic1051]

I from canada, I not only reacted to this. But I subscribed because of the man that was sitting there with the woman. Because this happand I am so sorry for the guy in the song that went to jail for doing what he did. Because there are lots of us women. Who forfeit our lives and it's very sad thing and nobody. Wait's somebody to lose their life to jail? I don't. I'm crying right now so I can't sayve much but thank you

[@JustanotherJoe-ys2vh]

If it makes you feel any better I also cried. Good damn song

[@heathersullivan2561]

Country music tends to tell great stories. Hardy straddles the fence between country and rock. He can be country and tell great stories but he can also rock and you forget his country roots completely. Watch jack you will see what I mean.

[@wesleyahrendt9988]

Had same reaction , hit me hard!! I'm pretty sure this has goes down for real!!!

[@pontiac411]

Maybe the most humble man that has ever reacted to this vid, most come off like they would do the same but never have and never would.

[@robertskae]

Hardy is awesome he does both country and rock for country check out a rock,give heaven some hell for his rock songs check out sold out, the mockingbird and the crow,Jack and radio song he also did a great cover of blurry also checkout the better me by bear tooth featuring hardy

[@0s0n3gr0]

Totally agree with you bro. 100%

[@paulmartin4566]

Love ya'lls reaction...from South Mississippi

[@David-fe4ts]

Love it already.

[@gloriacrews480]

It was voted the best video this year cmt

[@altondavis7109]

In the 60s and 70s in the South he wouldn't spend 1 night in jail

[@thatcanadianwhitetrashguy]

I can't believe a Country Song jumped into First Place past Ren in My List . This is Every Mans Dream , but Society makes it Illegal .

[@cinemacodey]

First time seeing your channel. Great reaction!

[@mpgreek]

Powerful! Great song and lyrics. Justified homicide in my opinion. One less scumbag on earth. I cried too. Loved your reaction.

[@ReactToTheWorld]

Thanks! Hardy really knows how to hit you in the feels.

[@livingandriding]

This hit home for me as a physical abuse survivor....I finally got out after 4 years I'm 5'3", my X was 6'4" and big...I'm glad i didn't tell my Dad because he would have probably told me to wait in the truck....This is justice in my opinion but I wouldn't want anyone to spend their remaining days of life in prison....

[@Formbo1]

She didn't do him any favors testifying, "He was hell-bent to find the man ..."

[@matthewfulks589]

I don't know if you guys noticed, but at the end of the video, Lainey is driving the same truck while Hardy is locked up. The same truck that is featured throughout the video.

[@jonathanvickers7169]

Yes ma'am, it is as true as anything ever.

[@karenwalsh1143]

I was so happy to see you crying! In the beginning, you were laughing, but this song is the real deal. Because that man would have killed her eventually, and I feel that justice wasn't served! You felt what it's like to be A REAL MAN! "Give heaven some hell" "A Rock" "Sober you" "Rednecker" Those are some good country songs of his to check out!!! (For now i wouldn't do "The mockingbird and the crow" or anything from that album yet, he switched it up and added alot of "Heavymetal" type songs and I don't want you to think that is his only style of music, id stick to the country songs first, then check out the last album)

[@scotthatcher5043]

I agree brother !!! WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THE ONES YOU LOVE IN YOUR LUFE...They are all we have in this life..good job guys

[@Dexidoodle]

I love that he ultimately traded his freedom for hers. ... she's still waiting in that truck.

[@car17yn71]

I wish he would make a whole movie about this. I imagine that Hardy's character had a mom or a sister or someone else close to him who had been abused and couldn't escape their abuser ... hence the "She didn't tell the whole truth, but she didn't have to. I knew what had happened to her." They are in a small town. There might not be a hospital in town. Lainey's character was out walking in the middle of the night, so she doesn't seem to have access to a vehicle. I imagine that the cops had come before, but (being a small town) they probably know the guy. He might have been the football hero for the high school years ago when he helped them win state. That was why she was never able to get away from him. Of course, i might be putting together stories of relatives and friends and friends of friends to come up with the the back story.

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

I know of some men who would do this exact thing because they were taught to protect women!!!! That quality is on the endangered list!

[@brookelofton8265]

I love this song

[@ChoctawN8tive]

First time i heard wait in the car... I was 8. My uncle was a 3x golden glove . His female friend was beat.. he told us to wait... Came out and said he'll never touch u again. Then i heard this .. broke me down cazse im older and understand

[@petercao5763]

Love Hardy and his music, and you should check his music video, Truck Bed as well

[@juraspeed2112]

Awesome reaction video 😮

[@ReactToTheWorld]

Thank you 😁

[@robertdanyus6836]

The song resonates no one would do anything. Except stand around with their phones and film it for they could put it on youtube for clicks

[@tandav2400]

accidently found you, glad I did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@themeez1000]

They were not prepared

[@craighamilton579]

loved your reaction. i done this didnt kill fucked up

[@justinwilder3514]

It’s definitely a southern attitude thing, it’s happened quite a bit down here. Plenty of times my family has found out or been told about domestic abuse, so we made sure wife and kids were at the grocery store or church and the dad got a visit. No one was ever killed, but they found out what the other side of a bigger fist felt like. .

[@shawnwolfenbarker3327]

Country folks..... DO NOT PLAY.... Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

[@kvhvtke1935]

Avenging angel

[@bjornronaldson6017]

I worked victim extraction for ten years and I can't tell you how many times I wanted to do exactly what this song talks about doing. The only thing that stopped me was having my kids and wife waiting for me. Seeing this sort of thing, especially when it's kids or disabled or elderly folks, it's really damn hard not to do something emotional.

[@David-fe4ts]

Omg have mercy.

[@Lunzatis_Palemoon]

Sometimes, justice is found through the barrel of a gun. It should never be the 1st option and would preferably NOT be an option. HOWEVER, it IS an option and one that will be used if needed.

[@santinojames88]

A++++ reaction

[@thewhitewolf7728]

I've watched many many reactions to this and it's so funny how so many women, unless they have personal experience, think logically about this but men watch this and just hits more because it's what we all would want to be able to do to jerks like that. I love the imagery at the end where he traded his freedom for hers, when he met her she was a prisoner and he set her free by becoming the prisoner.

[@jasonhowell6511]

Hits everyone hard brother

[@jasonhowell6511]

If you have a heart and care like you said

[@suzique6540]

It happens

[@jeremyandrews3567]

Brother I cry everytime I watch this

[@dennisdemars9939]

Here in the south, especially here in Texas, you don't beat on a woman - there are still those of us here who would have done the same as he does in this video - but the difference is most times the sheriff would tell us - good riddance to him - you did right, just walk away - Some LEO's still believe in GOD's Justice by 6 instead of mans justice of 12

[@wrmonahan30]

If this were a true story then both him and her would be in prison. Yes, the dude that hit her is a scumbag but you can't break and enter into his private residence and kill him. She would be in prison as an accomplice. On other comments on other videos I see some people say "well, he shot him in self-defense" NO, the only person who could claim self-defense in that situation is the abuser because someone kicked his door in to cause him harm.

[@johoney5458]

Had the same thought that she was not charged. She didn't have to tell him where the coward lived.

[@henryfreimuth9359]

Well said brother

[@Fireandadjust]

Your reaction was spot on, need more men to stand up and be men these days.

[@marcfield1234]

No. This is going exactly where you think it is. He gave uo his freedom to give her hers. If you are gonna go down go down a hero.

[@harolddorsey9179]

No your not the only one. If it was my daughter there's no question about it. A stranger not sure if I'd go to that extreme, depends on the circumstances.

[@baddog4176]

Hardy said the inspiration behind this song was what he would have done if his girl would have been beat up. Good reaction.

[@markmyers6472]

To add to the other comments... he was not a bad man, he was not an evil man... perhaps he grew up in a house of abuse.... as he knew what had happened to her without asking... he was a man who saw a need, saw an evil and acted on that need and evil. He was a man of faith (evidenced by the court scene bridge (Oh Lord have mercy on me was not asked to the court system... it was a plea to God) and visibly evidenced by the cross hanging on his rear view mirror... was his action legal, obviously not based on the trial, was it morally just.... that is up to each individual for you cannot legislate morality... but for every victim of DV, he would be an answered prayer... and for every man... the story forces the question... "what would I do?" I recently picked up on another aspect of the acting...you can see the transfer of 'weight' from the weight on her as a DV victim... to him, as the reality of what he did sank in looking at the body on the floor... she has her weight lifted as she no longer has to live that life... and the weight of the decision he made settles onto his shoulders, heart and mind.

[@tommcknight7878]

Hardy is one of the greatest writers ever

[@robtaylor7038]

Ive lived this song. See im the biggest person ever in my family. So my cousins called me first.

[@Joeking313]

The story is based on what happened to one of her friends. We can only imagine that this has happened many times. I mean it has to have happened a lot.