Brenda Jackson on the Stewart scuffle, Gus and social media
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Brenda Jackson never knows when the texts to her son are going to go viral. When he does share their conversations, the audience gets big fast since her son is the ever-popular Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jackson's not on social media and told Dirty Mo Radio that she doesn't know when Dale Jr. tweets their text messages until someone else tells her.
She says she's not on social media because, "I have a hard time controlling the (expletive) that comes out of my mouth sometimes. I know a lot of people, personally, that shouldn't be on there, either. Once it's there, it's there for the hundreds to see."
Jackson says Junior often complains about her spelling and shorthand in her texts, so she doesn't need that trouble on Twitter, either.
"I got spell-check, but I got no time for that," Jackson says. "I got a point to make. If you can't figure it out, you shouldn't be textin'."
Jackson said on Tuesday's "Dale Jr. Download" that sometimes she's critical of her son after races, but was encouraging after a disappointing day at Richmond, where the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet finished 14th after making contact with Tony Stewart's No. 14 Chevrolet.
After the Richmond race, Junior tweeted out his mom's encouraging words:
On the radio show, Jackson reiterated, "You're gonna have them days. He did finish. I'll take a finish."
She also weighed in on the Stewart scuffle: "I won't get in the mess of it, but I don't know what (Stewart's) beef is. You know, you can't run around with your left eye shut."
On Dale Jr.'s tree house: "I want a tree house village. I want him to build me one so we can go down there and camp together. He told me no, it's too expensive."
And on the latest addition to the family, Gus the dog: "Gus is precious."