Kenny Rogers’ Twin Sons Reveal His Important Life Advice

Kenny Rogers‘ twin sons, Justin and Jordan, open up in a new interview, sharing their memories of their famous father — including the advice he gave them about bullying.

“I used to be bullied a lot. I’d come home crying and my dad would say, ‘Just keep being yourself. You’re very funny,’” Jordan tells People. “Every day I still live up to that.”

Rogers was a father to the twins late in life with his fifth wife, Wanda. They were 16 years old when he died at the age of 81 in 2020. Now 19 and recently graduated from high school, they still maintain some of the traditions they had with their father, including “Super Saturdays.” The weekly ritual, which was boys-only, entailed breakfast at McDonald’s, visiting the car wash and then Chuck E. Cheese.

“I remember all the fun memories we used to have at Chuck E. Cheese,” Jordan recalls fondly. “We still go to that location, and we sit at the exact same table that we used to.”

“I miss everything about him,” Justin adds. “He was a really fun dad.”

The twins have inherited Rogers’ love of music, too. Justin took guitar lessons “because I wanted to be like my dad,” he states, while Jordan plays the drums. They cite “Coward of the County,” “The Gambler” and “Love Will Turn You Around” as their favorite songs from their father’s catalog.

“I see so much of him in their mannerisms, how they stand with their hands in their pockets or behind their backs when they’re listening to something,” their mother, Wanda, tells People. “I always tell them, ‘That was your dad’s look.’ The older they get, the more they want to know about him. I hear them tell people, ‘My dad used to stand like that.’ It’s so sweet.”