Jana Kramer isn’t a widower, but she was still able to pull from her own experiences with loss when it came to playing one in her new holiday film, The Christmas Ring.

“[My character Vanessa] is a widower. She lost her husband, and obviously, I don’t know that pain. I hope to never know that pain. But like everyone, I’ve also experienced loss in other ways,” Kramer, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly. “There’s a scene in the movie where I’m having to take my wedding ring off. I remember having to do that, not because I wanted to, not because I lost them, but I had to. I had to move on, and I had to say goodbye.”

While Kramer is happily married to Allan Russell now, she’s often been open about her tumultuous divorce from ex-husband Mike Caussin. The pair, who split for good in 2021 after six

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