Dierks Bentley is taking part in the new CBS TV Special, Pickled, hosted and produced by Stephen Colbert. The two-hour special will feature 16 celebrities playing in a charity pickleball tournament with proceeds benefitting Comic Relief US, which strives to end poverty in the U.S.

Game face. ✔️
It’s almost time to take on the competition for @ComicReliefUS. Get #PICKLED on November 17th on @CBS. pic.twitter.com/DdXFjCI60O

— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) October 31, 2022

https://twitter.com/CBS/status/1591506114616741890

Dierks and his band and crew started playing pickleball on the road to pass the time between soundcheck and the show. “We would just put some masking tape, duct tape, down on the parking lot behind the busses and start playing and got into it – fun thing to do out there on the road,” says Dierks.

Apparently, while Stephen Colbert was putting together this special, he reached out to Dierks to take part in this new special. “Since then, I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me about starting a pickleball team or being part of pickleball specials, and one of the cool things is doing this Stephen Colbert TV special. It involved playing pickleball with a bunch of great people like Will Ferrell, Jimmie Allen, so fun, and we had microphones. We were mic’d up, so I’m not sure what I said in the middle of a competitive sport. Hopefully, I didn’t make a fool out of myself, but definitely it’s been a fun thing to do out there on the road.”

The tournament, which will air Thursday (November 17^th) beginning at 9pm ET on CBS and Paramount +, will also feature Jimmie Allen, comedian/actor Will Ferrell, The Neighborhood’s Max Greenfield, actor Luis Guzman, actor Daniel Dae Kim, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, singer Kelly Rowland, Grace and Frankie’s June Diane Raphael, actress Emma Watson (Harry Potter) and many others.

Dierks is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single “Gold.”