"She says, my eyebrows say a lot about my mood" - Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks about trying contacts for wife Amy's sake

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spoke about his experience while on his way to procure contact lenses. The 50-year-old claimed that his wife, Amy Earnhardt, wanted him to ditch the regular glasses as they masked his expressions.

JR Motorsports co-owner Dale Jr. married Amy, an interior designer by profession, on 2016 New Year's Eve at Richard Childress Vineyards in Lexington, North Carolina. They have two daughters - Isla Earnhardt, born in April 2018, and Nicole Earnhardt, welcomed into the family in October 2020.

On the latest episode of the Dale Jr. Download podcast, the NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed the reason why his wife wanted him to ditch his glasses. He said:

"Amy doesn't like the glasses because she can't see my eyebrows. She says my eyebrows say a lot about my mood. Whether I'm happier or mad, right? And so I said, 'I'll try contacts'. And I thought you just went and ordered them and they handed them to you. And you take them home and you're just like, try to get them in there."

However, the two-time Xfinity Series champion followed up the conversation with a story on how one has to qualify to be allowed to get the contacts.

Dale Jr. is a former Cup Series driver turned broadcaster. Since his full-time retirement in 2017, Junior has competed part-time in the Xfinity Series. However, he is mainly focused on managing his Xfinity Series team.

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"I couldn't tell him to retire" - When Amy Earnhardt spoke about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s return to racing after rehabilitation

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a victim of several on-track wrecks, leading to head injuries. Moreover, in 2016, he was diagnosed with major concussions and was forced to miss the rest of the season.

However, he returned to NASCAR's premier division in 2017, which ultimately turned out to be his final campaign as a Cup Series driver.

In a 2017 interview, his wife Amy addressed how the couple battled through therapy and rehabilitation. She said (via USA Today):

"It was a scary thing... I had to motivate him to get up every day and do his physical therapy. He was extremely frustrated with the symptoms he was having, mainly because he is Dale Jr. and he wants everything to happen at the moment."

After a couple of months of therapy, Dale Jr. was deemed fit to race. However, the nervousness lingered. Amy said she supported Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s decision and made "him comfortable" in whatever way he planned to proceed.

"It’s more or less his decision. We had a lot of long talks as we were going through treatment. The conversation he really needed to have was with himself. I couldn’t tell him to retire. I tried to make him comfortable with what he wanted to do," said Amy.

The Kannapolis native will return to the broadcasting booth next year. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is set to join the broadcasting team of Amazon Prime and TNT Sports beginning in the 2025 NASCAR season.