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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Share Steamy New Year’s Eve Kiss
Blake Shelton is tired of media speculation buzzing around him and his honeybee.
The former The Voice coach shared his thoughts on ongoing divorce rumors between him and wife Gwen Stefani, as well as why they’ve contributed to his overall distrust of the internet.
“Starting in October, I think, or maybe November, I started noticing these articles popping up about ‘Blake and Gwen, they’re split up,’” Blake, 49, told County Countdown USA in an interview uploaded to YouTube Jan. 10. “‘They’re not even seeing each other anymore, they’re going through a divorce.’ And then, you know, a week later a picture comes out of us walking out of the grocery store: ‘Oh, they’re back together again!’”
He quipped, “And another week goes by and we’re not seen at the grocery store: ‘They’re divorcing!’”
The “Honey Bee” singer—who tied the knot with Gwen, 56, in July 2021—also emphasized how the constant speculation surrounding his relationship has led him to distrust the internet as a whole, specifically due to doctored content of the couple that has circulated.
“I see pictures of Gwen and I on social media that I really go, ‘that looks so real,’” he continued, “But I know I don’t even own that shirt or, ‘Whose car is that?’”
Blake added, “I don’t believe anything anymore that I see on the internet. I mean, nothing. I just don’t believe it.”
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But Blake and Gwen—who met in 2014 as coaches on The Voice before splitting from exes Miranda Lambert and Gavis Rossdale, respectively—are no strangers to navigating their marriage in the public eye. After all, the "Hollaback Girl" hitmaker recently opened up about the insecurities she faces in her relationship with the country music star, which inspired the couple’s duet "Purple Irises.”
"I had been going through those times where you're questioning: 'Oh my gosh, am I just getting older? Am I cute?'" Gwen told NYLON in April 2024. "In my own relationship, even though I know the truth of what's happening today, you still create drama in your own mind about your insecurities and what might happen. I was in that phase of the relationship with Blake and getting paranoid."
Even with her periods of self-doubt, Gwen—who shares kids Kingston, 19, Zuma, 17, and Apollo, 11, with ex Gavin—knows she found her partner for life in Blake.
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"The truth is I am in love with my best friend," the “Rich Girl” singer continued, "and all this s--t I'm thinking of in my brain, that's all it is—I'm overthinking."
And while rumors about the couple’s marital status can be bananas (b-a-n-a-n-a-s), Gwen has become a pro at drowning out the chatter.
"But when you're in love and have truly aligned values, nobody can get to us. You can say whatever you want to say about our relationship—I mean, a week ago we were getting divorced again or something," she added. "It's just lies. The truth is the truth, and we know what that is…"
For a look back at more sweet quotes from Gwen and Blakes, read on…
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Let the Rumors Begin
"I think he's hot, don't you? But to be super honest, it is kind of crazy we both went through the same thing at the same time. There's been so many people that I've gotten so much comfort from. Just people coming to me and telling me their story. Not confiding, but sharing, which has just helped me see things from a different perspective and move forward." —Gwen to Ryan Seacrest in November 2015
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Look of Love
"How can I not be [in love]? She is the greatest. She is the greatest." —Blake on Today in March 2018.
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"Saved My Life"
"When you have a broken heart—at least, when I do—you got to get it out of your system. You want people to sympathize with you. I was at rock bottom, in the middle of hell...Gwen saved my life. Who else on earth could understand going through a high-profile divorce from another musician?" —Blake to Billboard in July 2016
Country Livin'
"I grew up in Orange County, so I don't know if you've been down there, but it's nothing like the middle of America and our nature was the beach. So to be able to be in Oklahoma and be able to experience a ranch kind of vibe is just something I never ever had, so it's just been really, it's been great, amazing." —Gwen on Jimmy Kimmel Live in August 2020
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Wedding Bells
"You know, what? I love weddings. The kids love him. We love him. Everybody loves him. He is lovable! I think about it all the time." —Gwen to Ellen DeGeneres when discussing marrying Blake
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Fierce Fashion
"[My style is] more feminine than ever before. It's probably because I'm super in love and have a really manly man. I enjoy letting that part of me come out now because when I was in No Doubt, I never thought of myself as sexy. Even in my 30s, I was a tomboy. I hardly ever carried a purse." —Gwen to InStyle in July 2018
Sexiest Man Alive
"He doesn't even like to do a photo shoot. You can never convince him to do it. So he just called me like, ‘They want me to do this.' And I was like, ‘You should totally do it! You're so sexy!'" —Gwen's reaction to Blake being named People's Sexiest Man Alive
Hot Commodity
"He's so good at the show, I mean, he's just so magical. Blake is literally a unicorn. Like anywhere he goes, people are just attracted to him, and he's such an incredible talent." —Gwen on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live in September 2019
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Biggest Fans
"Setting here watching @gwenstefani rehearsals it continues to shock me the amount of GIANT hits this girl has written... I highly recommend y'all catch her Vegas show if you can get tickets!!!" —Blake on Twitter in June 2018
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A Hand to Hold
"I think she's kept me from going to the absolute bottom. It was like literally falling off a cliff and a hand reached out and caught me, is what it feels like. I've never had that with somebody where it just felt like no matter what, she has my back. It's the greatest feeling." — Blake on Good Dish in March 2022
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Unexpected Miracles
“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl is to be married and have this love that I saw my parents have and have babies. That dream was completely ruined; it was crushed, and I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and make a new dream. And God putting Blake in my life was just that miracle.” — Gwen to People in November 2024
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"A Second Chance at Life"
“Meeting my husband felt like a second chance at life. Because when my family fell apart, it felt like a catastrophe. How do you pick yourself up from that? But God put this other person there to love me.” — Gwen to The Guardian in November 2024
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