Gwen Stefani revealed that when it comes to her marriage with Blake Shelton—whom she met while coaching The Voice in 2015—the key to a happy relationship lies in a “third party.”
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are in perfect harmony when it comes to their relationship.
In fact, the “Sweet Escape” singer shared, during an April 23 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, that her best advice for a healthy and happy relationship would be to “make sure you have a third party,” pointing upward to indicate she was referring to God.
Gwen and Blake—who tied the knot in 2021 after meeting as coaches on The Voice six years prior—have never been shy when it comes to the role their faith has played in their relationship. In fact, the “Hollaback Girl” singer even detailed how meeting her husband was a miracle that made her feel reborn.
“Meeting my husband felt like a second chance at life,” Gwen—who shares kids Kingston, 18, Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 11 with ex Gavin Rossdale—explained to The Guardian in November. “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.”
And since the beginning of relationship with the “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” singer—who divorced from Miranda Lambert in 2015—Gwen expressed that their romance was reminiscent of a resilient flower.
“I know this sounds weird, but Blake and I came together in gardening,” the Grammy winner noted. “We have a house together in Oklahoma and during the pandemic we came across this very old building on the land and there were some purple irises, which someone must have planted centuries ago, but they’ve survived.”
Now, the life they’ve created together is one that she always dreamed of—though her prior divorce made it hard to imagine that the dream could ever come true.
“There was a point where I was like, ‘I can’t even talk to you,’” Gwen shared with People in November. “‘This is insane. I already have enough problems. This is not happening anymore. We’re not going to text or nothing.'”
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“We had just met, and it was chaos,” she added. “Both of our lives were in complete turmoil, all over the ground. Nothing could save us at that point.”
But before long, she couldn’t deny that their connection was simply too strong to ignore.
“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl,” she explained, “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.”
“God putting Blake in my life,” she added, “was just that miracle.”
For more of the sweet words Gwen and Blake have said about each other, keep reading.
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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
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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
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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
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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
