Blake Shelton may not have been in attendance at Gwen Stefani’s Las Vegas show, but he had a good reason why.
“My wife came to town. She’s here. I mean, she’s not here. She’s over there. The other venue,” Shelton, 49, said during his Wednesday, May 6, performance at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. “What kind of a d***head books us on the exact same nights, every single night? I think my manager did that, and he’s here, isn’t he?”
Shelton went on to explain that Stefani, 56, was also in Sin City for the opening night of her band No Doubt’s Las Vegas residency.
“My wife, Gwen Stefani. I like to say it out loud. I know it’s kind of douchey. She’s playing tonight over at the Sphere,” Shelton explained. I’m so glad y’all aren’t there. It’s weird to say, but it’s true.”
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“One of the things that I heard her say on stage was, and I thought to myself, ‘Man, if I ever get to do a residency in Vegas, I’m gonna do that too.’ She got on stage, she goes, ‘We’re in Las Vegas. We can do whatever in the hell we wanna do.’ OK? Don’t tell any authorities that I said that to you … You’re on your own,” he continued. “But I heard Gwen say that, and then she would sing whatever songs she was gonna sing. It would freak people out.”
Shelton and Stefani exchanged vows in July 2021. Shelton was previously married to Kaynette Gern from 2003 to 2006 and then Miranda Lambert from 2011 to 2015, while Stefani was with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale from 2002 to 2016. (Stefani and Rossdale share sons Kingston, 19, Zuma, 17, and Apollo, 12.)
Despite rumors circulating that Shelton and Stefani split, the country singer put the speculation to rest in January.
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“I started noticing these articles popping up about, ‘Blake and Gwen, they’re split up,’” he said while cohosting the Country Countdown USA radio show at the time, adding that he learned not to “believe anything anymore that I see on the internet.”
“[I saw them say] ‘They’re not even seeing each other anymore, they’re going through a divorce.’ And then, a week later, a picture comes out of us walking out of the grocery store,” he continued. “‘Oh, they’re back together again!’ And another week goes by and we’re not seen at the grocery store … ‘They’re divorcing.’”
