Published by Cel Manero from Global One Media Inc.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton first crossed paths on The Voice in 2014 and tied the knot in 2021 at Shelton’s ranch in Oklahoma.
Gwen Stefani reflects on discovering how to truly receive love.
In a discussion with Jeff Cavins on the app Hallow, the 56-year-old singer opened up about feeling like she had never “experienced active love” before meeting her husband, Blake Shelton. Cavins described this experience as akin to “Christ’s love.”
“I first experienced active love when I met my husband because I’d never really received it before,” Stefani explained. “I didn’t even know how to accept it. I would feel so uncomfortable when someone was showing love through their actions or making sacrifices for me.”
The couple first met in 2014 when Stefani joined Season 7 of The Voice as a coach. Their professional connection developed into romance in 2015, following separations from their previous partners. After five years together, they got engaged in October 2020 and married in July 2021 at Shelton’s ranch in an intimate ceremony.
Since becoming a couple, Stefani and Shelton have released several duets, including “Nobody But You” and “Purple Irises,” and celebrated major milestones together, such as receiving stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Shelton remarked during the ceremony, “I kind of stopped checking things off my list of accomplishments when I married Gwen. Getting my star is just the icing on the cake—she’s the greatest thing that’s happened along this journey.”
Stefani also shared how her relationship with God has grown over the years. She admitted that while she once thought she had spiritual understanding, she now feels her faith is deeper and more personal.
“I always knew I could perform and write songs, but I didn’t understand why or how it happened,” she said. “I would get anxious every time I stepped on stage or sat down to write, wondering if I could do it.”
The Grammy-winning singer acknowledged that she felt her talent wasn’t solely her own but initially didn’t recognize it as a gift from God. “I used to think it would be arrogant to claim, ‘This is my gift,’” she said. “But eventually, I realized God made me to do this. Not sharing it would be wrong. I need to keep creating.”
She added that her purpose doesn’t necessarily require formal ministry: “Even if it’s through a song—even a silly one like ‘bananas’ that makes someone happy in college—that’s what I was made for.”
