Country power couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton called it quits in July 2015 after
four years of marriage.
Just months after their divorce was finalized, Shelton started dating his fellow coach on
NBC's The Voice, Gwen Stefani.
It's worth noting that in August 2015, news broke that Stefani and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale
were also going their separate ways.
That development occurred just one month after Shelton and Lambert's split.
Shelton and Stefani's relationship immediately took center stage in Hollywood, with millions
of fans watching their romance unfold on The Voice, as well as on social media, at red
carpet events, and during award shows.
But there were also two high-profile exes worth keeping an eye on in this situation:
Lambert and Rossdale.
Since Stefani and Rossdale share three children, it seems like it might be important for the
Bush frontman and Shelton to get along as co-parents.
But as for Lambert and Stefani, with no kids to co-parent, there are seemingly no rules
regarding their relationship to one another.
Which, of course, leaves fans dying to know Miranda Lambert's true feelings about Gwen
Stefani.
While the pairing of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani may have come as a surprise to the
world, Miranda Lambert reportedly saw it coming.
A source told E! News,
"She was not surprised to hear of the romance between Blake and Gwen.
They were always pretty flirty.
Miranda and Blake were on the rocks on and off and knew that this could always be a possibility."
"I didn't think a lot about it.
I just did it.
You know what I mean?"
Prior to Lambert and Shelton's 2015 divorce, the country crooner had reportedly been spending
a lot of time with Stefani, especially as they were both coaches on The Voice.
When Stefani started posting selfies taken with Shelton on Instagram as early as November
2014, and before both of their respective splits, it's not hard to see that the two
were already getting quite close.
While she was doing press for her 2016 double-disc album, The Weight of These Wings, Miranda
Lambert decided to let her music do the talking, only agreeing to do interviews after the lengthy
record dropped.
Given the pop culture landscape at this time, and the fact that Blake Shelton had just started
dating Gwen Stefani in late 2015, it made sense that everyone was desperate to find
out Lambert's reaction to her ex-husband's new high-profile relationship.
As Lambert told HITS Daily Double in July 2018, one interviewer wasted no time getting
down to business.
Unimpressed, Lambert revealed,
"I got on the phone for the first interview.
First question was, 'How do you feel about Gwen?'
I hung up...What was in the music was real, and I wanted people to get it from that.
Take from it what they would.
Then if I needed to talk, I would."
Miranda Lambert and Gwen Stefani may never be the best of friends, but one report claimed
that the country singer went so far as to diss the No Doubt front woman's appearance.
A so-called insider told The National Enquirer in 2019,
"Miranda's super fit thanks to her diet and workout with her fitness-fanatic-police-officer
hubby.
Miranda was ripping Gwen's looks and saying they were produced by the best doctors money
could buy.
She shamed Gwen for being built on a foundation of Botox and fillers."
For what it's worth, Stefani has never admitted to altering her face in any way, so there's
no proof she's had any work done.
Plus, Lambert has been married to retired NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin since 2019,
so it would be a little odd if she was still this concerned about her ex's girlfriend.
"That cop's hot."
In fact, Lambert seems incredibly happy with her new man and regularly gushes about her
marriage.
In July 2020, Lambert told Taste of Country,
"We're pretty much newlyweds since we've only been married a year-and-a-half but we've already
survived a pandemic so I think we're golden...He loves to clean, and I knew that, but it has
really come in handy."
Considering the fact that Mcloughlin reportedly retired from the NYPD to join Lambert's security
team, we have a feeling they'll be spending even more time together.
And there's a good chance the star will be too busy enjoying life with her new husband
to give Gwen Stefani another thought.
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