What happened between Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton? It seemed like one minute the
couple were solid, and the next they were on the rocks in a very public way. Alas, they
just couldn't make it work in the end. Here's just what went down between the country music
superstars.
While Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton were one of the hottest couples in all of country
music for a time, they were both involved with other people when they first met. But
those commitments went out the window once the sparks started flying. Shelton revealed
in an episode of VH1's Behind the Music,
Looking back on that moment, he added that he realized he was already falling in love
with her.
Lambert felt the pull too, despite her engagement to country singer Jeff Allen McManus. She
revealed on Dateline in 2011,
So Shelton divorced his first wife and Lambert broke off her engagement so they could be
together.
In 2010, after five years of dating, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton finally got engaged.
And as Lambert tells it, Shelton was a perfect gentleman when it came to popping the big
question. She told People,
Shelton didn't just get that right, as he also managed to wow Lambert with his selection
of a diamond-and-platinum engagement ring. She added,
Wedding bells rang for Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton on May 14, 2011. The pair tied
the knot at a star-studded wedding on a Texas ranch, and Lambert sounded like she was over
the moon with joy. She gushed in an interview with People,
After the wedding, Shelton took a break from his work commitments to spend the rest of
the month with his new bride. He explained to People,
While Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton made their home in rural Oklahoma, Shelton's work
commitments meant he wasn't at home very much. Not only was he a judge on the wildly popular
show The Voice, but he also went on tour promoting his own music. Lambert also had obligations,
as she's a successful musician in her own right. But despite this predicament, Lambert
and Shelton managed to carve out time for themselves. Lambert told People in 2013,
That wasn't easy, either, as Shelton explained that it takes a good deal of effort to make
it work.
When Blake Shelton signed on to be a judge on The Voice, he knew that he was going to
be spending a lot of time in Los Angeles. To that end, he had to look for a place where
he could hang his hat at night when he wasn't in Oklahoma. And as he tells it, the place
he picked wasn't a lonely little bachelor pad by any stretch of the imagination. He
revealed to People,
But Shelton also had hopes that he could endear Miranda Lambert to California living, although
that didn't go over very well at all.
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton may have seemed like a perfect match whenever they
were together, but, according to Lambert, the pressures of fame took a real toll on
their marriage. In 2014, People reported her saying:
It got to a point where they were both wondering when they'd get their time together.
However, it's possible that Lambert was the one doing most of the wondering, as Shelton
has admitted she was the one making the effort to see him.
It got to a point where Lambert reportedly "felt abandoned" by her husband and thought
he cared more about The Voice than her, as sources told TMZ. It didn't help that she
doesn't really love Los Angeles, where Shelton was working.
One of the biggest questions many people have to ask themselves before they get married
is whether or not they want to have children. That way, you can make sure that you and your
partner both want the same thing. Well, when it came to Blake Shelton's stance on the issue,
he wasn't shy about his desires, noting in 2011 that he'd love to give the gift of grandkids
to his parents.
However, a year after Shelton expressed his desire to have children, Miranda Lambert didn't
sound quite as enthusiastic about the issue. People reported her saying,
For as much as Blake Shelton made Miranda Lambert a happy woman, that didn't mean that
she walked around with a smile on her face 24/7; that just isn't in her nature. She told
Marie Claire,
Well, opposites do attract, as the old adage goes. Additionally, Shelton once referred
to Lambert as "complicated," which understandably threw her for a loop. He added,
That's certainly an odd compliment.
Miranda Lambert is an award-winning country music superstar, capable of packing concert
halls and performing in front of thousands of people. But when the lights go down and
the crowd goes home, Lambert sounds more like an introvert than an extrovert, and that was
especially the case when she was a young girl. Her mother told Marie Claire,
While Lambert eventually warmed up to the world a bit more, given that she and Blake
Shelton made their home in rural Oklahoma, you can deduce that she still was more interested
in the quiet life.
Given that Shelton looks more at home on a stage in Los Angeles than he does anywhere
else, it's possible that he's more extroverted than his ex-wife is.
One of the most important things in any relationship, whether romantic or otherwise, is the ability
to have complete trust in one another. So in an effort to be as transparent as possible,
Blake Shelton never hesitated to let Miranda Lambert go through his phone to prove he wasn't
hiding anything. He told People,
He added that offering that to Lambert had been good for their marriage, as he never
wanted her to have doubts about his fidelity. However, in the end, that wasn't enough to
keep either Lambert or Shelton confident, according to one source. An insider told E!
News,
And in the end, things fell apart anyway.
By the time 2015 rolled around, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton's marriage was on its last
legs. By the middle of the year, they were officially on the rocks, and Shelton proceeded
to file divorce papers. The couple said in a statement obtained by E! News,
However, that didn't mean there wasn't any bitterness, as both parties accused the other
of infidelity, as noted by TMZ. It got so bad that the people they each accused the
other of cheating with, Chris Young and Cady Groves, got caught up in the fallout as well.
According to Groves' older brother, her career took a hit because of the allegations. He
revealed to Radar Online,
Young also took to Twitter to deny his involvement in Shelton and Lambert's divorce, calling
both parties his friends.
"I was in touch with Blake all day, that day, and he was like 'Dude, sorry.' I was like
'I know, man.'"
When Blake Shelton was going through his divorce from Miranda Lambert, he was utterly heartbroken.
In an interview with Chelsea Handler the following year, the singer reflected on that time.
"Last year when my marriage, everything just fell apart and then just trying to pick the
pieces up from being at the rock bottom."
He even stayed at his friend Adam Levine's house for a while to help him cope with his
grief.
Shelton also found a friend in Gwen Stefani, who was going through her own high-profile
divorce from Gavin Rossdale after 20 years. But as they got closer, confiding in one another
about their marital fallouts, Shelton realized he'd fallen in love with her.
It turns out that she did, and the rest is history. As for how Lambert felt about Shelton's
new relationship? A source told E! News,
Just as Blake Shelton moved on from Miranda Lambert, so too did Lambert move on from Shelton.
In fact, she wasted no time finding a new beau, as she was dating musician Anderson
East before 2015 was over. A friend of East told Us Weekly,
However, that relationship wasn't meant to be, as Lambert and East split up two years
later, as noted by another article in Us Weekly.
Fortunately for Lambert, the Pistol Annies singer did finally get her happily-ever-after:
In November of 2018, Lambert met then-NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin outside of the
Good Morning America studio in New York City. Clearly the pair were smitten with one another
right away, as they tied the knot in a secret wedding just three months later.
"It's really good to be genuinely happy. I mean, you almost don't realize that you're
not until you get there."
So, what's the real reason Miranda Lambert kept her wedding a secret? She explained in
a chat with People,
All's well that ends well, then!
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