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I wish we could see a HD version of this photo. Sooo hot! 🔥

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“When I write, I kind of see a video of the song [Turnin’ Me On] in my head, and of course I was picturing Gwen. Specifically, a few of her videos — like ‘Underneath It All’ and ‘Sweet Escape,’ where she’s so sexy. These videos that she has done, it’s breathtaking.”

Blake on Gwen, Billboard Country Update, August 2018

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“She’s still in my phone, literally, if you look at my phone it says ‘My girlfriend.’ That’s what her contact is, she’s still my girlfriend to me. We’ve been together for seven years but it still seems like it’s pretty new to me, like the nervous phase is still there.”

Blake on Gwen, Today Show, September 2022

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“I’ve been in this business for 21 years now, and I’ve met some pretty cool people, famous people and then when I started on The Voice, I met some really exciting, super famous people, but I got to tell you I’ve never seen people react to another human being the way they do to Gwen Stefani. When Gwen and I met on The Voice, she seemed to be completely shocked that the women who sang for her were completely star-struck when she turned around, but for me, it was a no-brainer.”

New York Women in Communications’ Matrix Awards, October 2022

“My favorite thing is just sometimes I forget that she’s Gwen Stefani. This morning like thirty minutes ago, I had to take a COVID test here at the house and the girl came to the door. I walked to the door, and Gwen was talking to me about something, and the girl gave me the test. And right when she was walking away, she goes, ‘By the way, thank you for letting me see her!’ I go, ‘What, uh, what are you talking about?’ And she goes: ‘I just, uh, you know, when you came to the door, like, I got to see her and thank you for, you know.’ And I go, ‘You’re welcome [LAUGHS] no problem.’ She has that effect.”

The Nashville Show, May 2021

“We went to a little grocery store down the street from where we live the other day, and we were standing there, and this girl walks up to Gwen, like, straight past me. This girl, I was laughing to myself, because she couldn’t – It was impossible for her to define what Gwen meant to her and the impact Gwen has had on her life.”

Apple Music’s At Home With Sessions, June 2021

Blake on Gwen’s impact on people, various sources, 2021, 2022 (see also 1, 2, 3)

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“She’s my best friend and everything that I need and I lean on in my personal life.“

Blake on Gwen, People Magazine, December 2022

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“I’ve never seen him happier. I think he could quit the entire business right now and live with her in Oklahoma and be completely content. He’s really happy with her. It’s cool to see. He used to talk to me all the time, now he hardly ever [laughter]… [He goes], ‘Oh, I’m with the kids, man.’”

Craig Morgan on Gwen and Blake, The Andie Summers Show, September 2022

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“Each kid has something different to teach. I think they’ve taught me something about myself that I never knew was there: I’m more than just a country singer or a goofy guy. I’m someone they actually lean on, and that’s not a responsibility that I ever had and not something that I ever considered even being into. It’s a different kind of self-worth. Maybe it’s the opposite of self-worth because you put yourself way down on the rung, and they move up ahead of you. I guess that’s what they taught me.”

Blake on the boys, People Magazine, December 2022

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“[Being away from home] is terrible. Right now, they’re having bad storms back in California, and I hate not being there. Not that anything bad is happening, but I know they’re kind of freaked out, and it’d be nice to be home.” “I don’t do a lot of [shows]. I think we’re doing 18 of these shows this year. I try to limit it as much as I can, because the whole reason I’m even stepping away from The Voice is so I can just be there more, and that’s what I’m gonna do.”

Blake on touring, Entertainment Tonight, February 2023

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Carly: “Their relationship is so sweet, and they really complement each other.”

Reporter: “They are kind of like Yin and Yang.”

Carly: “Yes, but it works.”

Carly Pearce on Gwen and Blake’s relationship, Maddie Chat, May 2018 (see also 1, 2)

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“He was so supportive. You know, when we were on stage, and she would come out and do her thing, he was right there with her. And I think there’s nothing sexier than a man who supports his woman. They were amazing. She was like a little kid. It was really cute. One night we had a party in her room and she was on her cell phone the whole time like, ‘My baby’s coming, my baby’s coming.’ And then when he came in, she literally let out like, ‘Eeek!’”

Eve on Shefani, The Talk, November 2017

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Blake on him and Adam being starstruck around Gwen, New York Women in Communications’ Matrix Awards, October 2022

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“I’ve never been a part of a concert where you can sit there and feel chills when he’s singing to Gwen Stefani while she’s on the big screen. They are in so much love. I feel like I could see the love.”

Boston Connor on Blake’s love for Gwen, The Pat McAfee Show, March 2023

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“We think the same about things, yet we’re so different. Like, he’s watching football and doing his stuff that he does, and I’m putting makeup on. We’re so different, yet we’re so the same on so many levels.”

Gwen, The Drew Barrymore Show, November 2022

“It’s definitely two different cultures. But there are many similarities, in things that we love and our morals. But it’s really fun when you can learn about so many new things and share those differences.”

Gwen, Glamour, November 2016

“It’s been so fun this late in my life to be introduced to a whole new genre of music and artists and to have someone that has so much knowledge about it. He’s literally at the top of his game. He is the king.”

Gwen, Etalk, February 2021

“One of the many musical moments you have introduced me to over the years – ‘Oi To The World’. The first time I ever saw this, I thought, ‘Oh, wow, they misprinted the title of the song, they left out the ‘J’. What the heck.’ It’s so fun, though.”

Blake, Apple Music with Love podcast, November 2021

“I was trying to show Blake different fashion stuff. He was like, ‘Wow.’ I was going through them so fast. I was like, click click click.”

Gwen, Women’s Wear Daily, September 2016

“Blake and I will lay in bed and watch the [makeup] tutorials of people that would take a palette and see what they would create with it.”

Gwen, WSJ Magazine, December 2022

“I woke up yesterday morning and I told Gwen and I told the youngest boy Apollo, I said, ‘Y'all gotta come down here and watch this guy do this segment on the show – it’s called Angry Runs.’”

Blake, Good Morning Football, October 2021

“We watched the Kurt Warner movie and we both cried as if someone just passed away that was very close to us. We cried like that like four times during that movie.”

Blake, Good Morning Football, December 2022

Gwen and Blake on sharing their passions with each other, various sources, (on how they spend their spare time part 1, part 2, part 3)

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“I started trying to write a song because that’s kind of the opposite of what she would have expected me to do. I’m to the point where I just don’t write that many songs anymore. So, I started writing this song, and I can only get so far with it, because I didn’t want it to just be something for that moment. I wanted it to be something that was bigger, and I saw I needed help. So, I called Craig Wiseman. I said, ‘Craig, you got to help me with this thing. Like, I’m not joking around here.’”

“He really helped me, because when it comes to structuring something that I feel like can stand the test of time, that’s what Craig is great at. And I wanted it to be something like that, and so he really helped me get something I feel like I wouldn’t be embarrassed about. I wanted something broad, but also specific to Gwen. And so that’s what I did. She didn’t know I was going to do that. I surprised her with the song.”

“I’m proud to be married to Gwen and so I’m proud of that song.”

Storme Warren, July 2021

“For me, writing songs is like going to the dentist sometimes. So the fact that I did that, I think it was a complete shock to her. [Craig Wiseman] was coming up with some of the most important stuff. It was unbelievable for me to hear. He’s so good and halfway through writing the song, I knew everything happened exactly how it was meant to happen. It’s just like, ‘Wow, we did it. I have a song about my wife.’ It’s so exciting to me.”

People Magazine, November 2021

Blake on ‘We Can Reach The Stars’, various sources

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“Having kids, it truly does make you go, ‘Oh whoa. Wait a minute. This isn’t about me anymore and never will be again.’ If you don’t say that to yourself, I think you’re only hurting yourself because you’re going to miss out and you’ll regret it. I’ve accomplished more than anything I could ever imagine, made plenty of money, but you can’t buy time back. That’s what I want to invest in now. And for now, that’s our kids. Even though I’m a stepparent, I still take that job very seriously. And the kids don’t see me as anything other than just a very important person in their life. [When they ask,] 'Why isn’t Blake here?’ I take that stuff to heart.“

Blake on his decision to leave The Voice, People Magazine, December 2022

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“Well, nothing’s official to me unless Gwen is a part of it. Wouldn’t have felt right, in fact, I probably would have made sure and searched around and found a day, if she couldn’t have been here today, to be sure we did it on a day where she could at least be here and be with me, because things just aren’t fun unless she’s a part of it.”

Blake on having Gwen in attendance at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, Fox News Digital, May 2023

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“This year, I married my best friend, Blake Shelton. He wrote a song for me when we got married, ‘We Can Reach the Stars.’”

Spotify, December 2021

“I know I write songs all the time and stuff like that, but I just felt like I don’t know how to do that [write vows] for Blake. It just felt so hard. I procrastinated until the last day, and even like two weeks before I had said to Blake, ‘I think maybe we should just do the repeat after me. It’s fine. Let’s just do that.' And he’s like, ‘I already did mine.’ And I’m like, ‘There’s no way that you sat down and wrote that already.'”

“Cut to the wedding and I finally got mine together. They turned out amazing. I was like, ‘Yes, I nailed it.’ And I went first and so everyone’s crying, I’m crying. We’re bawling. And Blake looks at me, and Carson goes, ‘Well, try to top that one.’ And Blake goes, ‘Well, you’re always at me. I don’t write enough music and so I wrote you a song.’ And he pulls out a stool and a guitar and starts singing this song. and I’m like, ‘bawww.’ I had to literally do my makeup over before we did photos.”

Jimmy Kimmel Live, March 2022

Gwen on writing her wedding vows and ‘We Can Reach The Stars’, various sources