The singers Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton finally became engaged back in October after five years of dating. In a new interview with the “Today” show, Stefani gushed about her fiancé as she talked about the joy he brought to her life after she suffered “such devastation.”
Stefani, 51, and Shelton, 44, began dating in 2015 after they each had divorced their respective spouses, singers Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert.
“My heart is racing. What don’t I love about Blake? And what don’t we all love about Blake?” Stefani said. “He’s just such a good guy. He’s one of the most generous human beings and down to earth. It all sounds generic but it’s just so true.”
“He’s so gifted, and so unique and talented,” she added. “He really just is my best friend. I feel so excited that I have someone in my life that now I have a chance at happiness. For a long time to come. It’s just a blessing, the whole thing. It’s a miracle.”
Stefani went on to say that it is “weird” how things just happen and fall into place sometimes in life.
“You just don’t see things that are right around the corner after such, like, devastation,” she said, going on to add that she had “a lot to consider” when it came time to decide if she wanted to get married again.
“There’s so many people involved. [My] children and their hearts, everybody in my family, his family, we all went through a lot together,” Stefani explained. “I think in a romantic way when you fall in love, like so hard and so unexpectedly and so late in your life, you’re like, ‘I want to marry you, now!’ That’s the first romantic reaction, like, ‘Let’s get married.'”
“So I think [the engagement] was just natural. It’s funny because he basically had the ring and it was right around my birthday and I was kinda getting a little bit anxious,” she confessed. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute, what are we doing?’ I started having a little insecurity, so it was right on time.”
Our friend @gwenstefani joins us to talk about her new music and plans for her wedding with Blake Shelton. pic.twitter.com/NO4KuvBcTF
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Last month, a source told Entertainment Tonight about Stefani and Shelton’s plans to spend their first Christmas together as an engaged couple.
“Gwen and Blake have spent a great deal of time reflecting on what they have to be thankful for. With their recent engagement and the holidays coming up, they truly couldn’t be happier,” the source said. “Gwen and Blake are excited about their first Christmas engaged and want nothing more than to just enjoy being together as a family. Right now, they are focusing on staying safe and isolating.”
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