Gwen Stefani Dishes On Difficult Wedding Planning With Blake Shelton Amid Pandemic

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Gwen Stefani is just one of the many brides whose wedding plans have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. She and fiancรฉ Blake Shelton initially wanted to get married as soon as possible but would rather not have a wedding with restrictions during this difficult time in the world. She spoke to Ryan Seacrest about everything from the engagement to her new song.
Gwen Stefani And Blake Sheltonโs Wedding May Be Delayed
Ryan sent his congratulations to Blake and Gwen on his radio show On Air With Ryan Seacrest. Gwen was glowing as she flashed her diamond sparkler to the camera. Gwen admitted that even looking at pictures of her and Blake together she thinks they look like an odd pairing but somehow they are โmeant to be.โ
โItโs so funny to even say โengaged,'โ Gwen said. โIt feels so weird. People have been saying it for so long, like five years, โAre you getting married? Are you engaged?โ And now we actually are and it feels like Iโm in a cartoon or something.โ Engagement rumors have been swirling for years between the couple who began dating in 2015. They met on the set of The Voice where they bonded over similar situations with divorce. Check out the Whatโs Hot Video below where we take a deep dive into their relationship timeline.
The real juicy stuff came out when Ryan asked Gwen about her and Blakeโs wedding plans. โI would say I just want my parents there at this pointโ she said. โMy parents wouldnโt come to Thanksgiving because theyโre so scared so really would rather it not be a COVID situation. Like, I would rather not have masks and that kind of thing.โ
โEven when you cut it down to just family, itโs too many people for COVID so weโre sort of going to see what happens in the next few monthsโ Gwen continued.
Gwen Also Spoke About Her New Song And โReintroducingโ Herself
Gwen recently released a single called โLet Me Reintroduce Myself.โ She actually had a lot of help getting ideas from her fellow โVoiceโ coach Kelly Clarkson. โI wasnโt even planning on doing a record,โ Gwen said. โSheโd been texting me through the pandemic sending me songs that sheโd been writing, and I was like, โHow are you doing this? I have to clean toilets, make dinner โ I have no time for anything!โ It was crazy.โ
The whole time during the interview Gwen was just in disbelief that she came out with a new song. She squealed with excitement when Ryan said he was going to play the song on the radio show. This is the first solo record she has put out in five years. Blake and Gwen previously had major success with their country duets โNobody But Youโ and โHappy Anywhere.โ
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โI think I have like 20 songs now and they were written really fast and I just started thinking about if I did music, I want to go back to the start,โ she explained. โMy kids are starting to define who they are by the music they loveโฆso I started thinking a lot about the reggae music and the ska music and how I started and going back to the basics so this song is kind of I reintroduced myself. Like, Iโm still the same person but yet evolved, but I still love all the same things so this song is sort of about that.โ