The country singer is the only remaining OG coach on NBC's The Voice, so the star isn't backing down.
With the upcoming 21st season about to premiere, Blake opened up on the show's humble beginnings and rise to ratings success.
"Between Adam [Levine] and I not really taking it that serious the first season, because we didn't know what we were getting into, it was just this thing that happened. With each new personality you bring into the mix, it turns into a different thing every time you do it," Shelton said.
With Ariana Grande now taking her place as a coach for the first time, Blake is feeling confident as he faces a new competitor.
"I'm excited about Ariana joining the show, because it's somebody new for me to beat. After 20 seasons, when they make a major change like that, for me, I'm on the edge of my seat excited for a new take on the way we operate. In 20 seasons of doing this show, the easiest defeat of my career was Nick Jonas. I'm looking for a challenge. I think Ariana... she could be a challenge. I'm looking forward to beating her though."
The new season of The Voice premieres September 20th on NBC.
In the interview, Shelton shared that he teamed up with fellow songwriter Craig Wiseman to write a wedding song for his bride, and when asked why he decided to share it with the world, Shelton replied:
I think it's something I want to share because I'm really proud of it. And I'm, I, you know, to me, a marriage, a ceremony is you're not keeping it private when you get married to somebody you're announcing to the world, 'Hey, this is my wife, just so everybody knows.' That's why we wear these rings. You know, this is where we're together now. And, and I feel that way about the song. It's like, it is a, uh, you know, for me something that I want people to hear and know, and because I'm, I'm proud to be married to Gwen and so proud of that song.
As for the honeymoon, well, it hasn't happened yet.
According to Shelton, the couple just wanted time to relax following the wedding, so they stayed in Oklahoma. A place the two love and where Stefani enjoys another one of her passions.
"For she and I, you know, so we just stayed there in Oklahoma and just had some quiet time, just she and I, and, you know. She's really into right now, uh, as she always has been. But since she spending more time in Oklahoma, she's realizing that the agriculture part of Oklahoma and the, and the things that you can do, and her passion is, outside of music, is flowers. And so this, this last spring, when we had time, we went and planted like a few acres of just Xenias and there's like, oh, this isn't going to work, you know, but we'll try it. And man, we've had all this rain this year and wildflowers acres of those things, you know. And so she's an absolute heaven with that. And so she wouldn't have wanted to leave anyway, because she can just literally walk out there and stand in acres of those things. And she loves, I do too it's cool," Shelton said.
In addition to adjusting to married life, Shelton is also adjusting to performing live again.
His first show since the pandemic was July 18 in Wisconsin, and Shelton told Warren about the fear he felt during the performance.
Another intimate detail Shelton uncovered was that Stefani waited until the last minute to write her wedding vows.
After putting it off for weeks and some encouragement from their friend and wedding officiant Carson Daly, Stefani finally put pen to paper the night before the ceremony.
"And so, and right up until the night before, uh, she was working on hers and it was incredible. I still haven't even seen a video of, of our wedding yet. So I can't remember all, all the things she said, but it was, she had them written down and she had a hard time getting through them. I had a hard time, uh, you know, trying to, you know, get through what she said also," Shelton said.
Wedding and marriage aside, Shelton also revealed his feelings about fellow Voicecoach Ariana Grande who is joining the NBC show for its upcoming season.
"Ariana is, uh, she's fierce, buddy. I got to tell you she's, she is a tiny human being, but she is a fierce competitor and she's, she's a blast," Shelton said of Grande.
You can listen to SiriusXM's The Storme Warren Show weekday mornings at 7:00 a.m. on SiriusXM's The Highway channel.
Ariana Grande's fragrance is hitting the shelves at Ulta online sometime in the near future. The product's name, 'God is a Woman', is titled after one of her most iconic singles.
The singer announced the perfume, which is encased in a chunky, white bottle with purple glass in the interior, on her Twitter account on June 14th. While the scent and base notes of the perfume are still unknown to the public, many fans are speculating it to have element of lavender due to its color.
'God is a Woman' is far from Grande's first experience in the fragrance world. Her current perfume lineup includes 'Thank U, Next', titled after her critically acclaimed album of the same name, which is a sweet, floral scent. She also has 'R.E.M', named after a track in her 2018 album Sweetener, which has a dreamy, musky aroma, and 'Cloud', which is simple yet woody. There is also "Ari", which is crispy and fruity, 'Sweet Like Candy', which smells like its title, and 'Moonlight' which is a creamy vanilla scent. They can be purchased on Ulta's website.
The scent is the newest sneak peak to Grande's beauty line, which is rumored to contain skin care and shower gels.
Us Weekly correspondent Christina Garibaldi joined us to dish on the latest in celeb news.
"I know a lot of people are super excited for The Friends reunion, and it is almost here. The gang will reunite on May 27th on HBO Max."
Of course, it will star all six Friends, but as if that wasn't enough... the reunion will also feature a variety of all-star guests— from Justin Bieber to David Beckham and more. James Corden is set to host the reunion and beloved Friends guest-stars Tom Selleck and Reese Witherspoon will also make appearances.
Garibaldi also dished on some major celebrity wedding news!
"We have not one, but two surprise weddings."
The first one being Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez, of course. According to Garibaldi, the couple tied the knot "in a very tiny and intimate ceremony" with only about 20 people in attendance.
The other "surprise wedding" was between Justin Hartley and his girlfriend of over a year, Sofia Pernas.
She said:
"The couple wed in a secret ceremony."
This is Justin's third marriage. He was previously married to Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause
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