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Blake Shelton Shares Glimpse Into Farm Life With Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani is grateful for all she has in this life—no doubt.
In fact, the 56-year-old recently shared her experience of getting pregnant with her and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale’s third son Apollo at age 43.
“I was desperate,” the No Doubt singer recalled on Hallow March 5. “I really wanted to have another baby. I really did. And I couldn't and I was old. And then my oldest boy, Kingston, comes up to me. He's like, ‘Mommy, I just I really want you to have a baby.’ I said, ‘I'm sorry, your mommy's too old to have a baby now.’”
Kingston—who was eight years old at the time—prayed on her behalf, she noted, “Like, ‘Please God, let my mom have a baby.’ And I was just sitting there going, ‘Wow, look at my little boy. He’s praying for me.’”
Gwen—who is also mom to son Zuma, 17, with Gavin—explained she hadn’t asked or taught him to do so, but that he prayed every night for her.
“I think it was like four weeks later and I was pregnant with Apollo,” she explained, “who I had at 44-years-old, naturally—totally a full-on gift.”
She looks back on the events, she said, as a “miracle.”
And when Apollo turned 12 on Feb. 28, the magic of his birth still hadn’t worn off, with Gwen writing on Instagram, “I thank GOD for u everyday. love u sooo much.”
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The accompanying carousel of images showed Apollo throughout his life, from baby photos to more current snaps with his friends.
Gwen also included a picture of her youngest alongside her husband Blake Shelton, with whom she tied the knot in 2021. In the snap, a young Apollo stands onstage with Blake—headphones protecting his ears—as the country singer plays the guitar.
And indeed, Blake and Gwen’s life together has been hitting the perfect note, with Blake recently sharing rare insight into their life on their Oklahoma farm.
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“This year, we decided we're gonna do some actual, real professional gardening—farming-type stuff out here,” The Voice judge said in a March 4 Instagram video. “Me and my wife, her name's Gwen.”
And Blake couldn’t help but poke fun at the pop star, adding a throwback photo of his wife in braces. The embarrassing photo was included in jest, however, as the 49-year-old has been candid about his love for his wife.
“Happy Valentine’s Day @gwenstefani,” he wrote on X in February alongside a picture of himself kissing her on the cheek. “My favorite person.. I love you pretty girl!!!!!”
For more of the ways Gwen and Blake have been in the groove over the years, read on.
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Let the Rumors Begin
"I think he's hot, don't you? But to be super honest, it is kind of crazy we both went through the same thing at the same time. There's been so many people that I've gotten so much comfort from. Just people coming to me and telling me their story. Not confiding, but sharing, which has just helped me see things from a different perspective and move forward." —Gwen to Ryan Seacrest in November 2015
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Look of Love
"How can I not be [in love]? She is the greatest. She is the greatest." —Blake on Today in March 2018.
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"Saved My Life"
"When you have a broken heart—at least, when I do—you got to get it out of your system. You want people to sympathize with you. I was at rock bottom, in the middle of hell...Gwen saved my life. Who else on earth could understand going through a high-profile divorce from another musician?" —Blake to Billboard in July 2016
Country Livin'
"I grew up in Orange County, so I don't know if you've been down there, but it's nothing like the middle of America and our nature was the beach. So to be able to be in Oklahoma and be able to experience a ranch kind of vibe is just something I never ever had, so it's just been really, it's been great, amazing." —Gwen on Jimmy Kimmel Live in August 2020
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Wedding Bells
"You know, what? I love weddings. The kids love him. We love him. Everybody loves him. He is lovable! I think about it all the time." —Gwen to Ellen DeGeneres when discussing marrying Blake
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Fierce Fashion
"[My style is] more feminine than ever before. It's probably because I'm super in love and have a really manly man. I enjoy letting that part of me come out now because when I was in No Doubt, I never thought of myself as sexy. Even in my 30s, I was a tomboy. I hardly ever carried a purse." —Gwen to InStyle in July 2018
Sexiest Man Alive
"He doesn't even like to do a photo shoot. You can never convince him to do it. So he just called me like, ‘They want me to do this.' And I was like, ‘You should totally do it! You're so sexy!'" —Gwen's reaction to Blake being named People's Sexiest Man Alive
Hot Commodity
"He's so good at the show, I mean, he's just so magical. Blake is literally a unicorn. Like anywhere he goes, people are just attracted to him, and he's such an incredible talent." —Gwen on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live in September 2019
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Biggest Fans
"Setting here watching @gwenstefani rehearsals it continues to shock me the amount of GIANT hits this girl has written... I highly recommend y'all catch her Vegas show if you can get tickets!!!" —Blake on Twitter in June 2018
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A Hand to Hold
"I think she's kept me from going to the absolute bottom. It was like literally falling off a cliff and a hand reached out and caught me, is what it feels like. I've never had that with somebody where it just felt like no matter what, she has my back. It's the greatest feeling." — Blake on Good Dish in March 2022
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Unexpected Miracles
“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl is to be married and have this love that I saw my parents have and have babies. That dream was completely ruined; it was crushed, and I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and make a new dream. And God putting Blake in my life was just that miracle.” — Gwen to People in November 2024
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"A Second Chance at Life"
“Meeting my husband felt like a second chance at life. Because when my family fell apart, it felt like a catastrophe. How do you pick yourself up from that? But God put this other person there to love me.” — Gwen to The Guardian in November 2024
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