Gwen Stefani dances with her new husband Blake Shelton in snaps taken from their wedding day
Gwen Stefani looks breathtaking as she and new husband Blake Shelton enjoy their first dance as a married couple in snaps taken from their Oklahoma wedding day
- Gwen Stefani and her new husband Blake Shelton were the picture of marital bliss in new video capturing their lavish nuptials
- Footage captured the couple sharing the first dance together as a married couple and cutting their cake
- Gwen and Blake tied the knot at the country singer’s Oklahoma ranch on Saturday after six years together
- The couple became engaged in October 2020, five years after they first started dating after meeting on The Voice
Gwen Stefani and her new husband Blake Shelton were the picture of marital bliss as they enjoyed their first dance and cut their wedding cake in new video capturing their lavish nuptials.
The No Doubt songstress, 51, looked breathtaking in an opulent white tulle gown with flowing train as she shot her hands into the air while her new husband, 45, carefully cut their exquisite cake.
Even with all eyes on them, the power couple tuned out the world as they swayed slowly together to the song In Your Eyes.
Man and wife! Gwen Stefani and her new husband Blake Shelton were the picture of marital bliss as they danced the night away and cut their wedding cake in new video capturing their lavish nuptials
The couple appeared to be sharing a kiss as they danced to the moving song together.
Footage also showed a dog who had somehow made his way inside of Gwen’s veil. As Gwen stood still, the dog patiently sat inside of her sheer accessory.
After six years together and less than one engaged, Gwen and Blake finally tied the knot on Saturday on the country singer’s Oklahoma ranch.
The couple tied the knot on a chapel on Blake’s ranch, which was built by the country crooner with ‘input’ from his bride to be.
So in love: Even with all eyes on them, Gwen and Blake tuned out the world as they swayed to the song In Your Eyes
Intimate: The couple swayed slowly to the love song
‘Blake built a chapel on the grounds of his Oklahoma ranch. He did it himself with help,’ a source told Us Weekly in December 2020.
‘It’s really a tribute to their love. They are going to get married in the chapel, most likely early next year.’
Jeremy Bustos, who photographed the wedding for the happy couple, called the job ‘the greatest honor’ in an Insta Stories post on his account.
‘I had the greatest honor of spend the weekend with the sweetest, most down-to-Earth, and straight up best-est couple, ever,’ he wrote.
‘G + B, thank you for not only trusting me to capture your most important day…but for your genuine hospitality and kindness.’
Gwen and Blake got engaged in October 2020 after five years together. The two met in 2014 when Stefani became a judge on The Voice. Blake has been a judge on the NBC show since its inception in 2014.
Kiss me! The couple appeared to be sharing a kiss as they danced to the moving song together
Woof! Footage also showed a dog who had somehow made his way inside of Gwen’s veil
The couple filed for a marriage license in Oklahoma on Thursday, according to TMZ.
The move made it clear that the couple were likely to wed soon, as the license was only valid for 10 days.
While the nuptials took place over the Fourth Of July weekend, sources have told the site that the couple didn’t plan on going all out.
I do! After six years together and less than one engaged, Gwen and Blake finally tied the knot on Saturday on the country singer’s Oklahoma ranch
Instead of a big bash, it was reported they would be sticking with an intimate affair for family and close friends, which was safer as coronavirus continues to spread and the more contagious delta variant makes its way across the country.
That doesn’t mean it wasn’t intricately planned, though. In May, Blake joked to USA Today that it would be a ‘pretty classless wedding’ if he planned it, which was why Gwen was taking charged.
‘I want her to do all of that stuff and handle it because it’s going to be great. She’s in the middle of planning the thing, and she’s always so mindful … of me.
‘She’s like, “Hey, I don’t want to just take this thing over.” I think she’s having a blast doing it. I mean, I know she’s having a blast doing it.’
Love song! The couple shared a cuddle and a smile at the 2016 Pre-Grammy Gala
Great review: Jeremy Bustos, who photographed the wedding for the happy couple, called the job ‘the greatest honor’ in an Insta Stories post on his account and thanked the couple for ‘trusting’ him and their ‘genuine hospitality and kindness’
TIMELINE OF GWEN AND BLAKE’S ROMANCE
April 2014: First meeting
Gwen and Blake meet as coaches on The Voice alongside Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine.
November 2014: First selfie together
Gwen posts her first selfie with Blake along with the caption ‘[heart] him’.
July 2015: Blake gets divorced
Blake gets divorced from Miranda Lambert after four years together. In a joint statement they said: ‘We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.’
August 2015: Gwen gets divorced
Gwen splits from Gavin Rossdale after 13 years together. ‘While the two of us have come to the mutual decision that we will no longer be partners in marriage, we remain partners in parenthood and are committed to jointly raising our three sons in a happy and healthy environment.’ they said in a joint statement.
September 2015: Bonding
The duo appear to be bonding as they each go through divorce together. Gwen shares another selfie of the duo with a heart emoji.
October 2015: Rumors heat up
Rumors swirl that Gwen and Blake are dating after they put on a chemistry-packed rendition of Drake’s Hotline Bling during Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Later that month the couple are spotted holding hands while leaving Jared Leto’s Halloween party.
November 2015: It’s confirmed
The couple confirm their romance as a rep for Blake says ‘Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating.’
In an interview with Ryan Seacrest Gwen revealed that they bonded over their divorces. ‘To be super honest, it is kind of crazy we both went through the same thing at the same time,’ she said.
February 2016: Red carpet debut
The couple make their red carpet debut at the Vanity Fair 2016 Oscars afterparty.
June 2016: Blake opens up
Blake opened up about his split from Miranda and finding love with Gwen. ‘Gwen saved my life. Who else on earth could understand going through a high-profile divorce from another musician? You can’t even imagine the similarities in our divorces.’ he told Billboard.
October 2017: Pal Adam Levine weighs in
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine discussed the couple’s romance, telling Howard Stern ‘it’s real’.
‘It’s so funny. They found each other at really interesting times in their lives. It’s really beautiful. Because it’s in the public eye, a lot of people want to have their own bullshit opinions about it, but I’m, like, there. I see it every day. I have a pretty unique perspective on it, and it’s real, man.’ he said.
September 2019: Gwen gushes about the country star
‘He’s so good at the show, I mean, he’s just so magical,’ Gwen told Andy Cohen while discussing working with Blake on The Voice. ‘Blake is literally a unicorn. Like anywhere he goes, people are just attracted to him, and he’s such an incredible talent.
‘I can’t imagine before, I didn’t even know he existed, like before the show. I didn’t even know he was a human being on this planet, and I didn’t know much about country…. He is literally a country jukebox. He knows every single song forever, he’s incredible like that. But I just love that we’re so from different genres.’
October 2020: They’re engaged!
The couple announce their engagement after five years together. In matching photos shared to Instagram, the couple could be seen kissing as the singer held up her hand to show off her ring. “I heard a YES!” Blake captioned his post.
GWEN AND BLAKE: THE EX FILES
GWEN’S PAST LOVES:
Tony Ashwin Kanal, 1987 to 1994
Gwen and Tony are seen here after their split in 2001
Gwen dated her No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal from 1987 until 1994, when he ended their relationship. The singer went on to write one of the band’s biggest hits, Don’t Speak, about their breakup.
‘We were on tour for Tragic Kingdom for 28 months. We were going through the breakup, and in every interview we were talking about it so we were opening this wound on an hourly basis. It was so brutal but I don’t know how we made it through,’ Tony, 50, told The Guardian in 2012.
Gavin Rossdale, 1995 to 2015
The songstress met Bush frontman Gavin in 1995 and they dated for seven years before getting married in 2002.
The songstress met Bush frontman Gavin in 1995 and they dated for seven years before getting married in 2002
In 2004 their marriage was rocked by the bombshell news that Gavin had fathered a daughter, Daisy Lowe, during a one-night stand with friend Pearl Lowe in the late 1980s.
Gwen and Gavin went on to have three children, sons Kingston, 15, Zuma, 12, and Apollo, seven.
In August 2015 the couple divorced following rumors the British musician had cheated with the family’s nanny Mindy Mann.
In a joint statement they said: ‘While the two of us have come to the mutual decision that we will no longer be partners in marriage, we remain partners in parenthood and are committed to jointly raising our three sons in a happy and healthy environment.’
In August 2015 the duo – who share three sons – divorced following rumors the British musician had cheated with the family’s nanny Mindy Mann. They are pictured here in June 2013
Gwen later opened up about ‘torturing’ herself for months before she uncovered the alleged affair. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she said: ‘Everybody knows what happened next… I obviously know the date.
‘It was the beginning of hell. Like six, seven, eight months of torture, trying to figure out this big secret.’
She added that she wanted to ‘tell everybody,’ but kept quiet about what was going on for the sake of her children.
Gwen went on: ‘What happened was praying. That’s my childhood, that’s how I was raised. And I think I strayed from that. But you know when it gets that bad, you just get desperate?’
BLAKE’S PAST LOVES:
Kaynette Williams
The country singer married his high school sweetheart and road manager Kaynette Williams in a small ceremony in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 2003.
Blake was married to Kaynette Williams from 2003 to 2006
The marriage only lasted three years, with Kaynette accusing the singer of being ‘guilty of inappropriate marital conduct.’ in her 2006 divorce filing.
It’s rumored Blake cheated on Kaynette with fellow country singer Miranda Lambert who he went on to marry.
Blake talked about falling for Miranda when they performed on stage together in 2005.
In one interview he confessed: ‘I’ve never had that kind of experience with anybody. I was a married guy, you know? Looking back on that, I was falling in love with her, right there on stage.’
Miranda Lambert, 2005 to 2015
Blake went public with Miranda after his divorce was finalized in 2006.
Of feeling the same spark that Blake did when they performed a duet together in 2005, Miranda told Dateline in 2011: ‘I knew he was married. I had seen their wedding pictures in Country Weekly. I knew better, like, ‘this is off-limits’.
Blake married Miranda Lambert in 2011 after nearly six years of dating
Blake proposed to Miranda in May 2010 during a romantic stroll near Miranda’s Oklahoma ranch. After nearly six years together, the couple married in 2011 at a ranch in Boerne, Texas.
But it wasn’t to be, as four years later in 2015 they announced their decision to split.
‘This is not the future we envisioned,’ their reps told Us Weekly at the time. ‘And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.’
While the musicians never commented on the reason for their divorce, rumors have long swirled that cheating – on one or both of their parts – may have played a role.
Blake cryptically tweeted about ‘karma’ in 2018 after reports emerged alleging that Miranda had begun dating musician Evan Felker when he was still married.
