Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale split up after 13 years of marriage, but she never expected life to be that way. The 46-year-old musician has three children with Rossdale, but their marriage eventually collapsed over speculation about him having an affair with the family nanny.
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she said, “My dreams were shattered. All I wanted my whole life was to have babies, be married, like what my parents have.” The artist said she went through quite a bit of turmoil after the breakup, which was kept secret for some time.
Stefani continued, adding, “Everybody knows what happened next…It was the beginning of hell. Like six, seven, eight months of torture, trying to figure out this big secret.”
When she returned to The Voice, Stefani found out Blake Shelton was divorcing Miranda Lambert. Although it was heartbreaking news, the singer felt she had someone that she could bond with and talk to about their current issues.
“There I was with my big secret, right? And that’s when Blake was like,’Everybody, before we go out there, I want to let everyone know that by the time this airs, I will be divorced.’ [I felt] exposed somehow, you know? But it was like being handed this gift of a friend who was going through the exact same thing at the exact same time,” The Voice judge revealed.
Now the two are considered one of Hollywood’s most successful couples. Stefani shared, “And then it was just like everything flipped. It went from horrible to, like, hopeful and, like, ‘Wow, God, you just don’t know what’s gonna happen next…’ I’m at a certain time in my life where I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to do. Every day is art, you know? Some days are really bad, and some days are so good.”