“When I see my mom and dad with their grandkids and that relationship down the road, that’s what I’m looking forward to more than anything.”
Country crooner Blake Shelton has been married three times but has no biological children. However, since marrying his third wife, Shelton has become a stepfather of three and thinks the world of his stepkids.
Before meeting his current wife, country singer, Blake Shelton, was married to fellow country music superstar Miranda Lambert. The pair were first linked following their duet performance at CMT’s 100 Greatest Duets event.
However, both Hollywood stars were involved with other people at the time. Shelton was married to his first wife, Kaynette Williams, whom he wed in 2003, while Lambert was engaged to Jeff Allan McManus.
Per Us Magazine, Shelton and Williams parted ways, and Lambert broke off her engagement shortly before she and the TV personality started dating in 2006.
The country icons walked down the aisle at Don Strange Ranch in Texas in front of Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Josh Kelley, and Martina McBride.
Following their whirlwind romance, Lambert and Shelton announced their separation in 2015 and had their divorce finalized the same day. They released a joint statement saying:
“This is not the future we envisioned.”
In July 2011, Shelton publicly expressed his desire to have children one day, stating that he admired watching his parents with their grandkids:
“When I see my mom and dad with their grandkids and that relationship down the road, that’s what I’m looking forward to more than anything.”
However, a year later, his then-wife made a contrasting statement. Lambert said in 2012 that she wanted to plan for motherhood “the right way,” adding because she and her husband both have demanding careers, it would be inconvenient to have kids at the time:
“I don’t have to have children and raise them on a plane or a bus. Right now, we’re both at our peak and having a blast, and I don’t think either one of us are thinking about changing a thing.”
That said, the Grammy Award winner and “The Voice” coach – once dubbed the “king and queen of country” – never had any kids together until the end of their marriage.
Shelton Leaned on a Co-star for Support amid His Divorce
In a Billboard cover story in 2016, Shelton got candid about hitting rock bottom amid his divorce from Lambert. He opened up about it to his then-colleague, Gwen Stefani, whom he barely knew at the time during Season 7 of “The Voice.”
He recalled her stunned reaction when he broke the news that he and the songwriter had split. Shelton said the former No Doubt lead vocalist shed tears upon learning the news:
“I won’t forget that day. I looked over at Gwen – who I didn’t know – and she had these huge...