Gwen Stefani’s relationship with Blake Shelton (be it real or a publicity stunt) has been dominating so many headlines that it’s easy to forget that she is co-parenting three sons with her ex, Gavin Rossdale. A source close to the family told US Weekly that Gwen recently had an emotional meeting with Gavin to discuss their sons Kingston, 9, Zuma, 7, and Apollo, 2. Even though the two have shared custody of the boys since their divorce last year, Gavin wants to make sure the boys never forget who their real Daddy is. Us’s source says that Gwen and Gavin met to “discuss [Gwen’s] relationship with Blake and how it will affect the children going forward. [Gavin] wants to be consulted on everything concerning the kids and the role that Blake is playing in their lives.”
Blake was not involved in the meeting, as he wouldn’t really need to be, but US reports that he nothing to do with Gavin and is “disgusted” about Gavin’s cheating. A source close to Blake told US, “He can’t forgive someone who treated his lady that way.”
I don’t think Gavin’s being unreasonable about this, do you? He is the kids’ father and, even though in my opinion he’s lower than a snake’s belly for cheating, he’s probably a good, concerned dad. Terrible husbands can make fine fathers. I also think that Blake keeping his distance is a good thing as well. He seems like he’d relish the role of “cool stepdad.”
In lighter news, Blake Shelton ate sushi, one of my favorite things in life, this week for the first time. The singer went full country bumpkin on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon at L.A.’s Nobu location. He also tried his first glass of sake and apparently took a liking to it, repeatedly yelling for more “rice wine!”. Blake said the tuna “looked like a human tongue” and had the consistency of Play-doh but thought it was good. Both Blake and Jimmy didn’t like the sea urchin. I love most sushi, but I have to agree with them on this. Sea urchin is definitely an acquired taste. I got a chance to try it at Tokyo’s best sushi bar and found it icky. The clip is cute, especially because Jimmy is full of sake. You can see the whole clip below.
In the last of today’s Gwake news, it does seem that all of the non-stop promotion of her new album hasn’t really benefited Gwen, as ticket sales for her “This is What the Truth Feels Like” tour are lagging. In Touch reports that for the opening night of the tour in Massachusetts, she’s sold less than a third of the seats in the venue – and that’s even with discounted tickets being sold through Groupon. Her other dates are also not selling very well. Heck, I bought tickets for her Atlanta gig (with Eve) on Groupon myself. I like Gwen but I wouldn’t pay full price to see her solo. No Doubt, however, is a completely separate thing. It could be overpriced ticket prices, it could be Gwake fatigue, but I do kind of feel sorry for Gwen. I think the hype surrounding her latest album dwindled pretty quickly, which would easily equate to the low ticket sales. Maybe she should have added Blake as her opener, but then they’d sing that awful duet. I guess I’ll count any blessings.
Blake wants ‘nothing to do with Gavin and is “disgusted” about Gavin’s cheating. A source close to Blake told US, “He can’t forgive someone who treated his lady that way.” ‘
Wha-wha-WHAT?!?!? Oh, the irony.
–TheRealPinky
I had the exact same thought. And I’m sorry but when you get involved with kids you do have to try to have a reasonable relationship with the other parent. Treating them with respect is part of loving and respecting the kids.
Yeah, puh-lease!!! Gavin is the kids’ dad and really whether or not he cheated on Gwen, is bisexual, etc. means nothing. Hopefully Gwake can wrap their heads around that.
I still don’t believe they are a real couple so I think this story was planted in US Weekly to keep the Gwake Narrative ticking along through the summer.
Does Blake have kids of his own? Miranda was his second wife, right?
His first wife divorced him citing “inappropriate marital conduct” 6 months after he met Miranda. So….yeah.
Why is this news? Somebody’s PR person is working overtime to make up for the lazy sock-puppet tweets about their Billboard awards duet.
Aw, that’s sweet that she thinks this relationship will last long enough to affect the kids…
Lmao
I’m curious how the comments on this will go. I know that Gwen and Gavin ended badly.. but yes he is the father. And women sadly do this a lot. Make the new man in their lives very present in the lives of their children. I’m not necessarily comparing it; but people get very vocal about LeAnn R. and her relationship with Eddie’s sons.. But then she is their step mother and not someone he is dating.
Gwen has been photographed with Blake’s family and the boys too. I can see Gavin being on the alert. Applo is still very young and he could be more influenced by Mom’s boyfriend than the 2 older boys who are well aware of who their father is. I am reminded of Gwen and Gavin at that recent basket ball game. There was so much tension.. and Gwen looked far more uncomfortable than Gavin. I don’t blame him..and I don’t think Blake should be playing Daddy with these boys. Not until it is clear he is going to be there for the duration.. and even then he is not their father.
I think Blake has been really respectful about the children. He hasn’t pulled a LeAnn. You don’t see him out there trying to get photo-ops with him holding the toddler or hanging on the boys. He doesn’t tweet about the boys all the time like LeAnn or post photos. In fact, he has never once done that. He never gushes in interviews about the kids at all. He steps around the children thing when asked in interviews and is polite but doesn’t go there.
Only twice have the kids been mentioned and in a very benign way. He was asked about being cool with the boys at the Angry Birds movie. He said, nah, that he’s not the cool one at the premier, and that they see him hanging around at the house and he’s just Blake to them and moved away from that subject. He also said in another interview when asked and he discussed Gwen and the boys coming to Oklahoma, he just said that the boys run wild out there on all his acreage and laughed and said he loses control of them, that they are just out there playing all day, the kids. It reminded me of when I was a kid and visited the country in Georgia to my Mom’s dad and siblings. We ran wild all day long playing out in the hay barns and by the pastures, etc. and didn’t come in until dinnertime.
Otherwise, he has never brought the children up, has never tweeted about them. Even when Gwen tweeted a picture of her kids out on his ranch Blake was walking much farther apart from the kids in the photo. Gwen may not have any sense, but I think Blake has the sense and awareness as far as not overstepping any boundaries. He is no LeAnn and the way she co-opted those children right from the start when she was dating Eddie. Gavin doesn’t have to worry.
My point is that sadly things are viewed differently when it is different celebrities. LeAnn is their step parent.. Blake is not and he shouldn’t be talking about the kids.
I don’t have a dog in the Eddie/LeAnn or Brandy thing I just see that people view thing differently depending on who the celebrities are.
@Lisa2, I was talking about and comparing LeAnn’s behavior from the moment she was with Eddie before they married to Blake’s respectful behavior as the new boyfriend. LeAnn was the girlfriend and she was showing up at their games, doing staged photo-ops, a lot of very inappropriate behavior as the “new girlfriend.”
@Lisa2- Blake is being respectful of the children and the fact Gavin is their father. Blake has only mentioned the kids when he is asked and then he changes the subject. People view it differently because LeAnn is crazy, Blake is not.
Personally I think they’ve moved too fast with the kids. I say that as a step mom who was very careful about how and when and how much I was involved with my stepson during dating and engagement. Now maybe he’s been pretty appropriate privately but they were dating before those kids could even process the separation so it seems a little crazy to me that he was spending time with them almost immediately.
“I had been writing because my life blew up,” The Voice mentor told Wright. “Everybody knows that my life blew up last February. I’d just been dealing with that. Unexpected. I was going along thinking that was going to be the rest of my life and it’s not.”
She announced they were divorcing in the summer of 2015. That’s not when they separated, which was February of 2015. She and Blake began dating in the fall sometime, like October, November? The kdis were probably introduced to him some months later, maybe as a friend at first. She has half custody so had plenty of time to date in the beginning without disrupting the children.
So she didn’t just separate and turn around and introduce the boys to a new man. The bulk of that year Gwen’s marriage was over.
Yeah that seems fast to me. Different viewpoints.
Of course the fact that Gavin cheated has nothing to do with whether he would be a good father – unless Gavin is emotionally or physically abusive to his children or emotionally unstable, he should be a full co-parent of his children. Period.
And, Blake is a well known serial cheater and Gwen cheated on Gavin, not only with others, but with Blake himself. It’s a planted story. I don’t buy one minute of their ‘showmance’
Gwen didn’t cheat on Gavin, that is ridiculous. She would have never divorced him and moved on with Blake had he not of betrayed her. People are so quick to make the woman the villain when there is no evidence that she is one.
Gavin is far from the perfect parent. He cheated on his family with his children’s nanny! That is disgusting. Nannies are an extension of the family and those kids probably loved her and now she is not part of her lives because of their actions.
The kids seem to enjoy being around Blake and his farm. They wear cowboy gear and play with him. It’s not like they’ve moved in together. I am under the impression that Gavin was controlling and that may be what he’s trying to do here.
Gwen as a solo artist at 46 and putting her in big ampitheatres with expensive tickets? What were they thinking. This was her team’s fault who misjudged, and it’s happened to other older pop acts. Remember Christina Aguilera years ago canceling her tour? Azoff should have put Christina in smaller venues, and for Christina, even smaller than Gwen should be in. Mimi right now is in many places too big and had to be roped off, but her ticket prices were reasonable.
In Atlanta, they put Gwen in a 12,000 seat ampitheatre, when they should have put her in another great venue there for 5,800. She would have sold great there if her ticket prices were more reasonable, and that smaller venue is in the middle of everything. I’ve seen great middle tier acts there, like John Mayer, etc. In certain areas like California she will sell well, but all the others the venues were too big and the ticket prices were too high.
It’s not that Gwen couldn’t have a successful tour. She has a fan base out there and could get casual fans into a concert. She puts on a great show. It’s the size venues and the ticket prices that caused the problem. Even fans were balking at the prices.
This – all of it.
They completely mismanaged this tour. They should NEVER have expected her to get the kind of crowds that they booked venues for. Gwen’s well enough liked, and a lot of people would even go based on loving her in the 90’s. But to be able to fill a big venue, you need to either be a complete legend, or someone who’s really active now.
It is her weak album that is hurting her ticket sales.I saw her years ago solo on the Sweet escape tour and the arena was packed.That was at the MGM Grand in Vegas.I love Gwen but I wouldn’t see her now.Not because of the whole Blake thing but her new songs just suck.
I also think that people are confused about Gwen right now. She’s messed with her brand. I like Gwen and Blake, but I do they their publicity is not good for either. Gwen has always been insecure but she used to manage it well with the Ska and style choices she had. Now with the sheer and puffy clothes, and her snapchat that shows her vanity, I think her fans are scratching their heads. Most women seem to come into themselves in their 30’s and 40’s, and those women were her fan base. She seems to have lost her stride a bit, which doesn’t resonate with her fans. And she isn’t going to get too many young new fans. I feel for her. I think she just wants to be adored.
I have a feeling Blake isn’t the type that is going to be insisting on being an important part of the kids lives. I think, he is only down with the ladies. I’m actually surprised he is dating anyone with kids…
I was going to say that too. He doesn’t really seem like a family man of me.
And didn’t he cheat on his first wife with Miranda and then cheat on Miranda?!
He cheated on his first wife, but Miranda cheated on him. I like him, he seems like a decent guy but…. what goes around comes around?
I think he loves kids. He’s pretty playful and has always wanted kids but said he wanted to wait until Miranda was ready because it was her body and having kids would impact her career/time (his too, but he was happy for it to happen). So I am not surprised at all that he is with someone with kids.
I don’t fault Gavin getting involved. They are his kids too. Blake and Gwen got involved extremely quickly and have been flaunting their relationship everywhere. I’m not surprised tickets aren’t selling well. I don’t know why artists keep booking themselves in large arenas with overpriced tickets. It’s like Iggy Azalea. She had 2 or 3 singles out and books large arenas. Of course she had to cancel the tour. She should have been in small 2000-5000 cap venues.
Was this meeting filmed for a segment of The Voice?
Ikr? This breakup will be keeping them in the headlines indefinitely it seems. I swear it’s all a farce and they’re actually still happily married
I almost had a sympathetic gag response for Fallon with the uni. Loss of a strong gag reflex may be why he got so plastered. Or maybe that’s just an average weekday for him
LMAO at Blake being disgusted with cheating…pot meet kettle.
Gwen had Blake around her kids pretty quick and hopefully she does not try and weasel Blake in where he doesn’t belong. The kids have a dad and your messy breakup does not change that fact. I’m glad Gavin is aware of this because this whole relationship went from 0 to 100 quick…I would have my eyes open as well
I have no idea why she felt to
Book a large arena and charge silly prices like people are actually checking for her.
She hasn’t had a hit in a decade and her latest album flopped even though it went to number 1. Didn’t even sell over 100k.
I used to like her in no doubt but her new music and fake relationship are just cringe.
Gwen by herself isn’t a huge draw. Not right now. That was a big mistake to try to book her at those venues. As for the kids, Blake seems to be acting respectfully. Gavin calling a meeting just sounds like a normal parent wanting to check in and ensure things aren’t getting weird I guess. Granted, it also could have been just to pull a power move and still have some say in Gwen’s life. Who knows. I don’t know how if he’s known to be manipulative and controlling and did this from that angle. But overall, doesn’t seem like drama. Just normal parenting conversations.
Poor kids. They’ve been exposed to Dad’s cheating, and now they are expected to form a relationship with Mom’s rebound. Bah.
Me thinks Blake will be long gone before this is really a serious issue. All this over the top can not last for long. I’m over it, the public is over it and I’m sure one of those two will be soon as well.
Still not buying gwake.
Isn’t Jimmy Fallon always full of sake?
Absolutely not unreasonable. He has every right as a parent to have a say in what role his ex’s new man has in his childrens life, be it a sham or not. That would go for any man, and anyone Gavin chooses to date.. I have stepkids and ive known my place since day 1 and have always made sure that everything i did was okayed by both my husband and his ex.
“Terrible husbands can make fine fathers.”
Nope
Gwen’s last album was terrible. I was expecting a really good break-up album ala Pink’s or something similar to Lemonade but Gwen didn’t deliver and it’s effecting ticket sales so that is not a big surprise.
I really like most of it. It’s a great summer bob, very catchy, except a couple of songs I’d toss.
It’s nothing like her solo debut 11 years ago, though.
I loved this song, Cool, back from 2005, and Gwen was so pretty. Her eyebrows were normal and no fake cheeks. What is she doing with her eyebrows now? Is she drawing them real thick and dark, because they look fake, not real, or are they tattooed? They are awful. She was so cute in this video and Gwen always had the shapeliest legs.
Cool – great song she wrote with Dallas Austin, and Gwen is blonde and brunette in the music video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGwZ7MNtBFU
I meant summer “bop.”
Another ‘planted’ story by Gwen & Blake’s camp. Nope. Don’t believe it. Ol Gwen’s concert tix are being sold via Groupon and failing badly. The fall out of this is going to cause Gwen’s mid-life crisis to expand and ruin her life. Blake is an attention *hore and will use anyone , anything to get that spotlight.