Gwen Stefani is reacting to rumors that she’s splitting from husband Blake Shelton.
The “Don’t Speak” songstress, 54, who tied the knot with the country star, 47, in 2021, opened up about their relationship in a new interview for NYLON.
Despite Stefani having no doubt in her mind that she loves Shelton, she confessed that sometimes she feels vulnerable in her marriage.
The feeling even led to her writing a duet titled “Purple Irises” with her partner.
“I had been going through those times where you’re questioning: ‘Oh my gosh, am I just getting older? Am I cute?'” Stefani noted.
“In my own relationship, even though I know the truth of what’s happening today, you still create drama in your own mind about your insecurities and what might happen. I was in that phase of the relationship with Blake and getting paranoid,” the L.A.M.B. designer added.
She went on: “The truth is I am in love with my best friend. And all this s–t I’m thinking of in my brain, that’s all it is — I’m overthinking.
“But when you’re in love and have truly aligned values, nobody can get to us,” Stefani said.
“You can say whatever you want to say about our relationship — I mean, a week ago we were getting divorced again or something. It’s just lies. The truth is the truth, and we know what that is.”
Stefani and Shelton met in 2014 while acting as coaches on the NBC reality competition series “The Voice.”
The “Hollaback Girl” crooner was previously married to Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and they have sons Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 10. They divorced in 2016.
As for the “Austin” singer, he wed fellow country star Miranda Lambert in 2011 and they parted ways four years later.
Stefani previously discussed how her “life fell apart” during her split from Rossdale, 58.
“When that happened, I had to literally start over again. It was a reset of my life,” the Grammy winner told People magazine in September 2023.
“When I [started dating] Blake, that’s when I felt home, like, ‘Oh, this is where I’m supposed to be, with this guy,’” she gushed. “[I] didn’t see [Shelton] coming. This was just a big old ‘What?’ It was an amazing gift to experience love like that for the first time.”
