Blake Shelton receives backlash over his song 'Minimum Wage'
- by Leland Aguilar
- in Entertaiment
- — Jan 8, 2021
For his part, Shelton was already one-half of a country superstar marriage, as he'd tied the knot with Miranda Lambert three years prior. After going through very bad divorces in 2015, they truly bonded, eventually getting together as a couple in 2016. "We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues". From what I read you've p***ed a lot of people off during a time when we need songs of hope and charity not more crap about how much you and Gwen are in love.
Stefani and Shelton started dating in 2015 following their respective splits from Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert. The duo were both going through tumultuous divorces by the next year, and they formed a friendship.
Further talking about her looks, Gwen Stefani said, "She'd make my cargo trousers by going downtown and pulling fabrics, sending them to me, stapled to a piece of paper with a number, and then I'd go, "I want yellow bondage trousers, use that trim".
"Wasn't expecting it at the moment that it happened, at all. There's so much out there that is insane, to have a shoulder and somebody that can be there for you and relate and understand, it literally saved my life".
Ronnie Dunn spoke out in defense of Blake Shelton.
In an interview with Vogue.co.uk, Gwen recalled: "I didn't consciously make them "looks" back then".
Not only was the outrage mob fuming that Shelton had written a song about financial problems during a global pandemic, they were also upset that he was singing a song about being broke when he's a multi-millionaire himself. "Everything, all the plans - you can't make plans anymore". The two announced their engagement on October 27.
Since they were so certain about each other, Stefani admits that she's confused why Shelton waited so long to propose.
Off the set of The Voice, Shelton and Stefani continued to prove that their musical chemistry was no fluke.
Shelton finally popped the question in the fall of 2020. Angel. Music. Baby. " , his first solo album.
Their duet proved so successful, in fact, that the two singers subsequently repeated the experience, dropping "Happy Anywhere" as a single that July. Stefani said the trip almost didn't happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the huge exposure that he gets on The Voice, Blake Shelton has become a huge celebrity not only in country music but also in mainstream pop culture.
