Why Gwen Stefani Was "Nervous" to Rejoin The Voice After Marrying Blake Shelton

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Hear wherefore Gwen Stefani was hesitant astir competing against hubby Blake Shelton connected the caller play of The Voice. Plus, John Legend revealed if Gwen oregon Blake is much competitive.

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Two years since winning season 19 of the contention bid with squad subordinate Carter Rubin successful 2020, Gwen Stefani is backmost arsenic a manager connected the caller play of The Voice, which returns Sept. 19 connected NBC. And though she's successful it to triumph it, the creator admitted that was skeptical of returning to the amusement aft tying the knot with hubby (and chap coach) Blake Shelton successful 2021.

"I was truly tense to travel backmost this season, being joined to Blake. I don't cognize why," she said successful an exclusive interrogation with E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes. "It'd conscionable been a portion and I didn't cognize what we were gonna enactment like."

Luckily, her nerves calmed the infinitesimal she stepped backmost connected acceptable with Blake, having archetypal met connected the amusement backmost in 2014. "It was precise surreal," the 52-year-old recalled. "It was precise romanticist for me. And then, it was supernatural. We ne'er talked astir it, we conscionable went and it was perfect."

But conscionable due to the fact that the 2 are successful emotion doesn't mean they aren't consenting to combat dirty, arsenic the "Sweet Escape" vocalist said The Voice brings retired her competitory side. "I'm not a competitory person," she revealed. "I don't deliberation I'm precise competitory arsenic a quality being. I don't play games extracurricular The Voice."

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Between Gwen and Blake, manager John Legend teased that the fans request to ticker retired for the erstwhile this season, saying, "I deliberation she's much competitory than she utilized to be, and he's little competitive."

Blake agreed helium whitethorn not beryllium arsenic pugnacious toward his chap coaches with his woman successful the lineup, joking, "It's a batch harder to interruption up erstwhile you're married."

"We tin person a immense combat astir thing that happens connected The Voice, and beryllium like, 'Alright, we're not gonna get a divorcement implicit that,'" the state prima continued. "So, yeah, you're consenting to propulsion it a small further."

Hear first-time manager Camila Cabello stock which of her formed mates has fixed her the champion coaching proposal successful the afloat interrogation above.

The caller play of The Voice premieres Monday, Sept. 19, astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC.

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