Blake Shelton gave in to wedding-crazy galpal Gwen Stefani, eloping with the pop star in a secret ceremony, friends say. Blake whisked the “Hollaback Girl” singer to Reno, Nev., in late October, where they snatched up a marriage license and got hitched by a preacher in the privacy of their hotel room, The National ENQUIRER learned from a source. “It was the way they wanted it — a marriage ceremony for just the two of them,” dished the source. Read on for details of Blake and Gwen’s marriage, and click here for more celebrity wedding secrets….
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After three years of dating, an insider said Gwen became “really adamant”
they needed to take the next step! But twice-married Blake — hitched to educator
Kaynette Gern before wedding Lambert in 2011 — was gun-shy about giving in!
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“Blake was scared of a lot of things — but mainly being a three-time loser in marriage,” snitched the insider. “He said all the right things to Gwen, but it came to the point where she said, ‘It’s now or never, baby.’
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He saw he might lose Gwen if he kept treading water, and that scared him more than the thought of getting married for the third time!” The lovebirds have slowly broken their nuptial news to friends and family.
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Rossdale, the
father of Gwen’s sons, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo, was told first, pals say. “Gavin took it in stride. He figured this day was coming,” an industry confidant said. (Gavin, Kingston and Zuma are shown at a March, 2018 tennis match, sitting beside
Mirka Federer,
Roger Federer's wife.)
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Now, the newlyweds are looking to spend as much time together as possible — which could mean she’ll rejoin him on '
The Voice.'
Blake is lobbying for it — and then some,” said the pal. “They make beautiful music together!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images
After three years of dating, an insider said Gwen became “really adamant”
they needed to take the next step! But twice-married Blake — hitched to educator
Kaynette Gern before wedding Lambert in 2011 — was gun-shy about giving in!
“Blake was scared of a lot of things — but mainly being a three-time loser in marriage,” snitched the insider. “He said all the right things to Gwen, but it came to the point where she said, ‘It’s now or never, baby.’
“
He saw he might lose Gwen if he kept treading water, and that scared him more than the thought of getting married for the third time!” The lovebirds have slowly broken their nuptial news to friends and family.
Rossdale, the
father of Gwen’s sons, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo, was told first, pals say. “Gavin took it in stride. He figured this day was coming,” an industry confidant said. (Gavin, Kingston and Zuma are shown at a March, 2018 tennis match, sitting beside
Mirka Federer,
Roger Federer's wife.)
Photo credit: Getty Images
Now, the newlyweds are looking to spend as much time together as possible — which could mean she’ll rejoin him on '
The Voice.'
Blake is lobbying for it — and then some,” said the pal. “They make beautiful music together!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
