Gwen Stefanisays gettingengageddidn’t come without “a lot to consider.”
Whileappearing virtuallyas a guest on theTodayshow on Thursday morning, the 51-year-old singer, whobecame engagedto her fiancéBlake Sheltonin October, spoke candidly about her engagement and detailed the behind-the-scenes thought processes that she and her soon-to-be-husband had to go through before deciding to take that next step in their relationship.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton.Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Then, detailing that their relationship and Shelton’s proposal “was just natural,” Stefani added: “It’s funny because he basically had the ring and it was right around my birthday. I was getting a little bit anxious … cause I started having a little insecurity and so it was right on time.”
Shelton proposed to Stefani at his ranch in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, where they spent the majority of the lockdown period together amid the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemicwith her kids. They announced their engagement on Instagram on Oct. 27.
A source previouslytold PEOPLEthat the couple is “ready to get married” after falling in love on the set ofThe Voicein 2015. “This won’t be a long engagement. There is a reason why Blake proposed now. They are both ready to get married,” the source said. “They don’t want a huge wedding. They want their family and close friends to attend and that’s it.”
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After news of their engagement, another insider also told PEOPLE that Shelton asked Stefani’s three sons —Kingston, 14,Zuma, 12, andApollo, 6 — for permission before he proposed.
“Blake told her boys that he wanted to propose and asked their permission,” theinsider said. “Her family very much approves of him. He’s an amazing partner and a great extra dad to the boys. Gwen is ecstatic. The proposal was a surprise.”
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During her chat onToday, Stefani also spoke about her love for Shelton further after co-hostCarson Dalyasked what she attributes their love to.
“What don’t I love about Blake and what don’t we all love about Blake?” she began. “He’s just such a good guy, he’s one of the most generous human beings and down to earth [people] — it all sounds generic — but it’s just so true.”
“He’s so gifted and so unique and talented and he really is my best friend,” she continued. “And I feel just so excited that I have someone in my life that now I have a chance at happiness for a long time to come and it’s just a blessing, the whole thing, and it is a miracle.”
Stefani added: “It’s weird how things happen and you just don’t see things that are right around the corner after such devastation.”
TheTodayco-hosts also presented Stefani with a gift during the morning broadcast — a pair of wedding cowbells — which Kotb, 56, playfully told the musician she would find “cute.”
source: people.com
