Despite some ups and downs, Gwen Stefani has had quite the year!
Landing the cover of Glamour‘s “Women of the Year” issue, the starlet is celebrating all of her accomplishments, like her new tour…
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But even then, the songstress couldn’t avoid questions about her ex Gavin Rossdale and their divorce. Gwen hinted at the drama, sharing:
“We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we’re going to do with them. How can we give back? How can we improve when we have these challenges?”
Being even more direct though, the ageless beauty explained the embarrassment behind her divorce:
“The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success. And all I had to look at was the huge success of my parents: They just had their fiftieth anniversary. I had to work really hard at marriage, all the time, like everybody, but ours was extra hard, when you add that we’re from different countries, both of us being in music, and celebrity. [Marriage] was the one thing I didn’t want to fail at. People can say whatever they want to about me├óΓé¼┬ªand I don’t get too affected. But I didn’t want them to think I was a failure. There’s nothing weird about how I felt.”
Aww! She was so hard on herself!
Thankfully, Gwen is in a different place right now, having immersed herself in songwriting and also finding love with Blake Shelton:
“It released me from that feeling of hopelessness. When I was in the studio for This Is What the Truth Feels Like, it was like, I need to be here right now. This is the only place I feel good. It doesn’t matter what comes out of this, as far as my career├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥this isn’t about a hit. It’s about saving my life. And it was interesting, because I know you’re going to ask me about Blake, but finding somebody who was going through the exact same experience? That was an inspiration. He was a friend to me when I needed a friend. An unexpected gift. And that became an inspiration in the songwriting.”
The 47-year-old continued speaking about her relationship with the country crooner:
“It’s definitely two different cultures. But there are many similarities, in things that we love and our ├é┬¡morals. But it’s really fun when you can learn about so many new things and share those differences.”
Stefani deserves to have fun!! You do you, girl!
Read on for even more HIGHlights from the badass songstress’ interview (below):
On her This Is What The Truth Feels Like tour: “[This time] I needed to tour for my own triumph! To be like Rocky at the top of the steps, like, ‘I just did three shows in a row. I’m that mentally healthy, physically healthy, strong, and I can do it with three boys on a tour bus!’ And I did it!”
On her passion for fashion: “It’s in my blood! My mom was always making me clothes. We’d go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.├óΓé¼┬ª You should have seen my room. It was a pigsty with a sewing machine. I would get stuff, and then I would change it. Alter it. My mom would help me.├óΓé¼┬ª At the same time, I was so naive. I didn’t know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.”
Ch-ch-check out a peek of her spread in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Miguel Reveriego/Glamour Magazine.]
