Before Blake Shelton settled down with Gwen Stefani, he famously dated and married singer Miranda Lambert. Lambert and Shelton’s marriage didn’t go the distance, however, and their divorce took both a physical and mental toll on Shelton.
Blake Shelton didn’t want to exist after his divorce from Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton | Christopher Polk/Getty images
Shelton was very open about his heartache after his divorce from fellow singer Miranda Lambert. The pair enjoyed four years of marriage together before their divorce in 2015. Shelton described the divorce as his lowest period where he found himself caught in a limbo.
“This time last year, there was no light at the end of the tunnel for me personally. There was a point there where I thought I didn’t even want to exist anymore,” Shelton once told People (via Yahoo).
Shelton also added,
“I told people I...
Blake Shelton didn’t want to exist after his divorce from Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton | Christopher Polk/Getty images
Shelton was very open about his heartache after his divorce from fellow singer Miranda Lambert. The pair enjoyed four years of marriage together before their divorce in 2015. Shelton described the divorce as his lowest period where he found himself caught in a limbo.
“This time last year, there was no light at the end of the tunnel for me personally. There was a point there where I thought I didn’t even want to exist anymore,” Shelton once told People (via Yahoo).
Shelton also added,
“I told people I...
- 4/24/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The nominations for the 54th CMA Awards are out this morning, and they don’t include country music legend Garth Brooks as a nominee for the Entertainer of the Year award.
That’s because Brooks voluntarily disqualified himself in late July, saying that he’s won too many times — seven, to be exact, including last year’s — and wants to give the opportunity to another artist.
It was a tweet from a fan that steered Brooks to the decision.
“It said, ‘Hey, man. This guy, why doesn’t he just step down (and leave) the entertainer for the next generation?’ 100% agree,” he told press according to The Tennessean. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award.”
That leaves the possibilities open this year to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Luke Combs and Eric Church. May the best country star win.
Tune in to see who takes home...
That’s because Brooks voluntarily disqualified himself in late July, saying that he’s won too many times — seven, to be exact, including last year’s — and wants to give the opportunity to another artist.
It was a tweet from a fan that steered Brooks to the decision.
“It said, ‘Hey, man. This guy, why doesn’t he just step down (and leave) the entertainer for the next generation?’ 100% agree,” he told press according to The Tennessean. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award.”
That leaves the possibilities open this year to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Luke Combs and Eric Church. May the best country star win.
Tune in to see who takes home...
- 9/1/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
It’s Maren Morris’ year. The country music artist scored the most Cma Awards nominations of any act this year, with six nods. Brothers Osborne are two behind her with four, and a whole bevy of musicians — including Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton and Kacey Musgraves, to handpick just a few — earned three apiece.
Morris is a finalist in the following categories: Single of the Year (“Girl”), Album of the Year (“Girl”), Song of the Year (“Girl”), Female Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“All My Favorite People”), and Music Video of the Year (“Girl”).
The highly coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy will go home with either Stapleton, Underwood, Garth Brooks, Eric Church, or Keith Urban. See all the nominees below.
Also Read: MTV VMAs: 5 Things You Didn't See on TV (Photos & Video)
Underwood will host the show with “special guest hosts” Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton.
Morris is a finalist in the following categories: Single of the Year (“Girl”), Album of the Year (“Girl”), Song of the Year (“Girl”), Female Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“All My Favorite People”), and Music Video of the Year (“Girl”).
The highly coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy will go home with either Stapleton, Underwood, Garth Brooks, Eric Church, or Keith Urban. See all the nominees below.
Also Read: MTV VMAs: 5 Things You Didn't See on TV (Photos & Video)
Underwood will host the show with “special guest hosts” Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton.
- 8/28/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Country radio host Blair Garner describes himself as “not a political guy,” but when Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reached out and asked for an interview on his show, “The Blair Garner Show,” the host agreed and invited him to his studio in Nashville where they spoke for twenty minutes. But when Garner wanted to air the interview, Cumulus Media, which nationally syndicates Garner’s show, blocked it from being broadcast at all.
Garner, unhappy with Cumulus’s decision, posted a Soundcloud link to the interview on Twitter and composed...
Garner, unhappy with Cumulus’s decision, posted a Soundcloud link to the interview on Twitter and composed...
- 7/22/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The second annual Dance Party to End Alz was held on Sunday, June 3 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon.
Hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Blair Garner, the sold-out event raised more than $340,000 for Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs.
Country stars performed their favorite hits from the ‘80s while dressed in colorful and classic fashion from that decade. Performances included Brad Paisley’s spin on ‘80s classics “Boys of Summer” and “Hot for Teacher”; Chris Young’s funky “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”; surprise guest Darius Rucker was joined by Brad Paisley on “Purple Rain”; Charles Esten's rocking “With or Without You,”; Chase Bryant’s “Superstition” and “Dirty Diana,”; Ashley Campbell’s fun take on “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”; Jamie O’Neal’s big voiced version of “Flashdance”; Lindsay Ell channeling her inner rocker on “Another One Bites the Dust,”; Emily West’s take on favorite “I...
Hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Blair Garner, the sold-out event raised more than $340,000 for Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs.
Country stars performed their favorite hits from the ‘80s while dressed in colorful and classic fashion from that decade. Performances included Brad Paisley’s spin on ‘80s classics “Boys of Summer” and “Hot for Teacher”; Chris Young’s funky “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”; surprise guest Darius Rucker was joined by Brad Paisley on “Purple Rain”; Charles Esten's rocking “With or Without You,”; Chase Bryant’s “Superstition” and “Dirty Diana,”; Ashley Campbell’s fun take on “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”; Jamie O’Neal’s big voiced version of “Flashdance”; Lindsay Ell channeling her inner rocker on “Another One Bites the Dust,”; Emily West’s take on favorite “I...
- 6/7/2018
- Look to the Stars
On Sunday, June 3, 2018, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Blair Garner will host the second Nashville “Dance Party to End Alz” to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.
This year’s event will include Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Charles Esten, Lindsay Ell and more top country artists performing hits from the 1980’s. Tickets for the event will be available for pre-sale on Wednesday, April 18 at 11 a.m. Cdt via www.alz.org/danceparty. Ticket sales will be open to the general public starting Friday, April 20 at 11 a.m. Cdt via www.alz.org/danceparty.
“We were thrilled by the success of last year’s Dance Party to End Alz, where we grooved to hits from the ‘70s. We’re excited to make this an annual event and bring the ’80s to Nashville this year,” said Kimberly Williams-Paisley. “It is so inspiring to see the country music community rally around the Alzheimer’s cause, which is...
This year’s event will include Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Charles Esten, Lindsay Ell and more top country artists performing hits from the 1980’s. Tickets for the event will be available for pre-sale on Wednesday, April 18 at 11 a.m. Cdt via www.alz.org/danceparty. Ticket sales will be open to the general public starting Friday, April 20 at 11 a.m. Cdt via www.alz.org/danceparty.
“We were thrilled by the success of last year’s Dance Party to End Alz, where we grooved to hits from the ‘70s. We’re excited to make this an annual event and bring the ’80s to Nashville this year,” said Kimberly Williams-Paisley. “It is so inspiring to see the country music community rally around the Alzheimer’s cause, which is...
- 4/19/2018
- Look to the Stars
In putting together this week’s feature on the new, more inclusive Nashville, Variety spoke to a number of prominent figures in the country music community about their coming out experiences and life as a gay resident of Music City. In reporting “Nashville’s New Guard” on the heels of the March controversy over anti-same-sex-marriage crusader Mike Huckabee’s appointment to a charitable Cma board (reversed in a day under pressure), lingering questions remained over the challenges and opportunities Music Row’s gay community still faces.
For this attendant roundtable, we put some of those questions to a handful of pioneering figures in country: Jason Owen, the manager and Sandbox Entertainment president (Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town) whose letter to the Cma helped shorten Huckabee’s tenure to a single day; Chely Wright, the first country star of stature to come out; Shane McAnally, the hit producer and co-writer for...
For this attendant roundtable, we put some of those questions to a handful of pioneering figures in country: Jason Owen, the manager and Sandbox Entertainment president (Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town) whose letter to the Cma helped shorten Huckabee’s tenure to a single day; Chely Wright, the first country star of stature to come out; Shane McAnally, the hit producer and co-writer for...
- 4/5/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
A sense of inclusion in Nashville occasionally manifests in a socially conscious single. This is nothing new for country music, which has a long history of “message songs,” some forward leaning (Loretta Lynn’s feminist “The Pill”), some arguably not so much (Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me”). In the 2010s, a song like Kacey Musgraves’ openly pro-lgbt “Follow Your Arrow” can move the genre’s needle in a significant way even without becoming a radio hit, while a more vaguely worded statement from a major artist, like Luke Bryan’s “Most People Are Good,” hits No. 1 — an indication that, as Variety further explores in this week’s issue, Nashville has a growing thirst for diversity, on and off the record.
“Whenever somebody tries to force something down someone else’s throat, it’s always ill-received,” says radio personality Blair Garner. “The ones that really excite me are the...
“Whenever somebody tries to force something down someone else’s throat, it’s always ill-received,” says radio personality Blair Garner. “The ones that really excite me are the...
- 4/4/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The abrupt ouster last month of Mike Huckabee from the Country Music Association’s charitable board just 24 hours after his appointment sends a strong signal that Nashville’s cultural revolution is in full swing.
An organized right-wing backlash against the removal of the conservative gadfly and presidential aspirant quickly fizzled, and Music City breathed a sigh of relief. The swiftness of the forced departure of Huckabee, who has been vocal about his support for the NRA and objections to same-sex marriage and parenting, underscores how the country music industry has become a nexus of discussion for two of America’s hot-button topics: gun control and gay rights.
In stepping down from the position, Huckabee bitterly publicized his stance by posting his resignation letter on social media with the headline “Hate Wins” — far from how most of the town saw the decision.
Brothers Osborne (left) represent a new generation of country...
An organized right-wing backlash against the removal of the conservative gadfly and presidential aspirant quickly fizzled, and Music City breathed a sigh of relief. The swiftness of the forced departure of Huckabee, who has been vocal about his support for the NRA and objections to same-sex marriage and parenting, underscores how the country music industry has become a nexus of discussion for two of America’s hot-button topics: gun control and gay rights.
In stepping down from the position, Huckabee bitterly publicized his stance by posting his resignation letter on social media with the headline “Hate Wins” — far from how most of the town saw the decision.
Brothers Osborne (left) represent a new generation of country...
- 4/4/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Blake Shelton is the first to admit that he's thinned out in recent months. The country singer talked to radio host Blair Garner on America's Morning Show Wednesday, who noted that he looked "trim." Asked how he's been losing weight since July, Shelton joked, "Well, you know, you should try the divorce diet." "I've been on that diet," Garner admitted. "So, it works!" Shelton replied. "Mine went the other way," Garner admitted. I think it goes one of two different ways: Either you stop eating or you just go to town, and I just went to town." Shelton didn't attribute his slimmer shape to his "actual breakup" with wife...
- 9/24/2015
- E! Online
Blake Shelton has slimmed down since splitting from Miranda Lambert — and he knows exactly why. The Voice mentor revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 23, that he didn't have much of an appetite while handling the divorce. "Well, you know, you should try the divorce diet," Shelton, 39, told host Blair Garner on America's Morning Show on Wednesday, Sept. 23. "The whole stress of getting through all of that is just...It was just weird. I'm not eating as many fried pickles and stuff. I'm doing great. I am," he [...]...
- 9/24/2015
- Us Weekly
[[tmz:video id="0_ys5o95h8"]] Blake Shelton found a silver lining in his divorce from his country star wife Miranda Lambert ... it did wonders for his waist! The 'Voice' star was chatting Wednesday with Blair Garner on the "America's Morning Show" when his dramatic weight loss became a topic of conversation. Shelton says he didn't actively diet or hit the gym ... it's all about the stress of getting unhitched. So more than half people who get married should be real thin,...
- 9/23/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Is that Rayna Jaymes in the latest episode of Nashville? Because she's acting more like a country music Vito Corleone. Got a problem? Rayna will solve it — even if it means (figuratively) fitting an entire record label with a pair of cement shoes and dumping it in the Cumberland River. Thankfully, no horses were decapitated in the making of this episode.
This week's drama in Music City was centered on Rayna's skillful (if unintentional) whacking of Jeff Fordham and his Edgehill label. Things started off promisingly, with Will premiering his...
This week's drama in Music City was centered on Rayna's skillful (if unintentional) whacking of Jeff Fordham and his Edgehill label. Things started off promisingly, with Will premiering his...
- 2/26/2015
- Rollingstone.com
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