Blake Shelton wants girlfriend Gwen Stefani to stay on ‘The Voice’ next season
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are still together. Just in case you’ve missed the millions of NBC-approved stories about them, they are still very much together and “hot” and “flirty” and “having a good time.” For what it’s worth, I believe that their romance is real. I just believe that their real romance has corporate sponsorship. The photo above comes from Gwen’s social media, but it was taken on the set of The Voice, while they were doing official photos. Incidentally, they were also photographed being all kissy and grabby with each other a few nights ago – go here to see the photos.
If I worked for NBC, I would be all over this, encouraging them to be even more coupled-up, encouraging them to show their love on The Voice (it’s apparently been great for ratings). Unfortunately for NBC, Gwen’s tenure on The Voice is coming to an end – she’s only on the show temporarily, and then Christina Aguilera is coming back. And now Blake is saying something about it.
It is usually a contestant that Blake Shelton doesn’t want to send home from The Voice but this time, it’s his girlfriend Gwen Stefani. In an interview with Extra Shelton, 39, and Stefani, 46, discussed the fact that she’ll be taking a break after season nine – although the new couple did not discuss their romance.
“I don’t want Gwen to not be on the show, why can’t we have a fifth coach?” Shelton said, seeming genuinely sad.
Renee Bargh interjected asking why there can’t be two female coaches, to which Blake replied: “Why can’t there be? I vote for that!”
Meanwhile Gwen played coy. When asked who she will miss the most she answered, “I wonder…” before explaining that she will miss the “chemistry” of all the coaches.
Sure, why not have Gwen AND Christina Aguilera? Or better yet, why not buy Christina out of her contract – because is she really bringing much to the show? – and just replace her with Gwen full-time? That’s what NBC executives are probably asking themselves right now. They’re going over Aguilera’s contract with a fine-tooth comb and seeing if they can throw her off the show. I get the feeling that Blake is one of NBC’s biggest properties at the moment, so his words are very much directed at NBC executives. Let’s see what they do about it.
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