More than a decade after their divorce blake shelton, miranda lambert Has spoken openly about the breakdown of his relationship.
“I’ve been divorced and it’s bad for anybody, especially being in the public eye, especially on tour, especially in the middle of a very public career, both of us, you know what I mean? It was really no fun time,” Lambert, 42, said on the Tuesday, October 27 episode. Ross Golan‘S “And the author is…” podcast.
Lambert continued, “Meanwhile, I had moved back to Nashville full-time, and so I got into songwriting.” (Until their split was announced in 2015, the country music star lived in Oklahoma with Shelton, 50.)
Adding that she used her “grief” to create her sixth studio album, weight of these wingsLambert detailed what happened next. “When I went back [to Nashville] In 2015, I gathered all my friends and relationships, you know, from all the past years and just used it, used the sadness,” she said.
“I enjoyed being out in honky-tonks a lot. I used what I was living and my friends went on that trip with me, friends were songwriters, and I think I wrote 75 songs in a year. I mean, like, in the first four months I went back.”
Lambert and Shelton dated for 10 years and were married for four years after tying the knot in Texas in 2011. A source told We Especially at the time when “there were no hard feelings” and the pair simply “wanted to move forward as friends, and that’s just what they’re doing.”
In the years that followed, Shelton married fellow musician Gwen Stefani In 2021. For Lambert’s part, she announced in February 2019 that she had secretly married a former New York City Police Department officer. Brendan McLaughlin The two started dating three weeks ago, a month ago.
Earlier this year, Lambert and McLaughlin stepped out together for a special night at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, where Lambert won two awards and performed her track, “Crisco.”
At one point, McLaughlin was seen on his feet clapping for his lady ella langley“Choosin’ Texas”, which Lambert co-wrote and produced, won Single of the Year.
Lambert said during an interview with 2024 We The couple’s dynamic helps her overcome challenges. She explained, “He calls me that and I like it. I need it.” We In those days. “I don’t think it’s healthy that people, especially artists or celebrities, surround themselves with yes-men. If you surround yourself with a group of people who are honest with you, you’ll go a lot further, and that’s very healthy in the long run.”


