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Nothing like loading up the truck and going for a drive. Gwen Stefani shared a video compilation this week on TikTok that shows her on a little outing with husband Blake Shelton on their 1,300-acre ranch in Oklahoma.
But what's a typical day-in-the-life for the pop star is rare for fans, who don't often get to see her in her countriest garb, out enjoying the couple's land.
In one clip we see Stefani climbing up into the truck to settle in next to Shelton, while she films the two of them in the rearview mirror as they drive through some trees. In another, the mother of three growing boys runs alongside a creek in her camo pants, boots and ballcap. She turns back to the camera to flash a couple of peace signs before stumbling in the dirt.
The No Doubt singer also included a few sweet snaps with her man: She smiles at the camera while Shelton snuggles her from behind.
If not the for the glamorous blue sunglasses and a full face of makeup, you would forget that Stefani isn't a country girl by nature. However, she has fully embraced her new life with Shelton, her husband of two years this July.
Stefani's sons have also adjusted to their new rural environment. Kingston, Zuma and Apollo — her children from her previous marriage to Gavin Rossdale — split their time between small-town Tishomingo, Okla. and Hollywood, Calif., and at the beginning, it was a bit of a culture shock. However, they have adjusted to the wide open spaces of the ranch since and quite enjoy it.
In addition to encouraging them to spend more time outdoors, Shelton has also taught the boys to fish.
The country star, on the other hand, is a country boy through and through, born and raised — he is the living embodiment of his song "God's Country." Shelton is known to farm on his land, which brings the "Austin" singer a lot of joy. Maybe we'll see a video of Stefani driving the tractor one day?
In this list of 10 things you didn't know about Blake Shelton, you'll learn what the singer thought of his '90s mullet, what his pet peeves are, what songs he sang when he entered pageants as a kid (yes, really!) and more.
No. 1: Blake Shelton used to have a pet turkey ... named Turkey
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This isn't a real picture of Shelton's turkey. In an interview with CMT in 2003, Shelton spoke of his hopes to bring Turkey to the next awards show he attended. "Up until this point, [Turkey]'s been to Arkansas one time. He has been to Oklahoma, which is where he was born, and now he lives in Tennessee. So, I feel like, without me, he doesn't get to do things, and I feel a responsibility to show him the world," the singer said. Sadly, Turkey wasn't meant to attend awards shows. He died of heat stroke in June 2003, per Great American Country.
No. 2: He was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry via Twitter
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Blake Shelton was the first person to ever be invited to join the Grand Ole Opry via Twitter. The actual tweet read: "@blakeshelton, you're invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. See you on 10/23/2010!" Shelton, being the active Twitter user he is, promptly responded, "Hmmm... Let me think... OK!!!!!!!!" Trace Adkins was on hand to get a big hug from the Oklahoma native.
No. 3: His biggest pet peeves: under-dressed people and bare feet
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Shelton once told CMT that he hates when sees "somebody standing on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry or some formal place and they're wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap," calling it "unacceptable." He also hates bare feet, pleading with fellow artists to "cover [their] stinkin', nasty feet" in music videos. According to Shelton, "Flip-flops aren't even acceptable." This kind of explains why Shelton is almost always wearing a jacket on The Voice, doesn't it?
No. 4: He believes he has one of the "crappiest tattoos in the world"
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Shelton drew his own tattoo, and it's supposed to be deer tracks, since he loves to hunt. However, people often mistake the tracks for something else... "To this moment, people still come up to me and say, 'Man, ladybugs ... that's cool. What does that mean to you?'" the singer reveals, hilariously. "I probably have the crappiest tattoo — not only in country music — but maybe the world," he says. He later had the barbed wire added to make the tattoo "more manly." Good friend Craig Morgan is particularly quick to make fun of Shelton's tattoo.
No. 5: A fan once terrified him by giving him an iguana as a gift
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"We were playing a fair, and a few people were handing me stuffed animals and flowers, but one person handed me a paper sack," Shelton told the Boot back in 2008. "So I took all the stuff back to the bus. I put the sack in my lap and opened it, and a live iguana jumped out of the sack and onto my shirt. I screamed like a little girl! I think it took a year off my life — it scared the crap out of me."
No. 6: He'll defend that mullet
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"Nobody else in the world seems to think it was as awesome as I still think it was," Shelton once told People. The singer used to have a mullet, and he refused to cut it, despite people telling him he looked bad. "Basically, it has gotten to the point where it is just a matter of pride. And I know it looks like crap, but it is just more fun to me to irritate people than cut my hair to satisfy them," he recalls of his days with long locks. During the pandemic he flirted with bringing it back but common sense got the best of him.
No. 7: His mom was more excited than he was when he was named one of the sexiest men alive
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"I didn't really understand what the deal was. So I said some stupid stuff! Then I found out it was a big deal ... so I don't think they know me very well!" Shelton said of the acknowledgment from People magazine. "But my favorite thing about it is that I know my mom, who cuts hair in Ada, Okla., will cut that page out of the magazine and tape it to her mirror and point it out to everybody who comes to the shop."
No. 8: Shhh! He used to hate reality TV
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When asked what reality show he would like to appear on (if he ever were to), Shelton responded, "I hate reality shows. But if I had to be on one, I'd have to say Realtree Road Trips on the Outdoor Channel." Well, we're sure his opinion on reality TV has changed slightly since, considering he is a coach on The Voice — definitely a far cry from Realtree Road Trips.
No. 9: He used to be a pageant kid
This is just too good to be true. "My mom entered me into a pageant [when I was 6 or 7 years old]. I still don't know why and it's still the worst experience of my life, being in a pageant," Shelton told CMT in a since-deleted video interview. "That has to have been the first one, and I can't remember because she put me in like two or three in a row there. And I remember singing 'Cat Scratch Fever' by Ted Nugent, and 'Old Time Rock 'n' Roll' by Bob Seger — [they] were probably my two signature songs." We wonder what his costumes looked like! To Blake's mom: Please put that on YouTube ASAP!
No. 10: If you build it, she'll say "YES!"
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We're not sure that he built it with his own hands, but Shelton built Stefani — a practicing Catholic — a chapel on his property in Oklahoma. This is where he proposed to her, as seen in her photo on Instagram. This is where they may get married, too, according to some sources, but that remains to be seen.
