When Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani first went public with their relationship, it was a little jarring.
Whaaa? Gwen’s, like, this super glam pop princess, and she’s with that country dude? They thought.
Sure, they were coaches together on The Voice, but fans would’ve predicted a romance between Shelton and Adam Levine before this one.
(Actually, we haven’t ruled that out, either.)
Recently, on The Today Show, Shelton admitted his dalliance with Stefani was unconventional.
“It’s a little weird,” he said. “We could not be, on paper, any more different.”
“I mean, I’m a country singer and she’s a ska, rock, pop, whatever it is … and it’s just an odd idea,” he added.
“On paper” seems to be the key term here, because in the flesh, they just work.
“But man, it’s a lot of fun. I’ve gotta be honest about that,” he admitted.
Fans got a glimpse into just how fun it is between them when they totally eye-banged each other while performing their duet, “Go Ahead and Break My Heart” on a recent episode of The Voice.
Have a look:
It’s easy to see why The Voice executive producer Mark Burnett is so damn excited about their union, too.
Shelton confesses he started to write the song, which is featured on the Angry Birds Movie soundtrack, to show off to his new girlfriend.
“I actually wrote that song, started it just to try to impress her, to be honest with you,” Shelton said.
“I sent it to her just half done and said, ‘I wrote a song, kind of about you,’ and she wrote the next verse and sent it back to me.
And so it was like, ‘Oh, we’ve got a song together.’ That’s kind of cool.”
Sources say Blake and Gwen will announce their engagement on The Voice in the near future, but we’ll believe that when it happens.