Miranda Lambert Makes Rare Comment About the Reaction to Her Messy Divorce From Blake Shelton: ‘I Wasn’t Prepared’
11.05.2022 - 18:35
/ usmagazine.com
All in hindsight. Miranda Lambert is opening up about her shocking split from ex-husband Blake Shelton nearly seven years after they called it quits.
The 38-year-old “If I Was a Cowboy” singer reflected on the intense public interest in her personal life following her 2015 split, telling CBS News in a recent interview that the attention was a lot to deal with. “I wasn’t prepared for that,” she explained. “Well, I don’t think anyone is. It’s not nice sometimes, but I think you’ve gotta take it with a grain of salt.”
Lambert noted that using her music to channel her emotions helped her cope with her breakup. “I’m a singer-songwriter so, luckily, I can tell my whole truth,” she added. “I will not lie in my music.”
As she looked back on her divorce, the three-time Grammy winner explained that she’s “grown up” a lot in the years since. “I’ve learned a lot about myself and I think at some point you start to settle into who you are,” she shared. “I think that’s why you feel that peace coming from me because I feel at peace with myself.”
The “Drunk” performer began dating Shelton, 45, in 2006 and the duo tied the knot five years later. In July 2015, the country couple announced they were going their separate ways.
“This is not the future we envisioned,” Lambert and the Oklahoma native noted in a joint statement to Us Weekly at the time. “And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.”
By November 2015, Shelton moved on with Gwen Stefani, who had split from husband Gavin Rossdale that summer. The “Austin” crooner credited Stefani, 52, with helping him