Back-to-school season is inevitably hard for any parent, but forGwen Stefanithis year, it was “devastating” to send her kids back to class.
TheVoicecoach, 49, recently opened up toEntertainment Tonightabout her busy schedule working while raising three boys and how sad she was to send her littlest one, 5-year-old Apollo, off to kindergarten this year.
In addition to Apollo, Stefani is also mom to 13-year-old Kingston and 11-year-old Zuma, but that doesn’t stop her from loving the busy schedule.
“I didn’t expect to be doing [her Las Vegas residency] andThe Voiceat the same time,” she toldET. “I just feel like I’m alive in a way I’ve never been before, because I have to be! Because doing both is a lot.”
Last month, asource told PEOPLEthat being back on the set ofThe Voicewith boyfriendBlake Shelton— where they first met and fell in love four years ago — “has been fun for them.”
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“Having her there, selfishly for me, made me happy, and I think it kind ofsaved the showwith Adam going away,” he said at a press conference in Nashville last month. “There’s no way around it: It sucks not having Adam there. I mean, he’s just a major part of that show and my favorite person to kick in the nuts.”
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Stefani recently said in aclip shared exclusively with PEOPLEthat she’s “so happy to be back. My life changed so much on this show.”
The former No Doubt rocker added: “And then to be with my best friend Blakey, and to be here with Kelly [Clarkson] and John [Legend], I feel pretty lucky right now.”
source: people.com