One of the more successful additions to this pantheon in recent years has beenBlake Shelton.
There’s a lot to unpack, so read on to discover what you never knew about Blake Shelton.
“I remember, I was like, ‘Man, they’re right.’
Like, I don’t disagree with any of this that I’m hearin'.”
However, some words he once uttered back in the day have since come back to haunt him.
In fact, he toldMen’s Journalthat at first, he passed on the offer.
he told the magazine.
“I’m the country guy nobody’s ever heard of.”
While that may have been true at the show’s start, it didn’t last for long.
“I screamed like a little girl!
I think it took a year off my life it scared the crap out of me.”
That’s because he was the first-ever singer whose Opry invitation was delivered via Twitter.
AsThe Bootrecalled, the invitation was sent while Shelton was performing a duet with fellow country singer Trace Adkins.
As soon as their song finished, Adkins pulled out his cellphone and showed it to Shelton.
“Wait a minute, Blake,” Adkins said.
See you on 10/23/2010!"
He offered an interesting answer.
“I would not want to be Richard Simmons … right now or anytime,” Shelton declared.
That would absolutely suck."
“Can my humor at times be inappropriate?
That said I deeply apologize to anyone who may have been offended.”
That led to subsequent locations in Orlando, Florida, and in the Tennessee cities of Nashville and Gatlinburg.
In 2021, Shelton took toInstagramto announce plans to open another location at Nashville International Airport.
As Shelton revealed, he and Levine had remained close.
We stay in touch.
I mean, we’ll be friends from now on, you know."
“Crow,” he declared.
“A friend and myself actually cooked some crow so we could actually say we’ve eaten crow.
Don’t ever do that.”
“I have vodka.
I drink vodka on the show,” he revealed.
“Now that I think of it, every damn brand of vodka has been in that cup.
Prior to the nuptials, Shelton told USA Today (viaYahoo!
Finance) that Stefani had taken charge of the wedding planning something for which their guests should be thankful.
“If I was picking our meal, it would just literally be everything fried,” he quipped.
“French fries, chicken tenders, you know, all of that stuff.
“I plant it, eat it.
However, he explained, execs at his label balked.
Shelton, however, continued his hard sell.
“But they are!”
“They just don’t know it!
“I will soak my hair in that once a week for about an hour.”
Over the years, Shelton’s hair began to gray.
Taking matters into his own hands, Shelton ordered a box of Just for Men hair dye.
