Miranda Lambert makes rare comment about Blake Shelton divorce: ‘Not fun’
Miranda Lambert makes rare comment about Blake Shelton divorce: ‘Not fun’
Daysia TolentinoWed, October 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTC
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Miranda Lambert; Blake SheltonCredit: Tibrina Hobson/Billboard via Getty; Christopher Polk/Penske Media via GettyKey Points -
Miranda Lambert made a rare comment about her divorce from Blake Shelton.
The couple were married from 2011 to 2015.
Lambert said she channeled her “misery” into her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, in 2016.
Miranda Lambert is sharing a rare glimpse into the aftermath of her divorce from Blake Shelton.
Reflecting on her two-decade career, Lambert recounted the circumstances that led her to create her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, in 2016.
“[In] 2015, I got divorced and that sucks for anyone, especially in the public eye, especially on tour, especially in the middle of a very public career, two of us, you know what I mean?” she told the And The Writer Is... podcast in an episode published on Tuesday. “It just was a really not fun time.”
The “Mama’s Broken Heart” singer was married to Shelton from 2011 to 2015. After relocating to Oklahoma during their marriage, she moved back to Nashville after the divorce and “dove head first into songwriting.”
“When I moved back in 2015, I gathered up all of my friends and relationships from, you know, all of the previous years and just used the misery,” she continued. “I used the staying out too late at honky tonks. They used what I was living and my friends went on that journey with me, friends being songwriters. And I think I wrote 75 songs in like a year.”
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While breakups are never easy, Lambert found a silver lining in the divorce. “It was kind of magical because I really started growing my songwriting then,” she said.
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton attend the BMI 2014 Country Awards at BMI on Nov. 4, 2014Credit: Rick Diamond/Getty
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In the decade since they finalized their divorce, both Lambert and Shelton have found love again. Lambert married her husband ,Brendan McLoughlin, in a secret ceremony near Nashville in January 2019. Meanwhile, Shelton and his fellow The Voice coach Gwen Stefani tied the knot in July 2021.
Most recently, Lambert celebrated McLoughlin’s 35th birthday on Oct. 14, giving fans a glimpse at their life together by sharing a carousel of silly photos of her husband.
“Happy Birthday @brendanjmcloughlin 35 looks good on you! Well everything looks good on you but that smile is my favorite ! I love you!” Lambert wrote on Instagram.
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