Blake Shelton wants to make Gwen Stefani feel "comfortable" with the "transition from Los Angeles to Oklahoma," so his marriage proposal to the country music star is the sweetest!
Blake Sheldon, 44, and Gwen Stephanie, 51, took a photo inside the church, news of their engagement. "Blake built a beautiful church for Gwen on his oklahoma property, and he felt it was really special to make suggestions there." Sources close to the newlyweds revealed that Gwen revealed the good news on Oct. 27, which he said exclusively to Hollywood.
The background of the church is the sweetest! He originally built the church for Gwen because she was a very devout Catholic and he wanted her to be happy with the transition from Los Angeles to Oklahoma. Her faith was very important to her, and Blake knew it. Although Blake and Gwen live in Los Angeles, they have quarantined Blake's rural oklahoma property for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"So he thinks (the church) is a perfect place to suggest because it means a lot to both of them," our insiders continued. "Gwen loves the church so much that she even has a necklace that she often wears the charm of the church."
The proposal was developed over a five-year period after Blake and Gwen (who met in 2014 as co-judges of The Voice) began dating in the fall of 2015. "Blake and Gwen knew it was coming, and Blake did it in his own words," a second source with whom the couple was also intimate exclusively told Hollywood Life. "Although their relationship has been closely watched and everyone wants them to get engaged and married, Blake and Gwen are doing what is right for both a couple and a family."
Our second source added: "This engagement has been going on for a long time, but it's the right time for them. "They were in love very much, and Blake and Gwen, who had been married before, were determined to make this their last marriage, and they knew they were each other's soul mates." It was Blake's first marriage to high school lover Kaynette Williams and country music star Miranda Lambert's second marriage. Meanwhile, it will be Gwen's second marriage after breaking up with Bush forward Gavin Rossdale in 2015.
Although Blake raised the issue in his home state of Oklahoma, sources exclusively told Hollywood Life last September that he and Gwen "have both settled" in their new $13.2 million home in Ensigno, Los Angeles. "It's in the Los Angeles Valley area, not far from the kids' school, and they love the area nearby. Gwen is very busy and has plenty of schools to consider because her boys [Kingston, 13, Zuma, 11 and Apollo, 6] are now going to different schools to meet their needs. They looked very happy," the source told us at the time.