Gwen Stefani and her ex-husband, Gavin Rossdale, are on parallel paths when it comes to co-parenting their three sons.
The Bush frontman, 60, opened up about his dynamic with the No Doubt singer, 56, in a Fox News Digital interview published on Monday, March 30.
“It is an interesting kind of … it’s a two-lane highway, you know, but they don’t ever seem to merge, which is fine,” he told the outlet of his and Stefani’s differing approaches to raising their sons, Kingston, 19, Zuma, 17, and Apollo, 12.
Rossdale then elaborated on his “two-lane highway” metaphor, explaining, “Probably doing the best she can, and I’m doing the best I can. And the kids are growing up so I’m a proud proponent of the system. It’s fine.”
As for his main goal as a parent, Rossdale aspires not to raise “jerks.” Rather, he hopes his sons grow up to be “likable.”
“I think that if you’ve got kids that are unlikable, they’ve got a tough life ahead,” he noted. “Life is hard enough without being a jerk, without being kind of aware of other people, mindful of other people, considerate of other people, empathetic.”
In order to instill the right values in his kids, Rossdale tries to “show by example,” emphasizing consistency in his relationships and his life.
Rossdale—who is also the father of daughter Daisy Lowe, 37, with Pearl Lowe—and Stefani were married from 2002 to 2016. In 2017, she revealed that she is a stricter parent than she expected to be.
“I was in a band and free my whole life, so I always thought I would be really free with [my kids] and do whatever I wanted, like, ‘Oh, I’ll take them out of school,’” she told People at the time. “But you learn that when they have boundaries is when they feel the safest.”
While Stefani acknowledged that sticking to her disciplinary rules for her kids was “the hardest thing,” she believed “that’s where you get the results.”
After Stefani’s 2015 split from Rossdale, she moved on with now-husband Blake Shelton, whom she wed in 2021. Over the years, the country crooner, 49, has spoken about his role as a stepfather to Stefani’s children.
“I take it very serious. But I also have a blast with it, I’m not gonna lie,” Shelton shared on KFROG’s The Ride With Kimo and Heather in 2021. “I don’t take it so serious that I’m not enjoying this time because I really am, especially now that we’re five years into this thing.”
He added, “I can’t imagine my life without these kids now.”
Shelton even took a break from his career to spend more time with his and Stefani’s family, telling Entertainment Tonight in 2024 that his stepsons changed him “in every possible way.”
“I learned quickly, not because anything happened, but just, you know, reading the room, you’ve really got [to think], ‘I have to take a step back,’” he said. “When people say it’s not about you anymore when you have a kid … I think, if you’re doing it right, it’s not about you anymore.”
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