Gavin Rossdale spoke about how he and his ex-wife Gwen Stefani take different approaches to raising their three sons.
The 57-year-old musician and the 53-year-old singer – who were married from 2002 to 2016 – have sons Kingston, 17, Zuma, 14, and Apollo, 9. During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of Not So On the Hollywood podcast, Rossdale was asked how he makes co-parenting with Stefani work.
“I think you can go one way or two,” the Bush frontman said. “You can either do everything together and really raise them together and see how that goes, or you can just raise kids. And I think we’re just educating.”
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“We’re very different people,” he added. “I don’t think there are huge similarities in the way we raise them, but I think it gives them an incredible perspective to then decide which parts of those two lives to inherit and with which part they want to move on.” comes naturally from the whole process.
Gavin Rossdale said that he and Gwen Stefani don’t “actually co-parent” their three sons. They are “just parents”. (Getty)
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“The important thing is to give them a broad view of things. And we definitely have some particularly opposing views. I think that would be really helpful for them to make up their own minds about how they should do it as individuals.”
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The “Glycerine” singer explained that he and “The Voice” share time together with their children.
“So when I have them, I do my thing, my kind of things, and then vice versa, the other way around,” Rossdale said.
“I think they’re at the age now where they’re starting to appreciate what elements of what house they might adopt in adulthood,” he explained. “And maybe none of that, you know, maybe somehow they become something else.”
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The Bush frontman noted that he and Stefani are “very different people” with “some particularly opposing views.” (Chris Polk/PMA2014/Getty Images for dcp)
“Whether you’re co-parenting or a parent — and I certainly am a parent — all I care about is knowing that they’re loved and supported wherever they are, whatever the home always.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to a Stefani representative for comment.
The London native is also father to daughter Daisy Lowe, 34, with fashion designer Pearl Lowe.
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In 2021, Stefani married The Voice judge Blake Shelton after a six-year relationship.
During his appearance on the Not So Hollywood podcast, Rossdale opened up about the “amazing” experience watching his sons grow up.
“Every week is a new development,” he said. “Every week is something new. And that’s why it’s magical for them.”
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“I feel good. The main thing is that I really have a connection with them. That’s all I care about. I’m super connected with them and can talk to them all the time and I’m with them. And I think that’s really important. It would be so sad to be different.
In 2021, Stefani married The Voice judge Blake Shelton after a six-year relationship. (rich anger)
Rossdale also shared details about which of his sons are already following in their musician parents’ footsteps.
“I tried Zuma, he played drums,” Rossdale said. “My middle one played drums. That’s why we had a lot of drums in the garage in the beginning.
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“He’s starting again, but Kingston just turned 17. He’s amazing as a songwriter, as a singer, as a musician. Really a lot better than I ever was when I was 17. So, who knows what the future holds for him, but he is. “He’s recording stuff and he’s super legal and that’s what he wants to do and he’s crazy.”
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“He’s very, very good,” added Rossdale. “He has this innate ear for melody, it’s beautiful.”
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The Grammy nominee said that Apollo was a “star quarterback” on his school’s football team. Rossdale stated that he planned his upcoming tour dates using Apollo’s football schedule so that he could attend all of his games.
At the beginning of the episode, Rossdale said he had just finished Zuma’s eighth grade graduation.
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“It was actually really emotional,” he said. “To see what these kids went through and you look at the footage of their first visit to school, their first day of school, their meeting and all that stuff… so yeah, it was emotional.”
Rossdale also announced he is single after going through a painful breakup with an unnamed woman.
“I had a great time with a great person who left me in a spectacular way,” he said. “That was unfortunate. But then it really impacted my music, so I have a very twisted outlook on life where I can just monetize my pain.”
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The singer shared that he met his last girlfriend at the premiere of his 2021 film Habit. He explained that he’s been a regular on celebrity dating app Raya, but prefers to meet potential romantic partners in person.
“I think it’s better to meet people in real life,” he said. “It just feels better, but it’s really hard to do that.”
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