Lengthy gone are the times of Blake Shelton and Adam Levine hurling insults at one another on The Voice (no less than face-to-face). That hasn’t occurred because the Maroon 5 frontman left the present in 2019 (the cowboy adopted swimsuit in 2023). It’s one thing that we glance again at fondly, however actually, by the tip followers had grown bored with their snide remarks. So did issues ever go “too far”? Levine recalled the dialog he had together with his on-air frenemy, together with which certainly one of them was extra “delicate” to the insults.
Adam Levine returned to the Massive Pink Chair for Season 27, at the moment airing on the 2025 TV schedule, and whereas it’s nice to have a coach with a number of wins on the panel once more, many followers are upset that we’re not getting the total Blake-and-Adam reunion. The rocker opened up about his dynamic with Shelton and mentioned when the present began in 2011, he and Shelton even mentioned how far to take their on-air rivalry. In an interview on Late Night time with Seth Meyers, he mentioned:
We simply felt actually comfy with one another instantly … and so we began form of dissing one another casually. After which we had a very particular second the place we had been in one another’s trailers. I used to be like, ‘Hey, is there ever too far? Is there a too far for you? Is there an over the road for you?’
That’s truly fairly first rate of Adam Levine to ascertain boundaries with Blake Shelton so far as when the jokes between them would cease being humorous. The nation music famous person gave a reasonably on-brand response, too, as Levine continued:
And he’s like, ‘Buddy, you hit me as exhausting as you need. You’ll by no means go too exhausting.’ And I believe he just about stayed true to that. I acquired extra delicate than he did.
It’s not all that shocking to listen to that Adam Levine took the jabs extra personally than Blake Shelton. The “God’s Nation” singer did come off as far more laid again than the hot-headed rockstar who was liable to controversy on The Voice.
Nevertheless, I do should marvel if issues shifted a bit for Blake Shelton when he began relationship their fellow coach Gwen Stefani. One of many largest factors of rivalry appeared to be Adam Levine not getting invited to the couple’s wedding ceremony. He joked that he was going to crash the marriage after which object to the union, so I don’t precisely blame Stefani for tossing that invitation within the trash.
There have been additionally rumors again throughout Adam Levine’s sexting scandal in 2023 that Gwen Stefani requested her husband to distance himself from the Maroon 5 singer; nonetheless, Adam Levine made an look on The Voice simply months later to help Blake Shelton on his remaining episode.
Based on Adam Levine, the 4 unique coaches of The Voice shaped a bond once they began this entire chair-turning expertise. He mentioned:
After we began The Voice, like, nobody knew. It’s now what it’s, however again then it was a multitude. Like, nobody knew what was going to occur. They threw these folks, these 4 folks in these 4 turning chairs. And that is one thing everyone knows about now, however again then we had been like, ‘That is bizarre.’ And so all of us felt like a part of this staff, ?
Certainly we do know, as a result of many people have been tuning in for 14 years and 27 seasons. The present coaches have an amazing rapport too, and Kelsea Ballerini has actually stepped in to be Adam Levine’s frenemy. However I’m undecided we’ll ever get something like what we had between him and Blake Shelton.
Tune in to see if Adam can rating a fourth victory, as The Voice continues at 8 p.m. ET Mondays on NBC and streaming the subsequent day with a Peacock subscription.