Gavin Rossdale Calls Divorce From Gwen Stefani His ‘Simplest Shame’

Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale has described his divorce from Gwen Stefani as his “simplest shame.”

In the latest episode of the Amy & T.J. podcast with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, Rossdale opened up about his 2015 divorce from the No Doubt singer.

“I never thought I’d ever get divorced. So there’s a simple shame in my life,” he says.

“I feel bad for my kids… I wish I could have found a way to not have that in their lives. It wasn’t fun for me to come from a broken home… It can be quite debilitating for kids… the overriding things is you don’t want to let your kids down,” Rossdale said, referring to his sons with Stefani; Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 10.

In apparent reference to his former wife, Rossdale said, “The biggest thing would be when you see the kids that sometimes there’s a loss. It’d be nice if there was more of a connection with the person who made them with me.”

In 2021, Stefani married singer Blake Shelton, who previously divorced from Miranda Lambert.

“I go to a lot of events where there’s ‘the other team,’ so to speak and I just feel really proud of myself in my consistency as a father. I know in my heart that I’m super consistent,” said Rossdale.

Roosdale said that although the separation was “hugely emotional,” he preferred not to discuss their relationship in public.