Gwen Stefani Talks about Her Upcoming Wedding

On Monday, Gwen Stefani expressed her hopes that her parents will be able to make it to her wedding to fiancé and fellow singer Blake Shelton.

In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, she added that her parents wouldn’t come to Thanksgiving because they were so scared, so really would rather it not be a coronavirus situation.

“Like I would rather not have the masks and that kind of thing. And even when you cut it down to just family, it’s still too many people for coronavirus so we’re sort of like, just going to see what happens in the next few months,” Stefani added.

This will be the second marriage for Stefani, who was previously married to Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, with whom she shares three sons, and the third marriage for Shelton, who porced first wife Kaynette Gern in 2006 and was formerly married to country singer Miranda Lambert, whom he porced in 2015.

She also released Monday her latest single, “Let Me Reintroduce Myself,” which is her first new, non-Christmas song in four years.

Stefani, who also serves as a coach on “The Voice,” stated that she had been partially inspired by recording music with Shelton earlier this year and partially motivated by fellow coach Kelly Clarkson texting her about songs she’d written.

She co-wrote and recorded “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” in quarantine with Ross Golan and Luke Niccoli.

“Let Me Reintroduce Myself” finds Stefani reconnecting with Jamaican music, which marks her first non-Christmas solo music since her third solo album, “This Is What the Truth Feels Like”, which arrived in March 2016.

Earlier this year, Stefani sang on a pair of duets with Shelton “Happy Anywhere”, and “Nobody But You”, and appeared on the remix of Dua Lipa’s “Physical.”

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On the other hand, Stefani is set to perform at the Global Citizen Prize awards special, airing December 19th at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

It will also be streamed digitally on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

John Legend will double as the night’s host and performer, while Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, JoJo, and Tori Kelly will also take the stage.

There will also be special appearances from John Oliver, Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

According to a press release, the Global Citizen Prize will celebrate and honor leaders who are shaping the world we want and doing pivotal work to help end extreme poverty.

Prizes will be handed out across six main categories honoring those in the arts, business, politics, and activism, Global Citizen of the Year, Global Citizen Prize for World Leader, Prize for Business Leader, Artist of the Year, Youth Leadership Award and Country Hero Award. Additionally, Global Citizen is introducing three new categories this year, the Global Citizen Prize for Philanthropy, for Culture and Education, and for Activism.