Gavin Rossdale, the father of Gwen Stefani's three sons, has worked on himself to be a better dad even if he couldn't be a good husband.
Being in isolation has allowed many people to reflect on their past mistakes which have hurt people they loved and are still important to them. Many have found themselves apologizing and forgiving others and themselves over those mistakes. There might be things that make us cringe and embarrassed when we think back but how we go forward from that could make our lives easier.
Gwen Stefani's ex-husband, Gavin Rossdale, who is isolating alone most of the time, recently revealed that the most embarrassing moment of his life was "the gross and lopsided specter of the crumbling of my marriage," according to The Guardian. Rossdale, the frontman of the band Bush, and Stefani announced their divorce in August 2015. They were married for 13 years and are parents to three boys, Kingston, 14, Zuma, 11, and Apollo, 6. He has a daughter Daisy Lowe with former partner Pearl Lowe.
The Hollaback Girl singer had cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce, which ended up being highly publicized. The primary rumor around their split was that Rossdale allegedly had an affair with the nanny of the couple's three sons. He previously opened up about their split in 2017, telling The Sun's that divorce was "completely opposite to what I wanted."
"But here we are," he said. "Apart from death, I think divorce is one of the hardest, most painful things to go through. We had 20 years together and that in itself is pretty incredible. It's a lifetime. I still think she's incredible. It was a lovely 20 years and we have three amazing children. There were a lot of positives, and with time they'll become more and more obvious."
The Make Me Like You singer had also revealed to Glamour that she too was embarrassed about the divorce. "I don't think you'll talk to one person who didn't make it in a marriage who's not gonna feel that way," she said. "The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success ... [Marriage] was the one thing I didn't want to fail at. People can say whatever they want to about me, and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure. There's nothing weird about how I felt," she added.
Rossdale, who was a judge on The Voice UK in an uncanny twist of fate as Stefani used to be a judge on The Voice US, said that he was portrayed as a bad guy. He didn't refute being one though.
"Well, if you divorce America’s sweetheart, you’re in trouble. Or rather, if she divorces me. So … I don’t read that stuff, but I know I’ve been portrayed as a bad guy," he told The Guardian. Now, as a changed man, his priority is his kids and so he doesn't utter a bad word about her. “She’s the mother of my children and one of the most incredible girls in the world," he added.
One of the best days of his life recently was when he had all four of his kids with him. "Last year, when I had all four kids – Daisy, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo – staying with me on my birthday. It was magical," he said, as per PEOPLE.
Stefani and he are co-parenting and that means that their kids split their time between his home in Los Angeles and Stefani's boyfriend Blake Shelton's Oklahoma ranch. “I did the first two weeks with them, then they went to Oklahoma,” Rossdale added, as per PEOPLE. He further said that the co-parenting has been hard during pandemic times but they "do a lot of FaceTime. I find myself in my kids’ pockets a lot."
In November 2019, he told PEOPLE that he tries to "see [his] children as often as possible. I have learned during the past few years how to be a better father,” he said at the time. “And I am always learning more by being there for them."
References:
https://www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-gwen-stefani
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/28/gavin-rossdale-the-voice-gwen-stefani
https://people.com/music/gavin-rossdale-calls-gwen-stefani-divorce-his-most-embarrassing-moment/
https://people.com/parents/gavin-rossdale-co-parenting-gwen-stefani-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/
