Gwen Stefani Says Gavin Rossdale ‘Stalked’ Her Before They Dated

Gwen Stefani may be crazy in love with Blake Shelton, but the singer still gets emotional when talking about her former flames. The pop star sat down with Howard Stern on Wednesday and chatted about her past relationships with her No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal — whom she started dating when they were teenagers — and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale.

“I was in love and obsessed with Tony Kanal, and he knows that,” she recalled. “As soon as he opened the car door I was like, ‘I love him. I don’t know why.’"

The two were together for seven years before Tony called it off. “That was a really huge part and long part of my life,” the 46-year-old singer noted, adding that she still wonders what her life would have been like had they stayed together.

Shortly after the breakup, she met Gavin.

"When I met him and looked up at him, I was like, 'Whoa.’ It was different,” she told Howard. “I was in quite a rebellious place because I was feeling really rejected… Somehow he got my phone number, and that was that. He stalked me, I think. I was only 26, and I only had the one relationship. I still lived at home when I met Gavin."

The two dated for seven years before tying the knot in 2002 and they became parents to three sons: Kingston, 10; Zuma, 7; and Apollo, 2. However, the couple announced their divorce in 2015 with rumors swirling of his infidelity

"It’s been an unbelievable journey. You can’t even imagine. It did rock [my world]. My parents were totally helping me through the whole thing,” she said of the split. “I was in a panic. I was in hell.” Tearing up, she continued, "I think, for me, I feel like I always wondered: Why did I get so unlucky in love? I have so much love in me. [Howard,] you are making me cry."

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