Gavin Rossdale Fans Think His New Girlfriend Looks Like Gwen Stefani

Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani

Gavin Rossdale just went Instagram official with his new girlfriend, and his followers can't help but notice how much she resembles his ex-wife, Gwen Stefani.

The former Bush frontman hard-launched his relationship on Instagram Friday, March 1, while sharing a selfie alongside his girlfriend, Albanian pop singer Xhoana X, in honor of her birthday.

"Hey finally got to have a birthday dinner with my girl @xhoana_x," Rossdale, 58, captioned the pic, which depicted him smiling for the camera while dining out with Xhoana, whose bleach-blond hair was pulled up into a top knot for the outing.

"Here’s to a year filled with magic for you ??," he added in Friday's post.

But after seeing the photo, many fans went straight to the comments to address the elephant in the room: that Xhoana's look is notably similar to that of Rossdale's former wife, Stefani, 54.

"We’re all thinking it, right?" one person wrote under the post, while another comment read, "Not me running to the comments to see if I’m the only one that thought it was Gwen at first glance."

"For 2 seconds there, I thought that was Gwen lol. He certainly has a type," someone else chimed in.

Others spoke out in defense of Rossdale, with one person calling it "disrespectful" to bring up his ex-wife while he is trying to celebrate his new relationship.

"Wow. Yall are really ruining this birthday shout out. ??," another user noted.

Rossdale, who married the No Doubt songstress in 2002, is the father of Stefani's three sons, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, 17, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, 15 and Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale, 10.

Stefani and Rossdale announced their split in 2015 and finalized their divorce the following year. As we know, the "Just a Girl" singer is now happily married to her husband, Blake Shelton, whom she wed in July 2021.

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