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Blake Shelton wrote song for Gwen Stefani instead of vows; Carson Daly recalls ‘no dry eyes left in the house’
Wedding officiator Cardo Daly recently took us inside Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani fairytale wedding. Scroll down to see what he said.
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani who recently tied the knot on 3rd July are sharing new details of their dreamy nuptials with fans! Carson Daly who officiated the couple’s wedding, recently, shared new details of the duo’s weekend wedding and according to Daly--Shelton spared no efforts to make Stefani feel special! Appearing on the “Today” show, Carson revealed that Shelton performed a song during his vows to his new wife.
Months ago, Daly said, he suggested to Shelton and Stefani that they pen their own vows for the ceremony. While they were “reluctant” to do so initially, they eventually agreed to make their vows musical. “At the wedding, Gwen starts and she wrote this [speech] saying ‘since I was a little girl… blah blah blah’ and she crushes [it], not a dry eye in the church,” Daly recalled of the 51-year-old bride. “…It was so perfect that I said to Blake when she was done, ‘Top that, buddy.'”
The 45-year-old country crooner took on Daly’s challenge, telling the crowd, “Gwen has always given me a hard time about not writing enough songs, so I wrote a song.” “Guitar comes in, stool, next thing you know, he wrote her a song, and he sings her a song — while he’s crying — that he wrote specifically for her. ‘Reach the Star’, I think it was called,” Daly shared. “Not a dry eye in the house. That was a highlight.”
Daly praised Shelton’s song as “a hit,” though he was unsure if the country star will ever release the track. If Shelton does, though, Daly said the song “will put everybody in the wedding at that moment. You will be transformed on to that hilltop in the middle of Oklahoma.”
The couple’s vows were just one of 'a bunch of pinch-me moments' at the intimate celebration, Daly said. “It was perfectly them, the whole weekend and the marriage itself. It was as elegant, and refined, and cool as Gwen is, and it was as country, and down home, and fun as Blake is,” Daly said. “They just work. They’re an unlikely pair. They’re like if you paired delicious fried chicken with a glass of champagne. On paper, on the menu, it doesn’t seem to work, but it works.” “They’re comfort food with class and everybody roots for that,” he added. “…It was just their family. It was small and it was perfect.”
As for his role in the ceremony, Daly couldn’t have been more honored to be the one to marry his longtime friends. “I’ve known Gwen for 25 years. I was friends with them both when they met separately. I love Blake to death. He’s like the brother I never had,” Daly said. “…When they called me, they had me on speakerphone and they said, "We think you’re perfect for it.'” “Gwen and I both share a deep sense of faith. We talk a lot about faith, the two of us, and to work with them and their family to get to be a part of that day with my family was really an honour,” he added. “It was fun, too. I don’t want people to think ‘Oh, a big celebrity wedding.’ We had a blast all weekend long.”
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