Blake Shelton might need been a little bit little bit of a sore loser after Niall Horan‘s workforce received this season of The Voice — however to be honest, it was the nation crooner’s closing flip behind the crimson button earlier than retirement, so one final victory would’ve been candy.
Regardless, Shelton apparently left the previous One Course star with out a single phrase of congratulations following the Voice newcomer’s win with contestant Gina Miles, in keeping with Horan.
“Once we left the seat, they introduced the winner and I stood up, after which he got here for a giant hug,” Horan instructed Folks of the moments following his triumph. “I gave him a giant hug, and he stated, ‘I taught you every little thing .’ That’s all he stated, not congratulations or something.”
Shelton and Horan have had a jokey friendship from the very starting of their first and final season collectively, a dynamic the “Gradual Arms” singer confesses he’ll miss going ahead.
“I’m going to overlook him,” he instructed the publication. “He’s not a type of well-known buddies, in my eyes. I feel if I had met him outdoors of The Voice, I’d have most likely been buddies with him anyway,” Horan stated. “Weirdly sufficient, we’ve obtained loads in widespread, we’re fairly related individuals. Although not in costume sense.”
And whereas season 23 was Shelton’s final, his spouse shall be returning to The Voice in his place. After taking a break from the the present this previous season, Gwen Stefani is about to teach alongside Horan, John Legend and Reba McEntire for Season 24.
“I’m going to overlook [Blake], however I get to work with the opposite half of that marriage,” Horan stated of returning for subsequent season. “I met Gwen on the afterparty for this season’s Voice. She got here and shocked Blake on the final evening, and he or she was so humorous and so cool, so I’m excited.”
