Miranda Lambert Really Doesn't Care What You Think of Her

That is how Miranda Lambert once answered the question "What makes a Southern girl?" And going off that description, the "Vice" singer is the ultimate Southern girl, refusing to let anyone or any social media comment about her headline-making romantic history get in the way of her career and reputation as one of the top artists—male or female—in country music. 

Lambert, 34, shocked many when she revealed she got married for a second time to someone no one even knew she was dating after her high profile marriage and even higher profile split from Blake Shelton, a messy breakup that would forever change her reputation and attitude towards love, tabloids and music. 

While Lambert and Shelton became the most beloved couple in country music, both reaching the height of their careers and mainstream popularity during their time together, their love story actually began with a bit of scandal.

"I knew he was married," Lambert admitted on Dateline in 2011 of meeting Shelton back in 2005 when she was 21. "I had seen their wedding pictures in Country Weekly. 


I knew better, like, 'This is off-limits.' My parents are private investigators, for God's sake. I've seen this my whole life—affairs, and of all people to know better, I know better than this."

While she knew better, she didn't do better at the time. 

Though Shelton filed for divorce from Kaynette Williams in 2006 after three years of marriage, he and Lambert didn't make their official debut as a couple until the 2007 CMT Music Awards. And the two were pretty much open books about the sometimes volatile nature of their romance, with their equally demanding schedules not helping matters. 

"Miranda and I have a very interesting relationship. She can get so mad at me that she just wants to punch me in the face, and we'll say that's it," Shelton once said. "Then, 30 minutes later we're calling each other and acting like it never happened. I think it's that we're both artists, and if I want to see her or she wants to see me, sometimes it just doesn't work out and it's frustrating."





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