Blake Shelton knows that this year's Country Music Awards are going to be an awkward affair. The country music superstar and coach on "The Voice" stopped by "Late Night with Seth Meyers" last night and acknowledged that the CMAs will be interesting due to his divorce from fellow country artist Miranda Lambert.
"This year's gonna be awkward at the CMAs, speaking of jokes," Shelton told Meyers. "Because we are...it's such a family. Everybody there is friends. There's gotta be one about me and Miranda."
Shelton said that he was fully expecting host Brad Paisley to address the "elephant in the room."
"We've had the conversations like, 'OK, dude. I'll sit there and let you kick me in the face a few times.' I know it's coming," Shelton said of Paisley.
Shelton and Lambert announced their divorce in July after being married for four years, as HNGN previously reported. The former couple met in 2005 at CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert. At the time Shelton was still married to his ex-wife Kaynette Gern, but after their divorce a year later, Shelton and Lambert started dating before they married in 2011.
Shelton is nominated for two awards, Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year, for his duet with Ashley Monroe, according to Rolling Stone Country. The award show airs live from Nashville at 8 p.m. EDT Nov. 4 on ABC.
Check out the interview with Shelton and Meyers below.
