'Stayed too long for me to now miss it': Blake Shelton never planned to stay for 23 seasons on 'The Voice'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Blake Shelton revealed on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' on Friday, November 17, that he is done with 'The Voice' and was 'too long on it' to really miss it.

During the interview, host Jennifer Hudson asked the country legend if he missed the show in its first season without the 47-year-old in over a decade.

Blake 'wasn't even planning that long' at 'The Voice'

Shelton replied, "Not yet. I did that for 23 seasons. To be totally honest about it, I wasn't even planning on being there that long," as reported by Okmagazine.

Shelton added that the Covid-19 pandemic altered his plans to depart earlier. He said, "I was planning on wrapping it up around 20 seasons or 21 seasons."

Blake Shelton 'stayed a little bit longer' at 'The Voice'

He added, "And then Covid hit, and then I didn't want to walk out on the show in the middle of Covid, and them trying to scramble and figure out what to do. So I stayed. I didn't have anything else to do anyway. So I stayed a little bit longer, but I stayed too long for me to now miss it."

The "Boys 'Round Here" singer also revealed that he brought along a unique memento from his time on the show.

He spilled, "I got my chair. I told them that it was the one thing I wanted — besides a bunch of money — to take home from 'The Voice' was I wanted my red chair. So they did. They sent my red chair to Oklahoma."

Shelton was the coach with the longest tenure

In the history of the competition show, Shelton was the coach with the longest tenure. Along with John Legend, Niall Horan, and Reba McEntire, his wife Gwen Stefani, is currently coaching for the seventh time.

Shelton and Stefani got married in 2021 

Shelton and Stefani got married in 2021 after meeting in 2014 while working as coaches on the series.

The 'No Doubt' alum's three sons - Apollo, 9, Zuma, 15, and Kingston, 17, whom she shares with her ex-partner Gavin Rossdale, now have a loving stepparent in the Oklahoma native.

He said on the November 10 episode of 'Today', "I've had stepparents. I think it's, in some ways, it's harder, more difficult."

He added, "I try to be careful about when to step back and be smart about when to step back and just talk, but no matter what, I'm always there if I'm needed."

Stefani's former partner earlier expressed his emotions regarding adjusting to their new routine.

Rossdale said, "I think you can go one of two ways — you can either do everything together and really co-parent, and see how that goes — or you can just parent. And I think we just parent."

"We're really different people ... I don't think there's much similarity in the way we bring them up, but I think that gives them an incredible perspective to then choose which pieces of those two lives they'd like to inherit and move on with and which part of themselves come out of the whole process," he explained.

He continued, "Because that's what's important, is to give them a wide view of things. And we definitely have some particularly opposing views so I think it'd be really helpful for them to make their own minds as individuals."