Gwen Stefani Talks Broken Marriage, New Music & More on CBS SUNDAY MORNING, 3/20

Singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani turned to creating new music as a way to channel the pain from her broken marriage to singer Gavin Rossdale, she tells Lee Cowan in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast March 20 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

In February 2015, Stefani's world "changed forever" when her marriage with Rossdale exploded after 13 years together, she says.

"At that time, everything was like, I had no skin, it was so raw, you know what I mean, and nobody knew what was happening and I had this big secret," Stefani tells Cowan about the end of her marriage.

"During that time period, I felt like, I was down all the way. Like you don't go down lower than that," Stefani, 46, tells Cowan. "It was rock bottom. I was so embarrassed, you know what I mean? I was like, 'Wow, I can't. I have to turn this into something. I can't go down like this. Like if I can do music, then maybe just everything will be okay."

She found solace in the studio, turning her heartache into songs, says the No Doubt singer. Nothing else felt good to her then, but working on music. Her record label initially wasn't excited about the work, telling her it was too personal and people wouldn't connect with her. She went back into studio and recorded the ballad "Used to Love You," and the record label changed its tune, saying the song would become a hit and the first single off of her new solo album What The Truth Feels Like.

Stefani talks with Cowan about songwriting, bouncing back after the divorce, her career and her life today, which includes a romance with country star Blake Shelton, who she met while they were both judges on the reality singing show "The Voice." When they met, Shelton was also going through a break-up with wife Miranda Lambert. Their relationship inspired part of the new album, too.

"In all this craziness that happened, like unexpected horribleness, I found a friend who was going through literally the exact same thing as me, and that is a miracle, you know," Stefani tells Cowan. "And it just saved me so much, and I feel so grateful for that."

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