Divorce couldn’t come with worse timing than this

Jul 23, 2015 07:33 GMT  ·  By
Miranda Lambert allegedly found out she was pregnant by Blake Shelton after he divorced her
   Miranda Lambert allegedly found out she was pregnant by Blake Shelton after he divorced her

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s divorce came as a shock for fans but also for friends of the couple, according to the latest reports. Moreover, the divorce came as a complete surprise for Miranda too, who is said to be expecting the couple’s first child.

She didn’t find out about it until after Blake filed the papers and a judge signed off on the divorce earlier this week, Hollywood Life claims, citing reports from the glossies. It’s uncertain if he knows he’s about to become a dad, or if he would have gone through with the proceedings had he found out about it earlier.

The pregnancy was an accident

According to the report, which cites the usual unnamed but “reliable” sources close to the couple, Miranda and Blake had been fighting a lot in the months leading up to the divorce filing.

She didn’t like how much he drank and how flirty he’d get with random women when he was under the influence. There’s no mention of infidelity, but it is widely speculated online that it played a part in the split: the one thing the tabs can’t settle on is whether he or she cheated on the other.

In July, they got into another one of their frequent “screaming matches,” says the spy. “She’d just read him the riot act over his drinking and flirting, and he retaliated with claims that she’d taken all the fun out of his life and always seemed to resist talk of starting a family,” the source explains.

She told him not to even dream of having children until he got himself sorted out. That night, they made up and made love, and Miranda got pregnant.

She didn’t find out about it until when it was too late, because Blake had already filed the papers and the divorce had been pronounced final.

He said, she said

The abundance of rumors on the causes of the split points to the fact that both singers have instructed their publicists to “leak” gossip and damaging details about the other to the press.

One way to handle a messy divorce in showbiz is by offering so many details that people will simply not know what to believe anymore, much like Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck also did - and continue to be doing.

Meanwhile, they get to keep their heads high because the only official stance they take is that from the joint public statement, in which they say the divorce is amicable and heartbreaking.

Obviously, if Miranda really is pregnant, we could witness a new twist in the story.

[Update, July 24, 2015]: Gossip Cop is saying that the pregnancy story is bogus. This isn't coming straight from a publicist for these 2, but it's the closest thing to it.