Blake Shelton quit The Voice to spend more time with Gwen Stefani and step-kids

Blake Shelton (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/PA)

Blake Shelton said he decided to depart The Voice US after 12 years as a coach in a bid to spend more time with his new bride Gwen Stefani and her three children because he doesn’t “want any regrets”.

The country music star, 46, announced his shock exit from the US version of TV talent show earlier this year, having been part of the original coach line-up and appeared in all 23 seasons of the NBC show.