20 Things You Didn’t Know About Blake Shelton

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Blake%20hates%20the%20shoes%20Chuck%20Taylors%20and%20is%20known%20to%20make%20fun%20of%20them%20often.

He%20loves%20the%20show%20%22The%20Golden%20Girls%22

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Blake%20used%20to%20work%20roofing%20houses.

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He%20loves%20to%20hunt%20and%20has%20even%20been%20shown%20on%20a%20few%20hunting%20shows%20on%20television.

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Blake%20was%20recently%20made%20a%20member%20of%20The%20Grand%20Ole%20Opry.%20He%20says%20this%20is%20a%20highlight%20of%20his%20career.%20He%20was%20asked%20to%20become%20a%20member%20while%20on%20stage%20with%20friend%20Trace%20Adkins.%20Trace%20showed%20him%20a%20tweet%20asking%20if%20he%20would%20want%20to%20be%20the%20next%20member.

He%20asked%20Miranda%27s%20dad%20before%20he%20proposed%20like%20a%20true%20gentleman.

In%202007%2C%20Blake%20caught%20an%20intruder%20in%20his%20uncle%27s%20house%20and%20detained%20the%20drunken%20man%20himself%20until%20police%20arrived.

Blake%20Shelton%20loves%20to%20collect%20pocket%20knives.

He%20loves%20Mexican%20food.

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Blake%20was%20also%20a%20judge%20on%20the%202007%20season%20of%20Nashville%20Star%20--%20the%20same%20show%20that%20launched%20Miranda%27s%20career%20in%202003.

Shelton%20married%20longtime%20girlfriend%20Aynette%20Gern%20on%20November%2017%2C%202003.%20They%20divorced%20in%202006.

Blake%20used%20to%20have%20somewhat%20of%20a%20mullet.%20He%20sported%20long%20hair%20and%20a%20cowboy%20hat%20for%20the%20first%20few%20years%20of%20his%20career.

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