After all, the 58-year-old could relate to these challenges.
“It wasn’t fun for me to be from a broken home,” he shared. “I think in a way it gave me a career. So I don’t mind ‘cause I turned it around to sort of an interesting career path. But it can be quite debilitating for kids.”
Rossdale—who is also dad to daughter Daisy Lowe, 35, from a previous relationship—and Stefani broke up in 2015 after nearly 13 years of marriage. The No Doubt star has since married Blake Shelton, and the “Love Remains the Same” artist noted he’ll still attend his kids’ events even if the couple is there.
“I go to a lot of events where there’s the other team, so to speak,” he said, “and I just feel really proud of myself in my consistency as a father. I know in my heart that I’m super consistent. Yeah, of course, like everyone I’m flawed as hell and things didn’t go as perfect as I would have liked.”
Even when he’s away from the kids on tour, he continued, “there’s an intrinsic bond that’s so strong and so present that I have a lot of pride in that. It’s unwavering.”
Another thing Rossdale indicated is unwavering? His desire to not speak negatively about Stefani after their split.
“It’s not my place to saying anything,” he said. “I’m handcuffed because I would never want to overly say anything negative about their mom or stuff like that. It’s just not right.”
