Gwen Stefani on the morning she found out her marriage was over

Maeve McDermott

USATODAY

Rock stars Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale split after 13 years of marriage in 2015. The couple's statement: "While the two of us have come to the mutual decision that we will no longer be partners in marriage, we remain partners in parenthood and are committed to jointly raising our three sons in a happy and healthy environment. To that end, we respectfully request privacy from the media during this time."

One day, you're grabbing Mexican food with Adam Levine, and the next, your marriage is over.

It sounds like a joke of a celebrity parable — except it's a true story that Gwen Stefani shared with the New York Times in a candid new interview about her new album, her new relationship and her new life.

Stefani shares how, the morning after the 2015 Grammys, she followed up her performance with Maroon 5 by eating Mexican food with her Voice coaching counterpart. Then, she woke up to news that ended her 13-year marriage to Gavin Rossdale: “My life was literally blown up into my face."

She didn't go into the specifics of what, exactly, went down.

“If I could, I would just tell you everything, and you would just be in shock. It’s a really good, juicy story.”

But she did detail how much it hurt.

“I’m gonna die,” she said, recalling her emotional state. “I am dead, actually. How do I save myself? What am I going to do? How do I not go down like this?”

The good news for Stefani? She's got a new dude to get Mexican food with.

Read the entire profile here.

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