With Sheryl Crow joining The Voice as a mentor for the season 27 Playoff Rounds, it's hard to believe she's only been on the show a handful of times. But she revealed something new about her history with The Voice — and it's something fans will be surprised by.
In a new interview with People published on April 19, the Grammy Award winner revealed she actually was asked to be a coach for season 1 of The Voice back in 2011. While viewers know the quartet of coaches for the inaugural season ended up being Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green, Sheryl shared she had a personal reason for not wanting to do the show at the time.
As Sheryl explained to the outlet, she was busy raising her two sons Wyatt and Levi, whom she adopted in 2007 and 2010 respectively. What's more, she wasn't into the idea of disrupting their lives for a gig in California.
"I had a newborn and did not want to move back to L.A.," she said. "Actually, that's not true. He was about 2 years old and I didn't want to move back to L.A. and so I didn't do it. And I have not really entertained it since then because we have a busy life here and normalcy is really lovely."
While Sheryl chose not to be a coach on The Voice back in the day, that didn't stop her from participating on the NBC series later on. Folks may remember she was an advisor for Team Blake during the season 4 Battle Rounds, making this season's stint her second time on the show.
But that's not all. As Sheryl also noted, she particularly loved this time around while working with fellow mentor LeAnn Rimes and one particular season 27 coach.
"I loved mentoring," she added about her time on The Voice season 27. "It was a blast, and I absolutely adore [The Voice coach] Kelsea [Ballerini]."
Looks like we'll need to tune in tonight to see more of Sheryl!
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