
Blake Shelton just revealed he almost quit music forever because his mom forced him into beauty pageants as a child and it nearly broke him.
Before Blake Shelton became a country superstar and a coach on The Voice, his music career almost ended before it even began—because of childhood beauty pageants. Growing up in Ada, Oklahoma, Shelton didn’t start performing in bars or music venues, but in school pageants, thanks to his mother, Dorothy Shackleford, who wanted to showcase his talent….