--- title: Miranda Lambert is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce description: Find out what Miranda Lambert said to a crowd about moving on from her divorce from Blake Shelton. canonical: https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-31T14:12:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:36.157Z og:title: Miranda Lambert Is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce From Blake Shelton og:description: The singer confessed during a special show in Chicago og:url: https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab8469f832e1d983/6988b801524fc058efdfaee1/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miranda Lambert Is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce From Blake Shelton twitter:description: The singer confessed during a special show in Chicago twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab8469f832e1d983/6988b801524fc058efdfaee1/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miranda Lambert Is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce From Blake Shelton > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images) CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [Lindsay Kimble / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Lindsay Kimble / People Contributor Jan 31, 2017 2:12 PM UTC It’s been over a year since [Miranda Lambert](http://people.com/tag/miranda-lambert) and [Blake Shelton](http://people.com/tag/blake-shelton)‘s [shocking split](http://people.com/country/blake-shelton-and-miranda-lambert-divorced/), but the country queen’s only now getting a little candid about her marriage’s end. While performing a special show at Joe’s Bar in Chicago last Tuesday – before embarking on her _Highway Vagabound_ tour – Lambert told the crowd, “I got divorced so I started drinking a little extra,” [according to Fox News.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/30/miranda-lambert-started-drinking-little-extra-after-her-divorce.html) “Anyways, I found myself in Midtown in Nashville three nights in a row at last call and with the lights coming on, and I’m still sitting there. So I wrote a song about it,” she added, explaining the origin of her track “Ugly Lights” – which is off of Lambert’s [sixth studio album](http://people.com/country/miranda-lamberts-emotional-new-album-the-weight-of-these-wings-review/), _The Weight of These Wings_. Lambert and Shelton called it quits in July 2015 after four years of marriage. Neither star has been too open about the cause of their split, although both have publicly moved on – [Shelton with Gwen Stefani](http://people.com/celebrity/miranda-lambert-cries-onstage-while-singing-song-she-wrote-with-blake-shelton/) and Lambert [with singer Anderson East.](http://people.com/country/miranda-lambert-anderson-east-new-year-message-photo/) “I feel really strongly about the only talking I needed to do, I’ve done and it’s on tape,” Lambert [said in an Instagram video](https://www.instagram.com/p/BNcvJWagDb-/) late last year. “All the parts of me, the parts of the pain I went through, everything that happens to a person in their life — especially in the last couple years for me — is on this record.” Following the special Illinois performance, Lambert reflected on Instagram, writing that “practice makes perfect.” “I’m laying in bed after our final rehearsal day for the Highway Vagabond Tour,” she shared. “Last night at @joesonweedst was so special for us. We have been playing at Joe’s for over a decade. I was nervous to be back on stage after a break from the road.” The 33-year-old continued, “But Chicago ya’ll helped me shake my jitters. Thanks for always being there for us over the years.” Lambert’s tour kicked off in Evansville, Indiana, and will travel across the country before moving overseas – first in the Netherlands – in August. _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/country/miranda-lambert-drinking-a-little-extra-after-divorce/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/"},"headline":"Miranda Lambert Is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce From Blake Shelton","datePublished":"2017-01-31T14:12:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:36.157Z","description":"The singer confessed during a special show in Chicago","url":"https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab8469f832e1d983/6988b801524fc058efdfaee1/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lindsay Kimble / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab8469f832e1d983/6988b801524fc058efdfaee1/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","caption":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4654908/miranda-lambert-divorce-drinking/","name":"Miranda Lambert Is 'Drinking a Little Extra' Since Divorce From Blake Shelton"}}]}] ```