When Adam Levine first began courting his now-wife, mannequin Behati Prinsloo, he wished to woo her with a particular current. So, he enlisted the assistance of his The Voice costar, Blake Shelton — rookie mistake.
Whereas serving because the visitor on the Thursday (July 3) episode of Hot Ones, the Maroon 5 frontman revealed how the nation star hilariously pranked him early on in his relationship with Prinsloo. “My now-wife, then brand-new girlfriend, she mentioned she actually wished a teacup pig,” Levine advised host Sean Evans.
“And I didn’t know what that was, however in fact, the primary particular person I might ask …,” he continued, referencing Shelton’s farming background. “So, I requested Blake, I’m like, ‘What’s a teacup pig?’ He’s like, ‘I’ll get you a teacup pig. Yeah, give me 5 grand.’”
Levine handed over the cash, emphasizing to Shelton that he wished a pig that will keep small and never develop to the dimensions of a traditional pig. Shelton returned with a piglet that the “Strikes Like Jagger” singer then gifted to Prinsloo, however the setup “most likely lasted like three weeks” earlier than the couple bought bored with the pig’s incessant squeals and gifted it to a bit lady.
When that lady despatched them images of the pig six months later, revealing that it had grown to be “like, 400 kilos,” Levine says he realized that Shelton had knowingly given him a normal pig — not a “teacup” pig as he’d requested. “I’m identical to, ‘Blake, bro, $5,000 for a pig that wasn’t a micro pig?’” Levine recalled, laughing.
“And he’s like, ‘You’re an fool! There’s no such factor as f–king teacup pigs you dumba–!’” Levine continued. “In order that was a fairly good prank that he performed on me.”
The “God’s Nation” singer and Levine served as coaches collectively on The Voice for 16 seasons, beginning when the present first debuted in 2011, and pranked one another typically on the NBC competitors. Fortunately, Shelton’s piggy prank didn’t influence Levine’s relationship; the Maroon 5 singer and Prinsloo would go on to tie the knot in 2014 and welcome three kids collectively within the years after that.
As his children are rising up, Levine — who will drop new album Love Is Like along with his Maroon 5 bandmates in August — is now having enjoyable teaching their youth basketball workforce. “My worst high quality [as a coach] is I get hotheaded,” he advised Evans. “And these children are kids. They’re eight years outdated. However when the refs are sleeping, man, I’m like, ‘Come on!’”
Talking of being hotheaded, Levine positively felt the warmth on Scorching Ones. He began by warning viewers that he will get “actually deep sweat” underneath his eyes — “That’s going to be actually engaging to share with all people,” he quipped — many bites of hen after which he began perspiring profusely from his decrease lids, dabbing at them furiously along with his serviette.
“Right here it comes,” he mentioned, gesturing to his face shortly after attempting a little bit of the absurdly spicy Da’ Bomb scorching sauce.
Watch Levine’s full Scorching Ones episode above.