Gwen Stefani says the pregnancy of son Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale at the age of 43 helped her become a Christian.
“I really wanted to have another child. I really got it,” explained Stefani, 56, in an interview published on the YouTube channel “Hallow: Prayers and Meditations” on Thursday, March 5. “I couldn’t and I was old again [I] he started talking about all these things … it was waking me up. “
Stefani tied her growing Christian faith to welcoming her son Apollo in February 2014, shortly after she turned 44. (Stefani and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale gave birth to three sons: Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, born in May 2006, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, born in August 2008, and Apollo. Stefani split from Rossdale, 60, in 2015 and married him A word the costar Blake Shelton in 2021.)
The three-time Grammy Award winner revealed how his spiritual revelation came shortly after he began working with a friend who was converting from an “atheist Jew” to a believer.
“I started working with this guy, and he was basically like an atheist Jew who converted after growing up in atheist Israel,” he noted. “He was studying the Torah, and he had this great knowledge [and] he got up and started talking to me about the Torah.”
Stefani remembers that, right then, her oldest son, Kingston, said “he really wants to [her] to have a child.”
“[I told him]’I’m sorry. My mother is too old to have a child.’ … [Kingston] he was 8 years old. He was saying, ‘Please God, let my mother have a baby,'” Stefani remembers, “I just remember thinking, look at my little boy. You are praying for me!”
Kingston began praying for her parents to have another child “every night” even though neither of them had ever asked her to, according to Stefani.
“I didn’t really teach him that,” he admitted. “I think four weeks later I was pregnant with Apollo, with whom I was 44 years old, naturally, a complete gift. That was the first miracle.”
Gwen Stefani in December 2025.
Getty Images/ANGELA WEISS / AFPStefani admitted that she went into that period of self-discovery feeling “not knowing” before admitting that she “doesn’t know enough” about Christianity.
“It’s almost scary because the more you know, the more nervous you become,” she said. “You see, ‘Oh my god, I’m running out of time and I need to get this together. I’ve got to be a real Christian! I’m not going to make it.’
Asked how her faith has changed over the years, Stefani replied, “I remember it was 2020. It was during the time of COVID [and I was] internet search. Thank god for the internet. It’s bad out there but there’s a lot of good information too.”
He added, “I have found the Master.” Mike Schmitz … That sermon really made a difference [me]. I remember just screaming and burning. As if, I had discovered this truth.”
Since then, Stefani has partnered with the Catholic app Hallow, which describes itself as “a Christian prayer app that offers audio-guided meditation sessions to help us grow in our faith and spiritual lives and find peace with God.” Their campaign partnership became controversial in December 2025 when Hallow’s anti-abortion message resurfaced.
During Gwen Stefani’s first pregnancy, she was just a girl trying to have it all, including a successful music career. “I found out I was pregnant with Kingston and I was working out, and I was really sick,” Stefani, 54, recalled on the next episode of “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast” via […]
“It is important during this holiday season to spend time in prayer.” That’s what Christmas is about: putting God in our hearts and letting Jesus bring us his peace,” Stefani encouraged her followers at the time. “Download Hallow and join me and millions of others in praying every day this Advent and Christmas season at Hallow.”
Selling Sunset star Chrisshell Stause was among those who called out for Stefani’s collaboration with Hallow, even using No Doubt’s 1995 song ‘Don’t Talk.’
“Gwen-DO NOT SPEAK,” Stause, 44, said on Instagram in December 2025. “Please take your own advice on this🫠.”
The reality star doubled down on criticizing Stefani later for “taking money to promote an anti-abortion campaign, even in cases [rape] and relations between relatives.”
“Please stop making young girls feel guilty for not having a choice,” Stause wrote.
He went on to say, “Don’t talk” it’s a play on words, you can say what you want, I can argue, if your child is pregnant by a rapist you can look for Gwen Stephanie. [sic] which makes him feel guilty for keeping it [the baby]? I wouldn’t.”
Stefani has yet to respond to Stause’s criticism of her Hallow promo.
