Because I absolutely loved Blake Shelton on The Voice. He seemed like a really genuine, funny, sweet guy, and of course I loved his man crush on Adam Levine. But then I checked out Evil Beet here to see if he had his own category, and he did, but if just featured one awful story about Blake using his Twitter to make an extremely homophobic parody of the Shania Twain classic, “Any Man of Mine,” and I didn’t love him so much anymore.

But now he’s done this big interview with Parade, and I just don’t know what to think anymore.

On his favorite hobby, drunk Tweeting: “It’s just a way to say something ridiculous. Yeah, I drink a lot,” says the singer, whose beverage of choice is Bacardi rum mixed with Crystal Light, “but I’m not drunk every night.”

On that homophobic Tweet: “Shoot, man, I love everybody! I don’t have time to hate,” he says today. Still, joking comes naturally to him: When New York State made same-sex marriage legal in June and someone tweeted to get his reaction, he shot back in Sheltonesque fashion, “I’m very gay about it!!” All kidding aside, he sincerely favors the right of same-sex couples to wed. “I have a life,” he says, “and I want everyone else to have one, too.”

On why he joined The Voice: “I said, ‘I’d be stupid not to do this.’” The deciding factor? The chance to ensconce himself in one of the show’s distinctive revolving chairs. “They’re goofy, but I thought that would be fun, sitting in those big red chairs like you’re the king of the mountain,” he says.

Bacardi and Crystal Light? Goodness, sounds like somebody needs to be a good friend and pass that little drink tip along to Christina Aguilera, huh? But for real, Blake seems like the kind of guy I’ve known my whole life, that really nice Southern gentleman type who is happy and carefree and delightful to be around until something happens, like another dude accidentally brushes hands with him and he has to do that whole “whoa, dude, I’m not gay, bro! Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But I’m not. I love ladies. It’s ok if you’re gay. But I’m not. Not gay. Love ladies,” and eventually he just starts sounding like a robot that’s powering down: “not … gay … ladies … vagina … not gay …” Which I’m pretty used to.

What do you think about Blake nowadays?

Do you see those little words there on LeAnn‘s ribcage? Well, that’s not THE tattoo, it’s just a stencil she had done to see if she liked it, which she did, so she’s going to get the ink sometimes later this month. What does the future tattoo say, you might ask? It’s a line from the wedding vows Eddie Cibrian made to her:

“You gave me the courage to be truthful, I promise to give you the comfort to be trustful.”

I’m not an expert on LeAnn and Eddie’s relationship or anything (I am really, really close though), but isn’t this a little silly? Does anyone else read this line as “no, it’s cool, I’m not going to cheat on YOU, babe,” or is that just me?

Also, people who have tattoos: won’t this hurt like hell on LeAnn’s extra bony ribcage?

Image courtesy of E! Online

Because according to Levi Johnston‘s 19-year-old sister, Mercedes, she is:

“Everything is about her, her, her. She has to have her own way. She’ll be supersweet and then she turns into the most evil person I’ve ever known … Honestly, she is the meanest person. I didn’t know someone could be so vindictive and evil …[She's] a sociopath. She doesn’t think anything she could do or does is wrong.”

This is from an interview with Playboy in which Mercedes also claims that Sarah Palin is a bad mother and that if she were elected president (cringe break!), “she’d have a mental breakdown.” She also says that Levi and Bristol were “trying to conceive for months” before Bristol got pregnant. And I can believe all that, so I don’t think it needs to be discussed as much as the announcement of Bristol Palin’s evil nature.

I’ve never cared one way or another for Bristol. I don’t really like her, of course, but I wouldn’t, say, shoot my television if she was on it. She seems like a dumb but harmless young woman, and despite my indifference bordering on dislike for her, I don’t think I’m going to trust a girl riding on the coattails of her brother’s ride on coattails, you know?

What about you guys? Does Bristol seem like the most evil person to you?

Justin and Selena: getting MARRIED! [The Superficial]

Sean Kingston is looking amazing since his recovery. [Bossip]

Dianna Agron doesn’t even look the same anymore. [Starpulse]

Exclusive photos of a young Marilyn Monroe. [theBERRY]

Charlie Sheen is saying that Ashton Kutcher saved his “career.” [TMZ]

How cute is Tobey Maguire‘s family? [I'm Not Obsessed]

Is Blake Shelton an alcoholic? [Cele|bitchy]

OHMIGOD Frances Bean Cobain is HOT HOT HOT. [The Frisky]

Details on Charlie Sheen’s death. [Huff Po]

Outkast rapper arrested for felony drug possession. [Bitten and Bound]

Is Jesse James trying to hook up with Kathy Griffin? [Rumor Fix]

Is Lady Gaga‘s latest single sure to be a hit? [Popbytes]

The Lady Gaga porn trailer. [OMGBlog]

Could this be the most amazing photograph of Dennis Quaid ever? His dog is so fat.

Over at BWE, Dan Hopper has already captioned this photograph with SIX amazing pug puns (my favorite was “In Good Compugny”).

You guys know who Johnny Simmons is? Well if not, you better familiarize yourself right fast. Here he is:

He’s apparently the virginal Emma Watson‘s new boyfriend, and guys? He’s hot. I mean, for a younger guy. He’s twenty-five. I’m only twenty-eight, but he just looks … so much younger than most guys I know, but a plus? He’s from Texas. I have never met someone from Texas that I didn’t like. Also, with the -ahem- one intimate experience that I had with someone living in Texas, I can attest to the fact that everything really is bigger in Texas.

The two met on the set of their newest film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and if they’re getting caught in public kissing, then it’s just GOT to be a thing, you know?

You go, Emma – but if you break her heart, Johnny Simmons, you – and Texas – will be dead to me. The affair will be OVER.