Irving Azoff speech at Gwen Stefani's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony

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00:00 (chimes tinkling)

00:02 - All right, thank you, Jimmy.

00:06 Our next speaker is CEO of the Azoff Company

00:09 and a producer and manager of some of the biggest artists

00:13 we all know and love, and he was recently selected

00:15 for his own Walk of Fame star.

00:18 He's gonna get it next year in 2024.

00:20 Welcome Irving Azoff.

00:21 (audience cheering)

00:29 - I love you! - I love you too.

00:32 When Gwen Stefani walks in a room,

00:34 you know you're in the presence of greatness.

00:36 (audience cheering)

00:37 No one works harder or deserves more

00:40 to be the worldwide icon and role model

00:42 she has become than Gwen.

00:44 She burst onto the music scene as the lead singer

00:47 of the Orange County ska band No Doubt

00:49 and took them to the top of the charts

00:51 and worldwide fame with her singing and writing talent,

00:54 her incredible stage presence, and that it factor

00:57 that defines taste and trend-setting,

01:00 and that was just the beginning.

01:02 Gwen has more than earned her star

01:04 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

01:06 for the indelible mark she's left on the world

01:08 as a pop diva, a fashion icon, a musical mentor

01:12 through her great work at The Voice,

01:14 a successful entrepreneur,

01:16 and a role model for women worldwide.

01:19 For all of these reasons,

01:20 I've always been proud to call Gwen a client,

01:23 but my happiness today is far more personal

01:25 'cause Gwen has never been just a girl

01:28 and she's never been just a client either.

01:30 For years, even before she was a client,

01:32 she's been a trusted member of the Azoff family

01:35 and the nicest one of us by a healthy margin.

01:38 (audience laughing)

01:40 I knew that The Voice was gonna be a great move for Gwen,

01:43 but even I am not farsighted enough to have known

01:47 how much it was going to ultimately change her life.

01:50 Gwen once wrote, "I'm just an Orange County girl

01:53 "living in an extraordinary world."

01:55 But even then, I bet she couldn't have imagined

01:57 that extraordinary world would eventually include

02:00 a cowboy husband and life on a ranch

02:03 and of all places, Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

02:06 (audience cheering)

02:08 Who knew that flannel and camo

02:10 could be so fashionable and compatible?

02:14 As unlikely as their pairing may have seemed at one point,

02:17 it's clear that Gwen is never happier

02:19 when she's on the ranch with her boys,

02:21 husband Blake Shelton, and what Gwen would say

02:23 is her greatest accomplishment, her three sons,

02:26 Kingston, a budding musician on his own right,

02:30 Zuma, and Apollo.

02:31 (audience cheering)

02:34 But today, we are a long way from Tishomingo

02:37 so that Gwen can join Blake on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

02:41 Amazing they put him up here, but anyway,

02:44 there are a number of famous couples here,

02:45 Bogie and Bacall, Lucy and Desi, Liz and Richard,

02:49 and now we have Gwen and Blake.

02:51 (audience cheering)

02:54 It's my extreme honor and pleasure today

02:56 to represent the entire Azoff company and family

02:59 to welcome our Gwen to her very well-deserved place

03:02 among the stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

03:04 The street's already looking a thousand times better

03:07 with her in the neighborhood.

03:08 (audience cheering)

03:19 Okay.

03:20 (whooshing)

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