Blake Shelton calls Ellen DeGeneres out in awkward exchange as she quizzes him about proposing to Gwen Stefani

BLAKE Shelton called Ellen DeGeneres out in an awkward exchange as she quizzed him about proposing to girlfriend Gwen Stefani.

The Voice judge snapped back at host Ellen, 61, minutes into his appearance on her show after she brought up his four-year relationship with singer Gwen, 50.

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Blake Shelton made an awkward appearance on Ellen this week after the host brought up his girlfriend Gwen Stefani[/caption]

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Ellen, 61, was left staggered after Blake revealed a clock she had gifted him was later taken away by show staff[/caption]

Ellen reminded a laughing Blake about his last appearance on her show, saying: “Now, I gave you a clock. Remember that clock? To remind you that time is ticking.”

That May 2019 appearance saw Ellen hand Blake a custom clock featuring a close-up photo of he and Gwen kissing.

At the time, Ellen said she had recently given the same gift to Jennifer Lopez – and “literally like a week later, [Alex Rodriguez] proposed to her.”

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Blake, right, was teased about having not proposed to girlfriend Gwen Stefani[/caption]

But a seemingly peeved Blake didn’t take kindly to being reminded of the experience.

He blasted: “But you didn’t give it to me!

“I walked backstage and somebody back there was like, ‘Hey, thanks for being on the show. Can I have that?’ And they took it.”

A staggered DeGeneres seemed surprised, replying: “Well, that’s not right.”

And turning to her show staff, Ellen said: “We can’t — why do we need it?”

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Ellen and Blake had an awkward exchange on the show[/caption]

Shelton hit back: “You took it back because whoever your next guest was, you replaced the picture and did the same c**p to them and embarrassed them.”

But the pair then seemed to misremember Blake’s last appearance – with Ellen replying: “You know what, you’re right, because we did that to Jennifer Lopez and now she’s engaged!”

And Blake said: “You gave her my clock!”

Later in the interview, Blake referred to the clock fiasco once again, saying: “I won’t take it back from you like you did the clock.”

A seemingly wounded Ellen again addressed producers off camera, saying: “Why don’t we…” before saying to Shelton: “I don’t know why you don’t have it.”

She then added: “We spend money making it, we give it to him.”

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Gwen, pictured, has been dating Blake for four years[/caption]

It comes just weeks after Ellen’s cripplingly tense interview with Dakota Johnson – in which the actress slammed the “bunch of s**t” Ellen gave her over recent birthday.

Host Ellen had asked Johnson why she wasn’t invited to her recent birthday party.

It prompted a scathing response, with Dakota saying: “Actually no, that’s not the truth, Ellen. You were invited.

“Last time I was on the show last year, you gave me a bunch of s**t about not inviting you… I didn’t even know you liked me.”

Ellen may have wished she had gone to the party – because it was the same October weekend she was seen watching an NFL game with former President George W Bush, which prompted criticism from some.