The Boot (June 16th 2011)

Blake Shelton offers advice to Tracy Morgan

What do Blake Shelton and comedian Tracy Morgan have in common? The two stars have both come under fire from GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination) for making comments that were deemed homophobic. Now, the 'Honey Bee' singer has a suggestion for the beleaguered '30 Rock' star, who went on an anti-gay rant during a recent show in Nashville.

"I would just tell Tracy, 'Know when to shut up.' I'm damn sure learning," Miranda Lambert's husband says.

The singer was surprised by the backlash he received last month following this tweet: "Re-writing my fav Shania Twain song. Any man that tries Touching my behind He's gonna be a beaten, bleedin', heaving kind of guy..."

Blake insists his re-written Shania lyrics were just a joke, and also written from a woman's perspective and thus not homophobic. Besides, he was just doing what he does everyday -- tweeting the off-the-wall thoughts that pop into his head.

"With me, it was just sitting there watching 'Say Yes to the Dress' with Miranda, and I was bored as hell, and so I sent out a tweet, and the next thing I know I'm being burned," he explains. "That was a learning experience for me, because my fan base, they get it, but now that I'm on a show like 'The Voice' and it's a completely different group of people that I'm reaching, they don't get it yet, but I think they will."

But just because he's now a music star and a TV celebrity, don't expect Blake to monitor his speech completely. "People who know me know that I'm going to say stuff every now and then, whether it's stupid or not, and don't mean anything by it," reasons the Oklahoma native. "There's people out there who are hiding in the bushes waiting to jump on something like that.”