Stars, as it turns out, are not just like us. Especially if they live in Los Angeles among their fellow A-listers. Take Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, for instance. During a visit to Sirius XM’s Page Six radio this week, the 60-year-old rocker revisited a (swim) meet-cute story about Britney Spears back when the pop icon was his neighbor in the mid-2000s.
Co-host Evan Real noted that Spears, 44, had told the tale back in 2015 in an interview with an Australian outlet, recalling that she randomly told an interviewer that she would love to work with Gwen Stefani one day. Brit added that the No Doubt singer and solo star and then-husband Rossdale used to be her next door neighbors, adding, “‘I swam with her husband … so, that was really cool.’”
Real asked if the “Glycerine” singer knew what she was talking about. “Of course, how could you forget that?” Rossdale said of the dip with Spears. “We were neighbors and so she came around when the kids were small and she was a real character and I got on really well with her. She was lovely and she’s a great swimmer.”
Rossdale also noted that his now-teen children with ex Stefani, Kingston, 19, Zuma, 17, and Apollo, 12, were “too busy chatting with Britney” to play with Spears’ now-adult sons, Sean Preston, 20 and Jayden James, 19. According to Page Six‘s math, Rossdale and Spears were likely neighbors around 2007, when the rocker and Stefani — who married in 2002 and split in 2016 — lived adjacent to the pop star in The Summit gated community in Beverly Hills.
In addition to splashing about, Spears has not been shy about fangirling over Rossdale’s band, posting one of her infamous dance videos in October 2021 in which she spun around to Bush’s signature 1996 Billboard Hot 100 No. 28 hit “Glycerine.”
“’Glycerine’ was my favorite song in high school … sounds like gasoline ⛽️ but you know ‘Glycerine!!!!,’” Spears wrote at the time. “A little secret for ya … @gwenstefani invited me over one day to swim 👙 at her house and me and Gavin from Bush swam together … literally the coolest moment of my life 🤩😂🤣 !!!!” Rossdale reposted the video and wrote, “@britneyspears i love you – best video – sweetest words🖤”
Bush kicked off their Land of Milk and Honey U.S. tour on Tuesday (April 7) and will play Washington, D.C.’s The Anthem tonight (April 9).
Check out Rossdale’s swim tale below.
