In the February issue of Elle, rock n’ roll’s Gwen Stefani gives it to you straight, admitting that her marriage to rocker Gavin Rossdale (41) isn’t perfect, pregnancy sort of sucked, and that she’s a Xerox of Madonna.

On Madonna:
“It’s weird that we have all these similarities. Madonna’s had us over to dinner and stuff. She’s always been very nice to me…I remember telling Madonna I was going to do an 80s dance record and she rolled her eyes, because I think when you’ve lived through it like she did, she’s like ‘Whatever.’ But a lot of my influence came from her early work, like directly, like a Xerox.”

On her middle class upbringing:
“The hotel maid walked by today, and she’s really pretty and she probably comes from Poland. And here I am about to spend a lot of money on room service and I was thinking, I could have been a maid.”

On what her fans say:
“People always say the same things. That I’m smaller than they expected and that I look better in real life. Which is kind of a back-handed compliment.”

On her marriage:
“I mean, of course me and Gavin have problems, sometimes. Everyone does. We’ve been together for over 10 years. This is, like, the real deal.”

On 8-month-old son Kingston:
“He’s pretty rad…Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere, ’cause I’m still nursing. He’s been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name – total Rasta boy. He gives me real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you have to stop to hang out with him.”

On her difficult pregnancy:
“I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls. I figured, I’ll just squeeze it out, ’cause I’m really strong and I work out and stuff.

However, I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn’t know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn’t want people to know [I was pregnant]. I didn’t want it to become the Gwen Circus Freak Show – ‘Watch it grow onstage.’”

Gwen Stefani stepped out with husband Gavin Rossdale and baby Kingston, who was sporting a hairdo like father like son. This is the coolest family in Hollywood. Little Kingston is always well dressed with the latest baby fashion, and he’s always trying new hair dos. Watch out there’s a new A-List baby in town.

Gavin Rossdale is looking good. The new daddy is setting a good example for baby Kingston. Looking good Gavin.

The king is in the house. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s son Kingston is the cutest baby of them all. He’s just adorable. There are plenty more pictures after the jump…

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Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, and their son, Kingston strolled through NYC’s Meatpacking district with Heidi Klum, Seal, and their children, Leni and Henry, on September 4.

Gwen Stefani is denying last week’s Page Six report that she boycotted this year’s MTV VMAs because she lost multiple moon men to Kelly Clarkson last year and only won a fashion award.

“Despite what you may have heard, the only reason I am not attending the MTV Video Music Awards is because I will be recording and spending time with my family in New York while I’m here working on my LAMB show for Fashion Week,” the hollaback girl told the New York Daily News (via Popdirt). “Any other speculation out there is false.”