Kelly Clarkson Opens Up About Her Heartbreaking Divorce From Brandon Blackstock—’It Rips You Apart’
March 24, 2023 by Georgia Dodd
Grammy winner and talk show host, Kelly Clarkson, 40, recently spoke about how she felt when she decided to split from her ex-husband of nearly seven years. Kelly has talked about her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, 46, on her talk show and it’s the subject of her new album coming out in 2023.
Kelly appeared on a new episode of the Angie Martinez IRL podcast, hosted by radio personality Angie, 52. During the episode, The Kelly Clarkson Show host spoke about splitting from Brandon, with whom she shares two children: River Rose, 8, and Remington Alexander, 6.
“What does divorce do to you? Because it has to shift you, right?” the podcast host asked.
“It rips you apart whenever you fall in love with someone and it doesn’t work,” The “Miss Independent” musician responded, “I think the thing about divorce—especially having it publicized, and people thinking they know the whole thing—the hardest part of that is, like, it wasn’t an overnight decision.”
“Anyone that’s been divorced [knows]. That was years in trying to make—not make it work, ’cause I never wanted to be part of something to ‘make it work,'” Kelly continued. “I wanted to make it beautiful. I wanted to make it awesome. I wanted to make it everything it possibly could be, and sometimes that just doesn’t happen.” Kelly and Brandon got engaged after six years of dating in December 2012. They got married the following October. But, in 2020, The Voice judge filed for divorce from the music manager. Their divorce was then finalized two years later.
Kelly also revealed her kids’ feelings about the divorce in the IRL interview. She added that she always makes sure to check on them and see how they’re feeling. “I ask my kids every night when we’re snuggling and I put them to bed, ‘Are you happy? And if you’re not, what could make you happier?'” Kelly said. “Especially the past two years…it kills me [but] I want them to be honest so I don’t ever say, ‘Oh God, don’t tell me that,’ but a lot of times it would be like, ‘I’m just really sad. I wish Mommy and Daddy were in the same house.’ They’re really honest about it. I’m raising that kind of individual.”
“I just sit there and I’m like, ‘I get it. I’m from a divorced family as well. I get it. That sucks. But we’re going to work it out. And you are so loved by both of us.’ I think [it’s important to be] communicating with them and…not treating them like an adult, because they’re not, but not treating them like a child,” Kelly continued. “They’re not small feelings. Those are huge feelings, and those are huge emotions.”
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