What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and after finally opening up
about her divorce four months after filing, Kelly Clarkson revealed new details about
the split that she never saw coming.
Fans were devastated to learn back in June that Kelly Clarkson had officially filed for
divorce from her husband Brandon Blackstock after seven years of marriage.
After remaining pretty tight-lipped about what went wrong since filing back in June,
Kelly finally addressed the elephant in the room during Monday’s Season 2 premiere of
The Kelly Clarkson Show.
As many fans of the talkshow know, it has been off the air for six months since the
start of the lockdown, and being Kelly’s first time back on air, she was able to address
the situation with her beloved fans and viewers.
She started off by being completely transparent with her virtual audience, calling this year
a “dumpster fire,” adding QUOTE, “2020 has brought a lot of change also to my personal
life.
Definitely didn't see anything coming that came.”
Kelly then revealed that the split doesn’t just revolve around her and Brandon, as there
are four children involved, including her son and daughter that she and Brandon share,
as well as two from Brandon’s previous marriage.
“What I'm dealing with is hard because it involves more than just my heart.
It involves a lot of little hearts.
We have four kids.
And divorce is never easy.
And we’re both from divorced families so we know the best thing here is to protect
our children and their little hearts.”
Kelly filed for divorce from Brandon back in June, citing “irreconcilable differences”
and requesting joint custody of their 6-year-old daughter, River, and 4-year-old son, Remington.
She did admit that, although she’s generally pretty open about her personal life, in this
case, she QUOTE, “probably won't go too far into it because, you know, I'm a mama
bear and my kids come first.”
Makes total sense, but in order to cope with everything that’s happened between her family
this year, Kelly revealed that she’s been writing about her experience.
She said, “I probably won't speak about it too much, but you definitely will hear
it musically probably, that's how I became a songwriter.
Music has always been my outlet to help me get through difficult times and this year,
I've been listening to a lot of music and I've also been writing a lot of music as well.”
On second thought, we really ARE overdue for another “Behind These Hazel Eyes” or “Since
U Been Gone” breakup anthem…
But if you’re still curious as to what went wrong and can’t wait for her album to drop,
a source did share with Entertainment Tonight back around the time Kelly filed for divorce,
claiming QUOTE, “They both hoped quarantining away from L.A. in Montana would help them
work things out in their marriage, but instead the change in environment was actually detrimental.”
The insider went on to say that, “The constant time together seemed to make an already challenging
situation worse.”
The two likely had other underlying issues that only escalated over the past six months,
but whatever the reason may be, divorce is not an easy feat for either party involved.
Kelly also briefly opened up about the split earlier this month with Today host Hoda Kotb,
saying QUOTE, “You can ask anyone that's gone through divorce, I don't think anyone
expects it.
You see yourself growing old with someone and then life has a different path, and it's
so hard on everyone.”
Upon sharing the news with viewers, fans flooded the comments section of her feeds with words
of encouragement, and even praised her for being so open and honest.
One user wrote, “Kelly Clarkson is so strong for being able to compose herself so well
and be so personal and open!
QUEEN.”
Another fan said, “Wow, not many people would address this so personal.
Takes real courage and shows how brave she is.
Amazing!”
And this person said, “She’s one of those people that you just wanna hug and say that
she’s amazing and life is going to be better, you know?”
We are sending so much love and virtual hugs to Kelly at this difficult time, but as always,
we’re staying optimistic that she will come out of this stronger and better than ever
before!
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I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!