Kelly Clarkson is on her way to being the "Miss Independent" that she sang about back
in 2003.
According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, Clarkson filed for divorce from Brandon
Blackstock, her husband of almost seven years, on June 4th, 2020.
Us Weekly confirmed that Clarkson filed in Los Angeles and the divorce is classified
as a "dissolution with minor children."
The now-former couple has two kids together a daughter named River Rose and a son named
Remington Alexander in addition to Savannah and Seth, who are Blackstock's children from
a previous marriage.
This divorce news may be a shock to fans since Blackstock made a video for the singer's self-titled
talk show to celebrate Clarkson's birthday in April 2020.
"Happy birthday baby, I love you more than you'll ever know."
Additionally, People reported in April 2020 that the Blackstock family was social distancing
at their home in Montana amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The original American Idol winner filmed episodes of The Kelly Clarkson Show from that home.
"It's a really beautiful ranch and it's a nice getaway for our family.
It's something Brandon and I have dreamed about since we were both kids.
This is what we would call home."
Despite the seemingly sudden news, there might have been signs of a looming split that were
overlooked.
In May 2020, The Blast reported that they listed their Los Angeles home, and in December
2019, Forbes revealed that Clarkson slashed the selling price of her home in Tennessee
by more than $1 million.
Clarkson's impending divorce from Blackstock could have had something to do with her desire
to expand their family.
"I so want another child, and my husband is like, 'No!
We have four."
She shared that information during an interview with Gordon Ramsay for the Kelly Clarkson
Show in May 2020 after his son made a cameo appearance.
Clarkson added,
"You get baby fever when you see them and you're like, 'Oh, I miss the chubby little
legs and the little face.'"
"Oh my gosh do not do this I have baby fever, I want a little baby."
This was a far cry from what she shared with E! News back in October 2016.
When she was asked if she and her husband wanted more children, she responded,
"No!
Unless someone dies and gives us their kids or something, no.
I had miserable pregnancies, that's why."
Clarkson and Blackstock both had medical procedures to prevent future pregnancies, which she shared
during a September 2017 appearance on WKTU's Cubby and Carolina in the Morning.
The singer said,
"Oh God, those tubes are gone!"
When asked about the possibility of a pregnancy, she shared,
"That's blasphemy.
We don't even speak of it.
We're both fixed in our own ways, yet still we'll probably get pregnant again somehow."
Part of why Clarkson may have been worried about an unexpected pregnancy was because
she claimed that she and Blackstock were, quote, "a lot more active than other couples"
in the bedroom during her November 2017 Redbook interview.
She even revealed,
"When I met Brandon, I wasn't looking for a friend.
I have a lot of great friends!
I was looking for a lover.
I had never found someone I was truly passionate about, who I wanted to stay in bed with all
day.
The fact that I did, well, [...] I was going to latch on and take advantage of that."
The same month as the Redbook interview, Clarkson dished on their private lives with fans during
a SiriusXM concert, saying,
"This isn't a downer to anybody I dated before him, but I'm just going to be real: I never
felt like, honesty, sexually attracted to anybody before him.
And I'm not downing my exes.
You know, everybody's different.
But there was something about him, I honestly thought I was asexual I'd never been turned
on like that in my whole life."
So, what happened?
At this point, it's tough to say for sure.
Clarkson's divorce news seemingly came out of left field, especially since she is so
open with Kelly Clarkson Show viewers but even a talk show host who found fame on a
reality TV show can like her privacy.
"I think being a parent you learn more about yourself rather than your children."
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