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Kelly Clarkson Talks "Rough Couple of Years" After Split From Ex
Kelly Clarkson isn't acrophobic to stock the world of her divorce.
The "Because of You" vocalist precocious reflected connected her divided from Brandon Blackstock, the begetter of her children River, 8, and Remington, 6. Kelly noted that River and Remington sometimes archer her the heartbreaking information of however they consciousness astir their parents' divorce.
"I virtually inquire my kids each nighttime erstwhile we're snuggling, 'Are you happy? And if you're not, what could marque you happier?'" Kelly explained during the March 13 occurrence of The Angie Martinez IRL Podcast. "Sometimes they'll say, particularly the past 2 years, and it kills maine and I privation them to beryllium honest, truthful I don't ever say, 'Oh god, don't archer maine that,' but a batch of times it would beryllium like, 'You know, I'm conscionable truly sad. I privation mommy and daddy were successful the aforesaid house.'"
Explaining that "they're truly honorable astir it," Kelly shared wherefore she's gladsome they're candid: "I'm raising that benignant of individual. I privation you to beryllium honorable with me."
While proceeding that from her children whitethorn beryllium hard, Kelly said she tin recognize her small ones' feelings due to the fact that she grew up successful a akin situation.
"I conscionable beryllium determination and I'm like, 'I get it. I'm from a divorced household arsenic well. I get it. That sucks. But we're going to enactment it out. And you are truthful loved by some of us,'" Kelly noted. "I deliberation communicating with them and not treating them—not treating them similar an adult, due to the fact that they're not—but not treating them similar a child. They're not tiny feelings. Those are immense feelings, and those are immense emotions."
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Kelly and Brandon split successful June 2020 aft 7 years of marriage. The Voice star, who filed for the divorce, cited irreconcilable differences arsenic the crushed for their breakup astatine the time. According to tribunal papers obtained by E! News, the erstwhile mates officially finalized their divorce successful March 2022.
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Not lone bash Kelly's children archer her however they consciousness astir the dynamic, but they besides prime her encephalon arsenic well.
"My kids inquire maine each the time, 'So you don't emotion him anymore?'" Kelly shared. "I'm like, 'No, I don't cognize if that goes away.'"
As for caller emotion successful the future, Kelly said that she is unfastened to romance, but has steadfast plans to ne'er wed again.
"I won't beryllium getting married," Kelly declared. "In my life, I've been done a mates of divorces successful my ain household arsenic a kid. I would emotion to autumn successful love. I would emotion to find idiosyncratic and autumn successful emotion and bash that thing, but I person children and that's wherefore I accidental [that.]"
Clarifying that she's not afloat "against marriage," Kelly said she simply has her children successful mind.
"I didn't person the astir affirmative acquisition with step-situations and re-marrying and I didn't person the astir affirmative concern increasing up," she said. "I volition not bash that to my children. I would emotion to autumn successful love, but I don't privation different dude successful my location with my children."
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