From winning American Idol to scoring multiple Grammys, Carrie Underwood’s family has always had her back.
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Kelly Clarkson admittedly did not handle her divorce from now-ex Brandon Blackstock in the best manner.
“I don’t know how people get through anything like that because I’m not going to say I did it gracefully. Behind closed doors by myself, it was not,” the Kelly Clarkson Show host, 41, confessed to Zane Lowe during a Wednesday, June 21, interview on Apple Music 1. “Just to be brutally honest, I did not handle it well. I had many sessions with just my friends [where] I couldn’t even speak. I was crying so hard, even before separating. There were just a lot of now unhealthy habits you recognize or habits that you recognize that you didn’t see before. Hindsight is a lot easier.”
Clarkson married the 46-year-old music manager — who has two older children from a previous relationship — in 2013. Us Weekly confirmed in June 2020 that Clarkson had filed for divorce, which was finalized two years later.
The “Miss Independent” songstress and Blackstock had gone toe-to-toe over marital assets during the proceedings — including Clarkson’s Montana residence where Blackstock lived — and custody of their two minor children: River Rose, 9, and Remington, 7. Clarkson was ultimately awarded primary custody of their kids, with Blackstock receiving monthly visitations. The American Idol champ also agreed to pay her former spouse a one-time sum of $1.3 million and $115,00 per month in spousal support until January 2024.
Since settling their divorce, Clarkson has been candid about learning to move on. (Her upcoming LP, Chemistry, has also helped with its many breakup ballads.)
“I don’t know that there’s one moment. I think it’s gradual,” she said on Wednesday. “And that’s what people tell
From winning American Idol to scoring multiple Grammys, Carrie Underwood’s family has always had her back.
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Kelly Clarkson is opening up about how she cared for her mental health amid her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.During an appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast, Clarkson revealed that she wouldn't have made it through the divorce without the help of antidepressants.«I am gonna be very honest right now and I have not owned this ever… I looked at my therapist and I just couldn't stop sobbing, and I was like, 'I actually had to cancel something the other day because I couldn't stop crying. I cannot do this,'» Clarkson shared.
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Kelly Clarkson went through it!
Kelly Clarkson is getting the last laugh. The three-time GRAMMY winner threw a hint of subtle shade at some unnamed celebrities she says were rude to her following her 2002 win. In an interview on Tuesday's episode of Clarkson was asked by host Andy Cohen to identify one of those stars by name. Opting to plead the fifth instead, Clarkson couldn't help but offer a little tease.«I will say, a lot of them ended up on shows like the one I'm from,» she hinted.
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Kelly Clarkson has plans to change how work is done at her talk show after some staffers said it was a «toxic» environment.In a expose published in May, one current and 10 former employees of spoke out about their time working on the NBC program.«Kelly has no clue how unhappy her staff is,» one former employee told . Among the allegations lobbied against the production, the employees told that they were overworked, underpaid, and that their mental health suffered as a result of working on the show. Now, in a new interview with, Clarkson says she was «blindsided» by the comments from the anonymous staffers. And while the claims were shocking for her, Clarkson wants to learn from this. «I think the important thing is, I think we get into this mindset of canceling everything or everyone.
Country singers Dan + Shay have joined “The Voice” for Season 25 as the singing competition show’s first coaching duo.The three-time Grammy Award winners served as Blake Shelton’s “battle advisers” in Season 20. But they will coach this next season, which airs in 2024, alongside Reba McEntire and John Legend, who will return for back-to-back seasons.Three-time Grammy winner Chance the Rapper will round out the red chairs following his debut on the show in Season 23.Dan + Shay has been performing for 10 years, setting a record for winning the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance three times in 2021.
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