Kelly Clarkson now shines after her divorce.
The singer-songwriter discussed her divorce from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock on Tuesday’s We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, including what held her from leaving for so long.
“My ego… ‘I can do this. I’m tough. My ego says, “I can control my actions and reactions, I can do this and reach this person and get through.” “Your ego gets in the way,” Clarkson, 41, told the presenter.
“If I’m being completely honest, we don’t want to do what we saw done,” said Clarkson, whose parents separated when she was 6. “I don’t want my kids to be those kids at school.”
Clarkson divorced Blackstock in 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage. They have two children, River Rose, 8, and Remington “Remy” Alexander, 7.
To dim oneself so others might shine is unhealthy,
It’s different—they grew up here and it’s a progressive city. Our class had two divorced parents in the south. It was strange,” she stated. Even during daddy-daughter dances, hardly one shows up. You have to consider everything and play it out differently in your brain.”
“You try so hard and you think, ‘I do not want to do that to her, I don’t want to do that to him’—that you never start thinking about yourself,” the “Since U Been Gone” singer said. I needed to be selfish occasionally.”
In the interview, Clarkson discussed the idea for her song “lighthouse” and feeling that her “light” was waning in the relationship.
Dim it. “If I’m not around friends, families, and lovers who are OK with my light, we’re just not meant to be together and that’s OK,” she remarked. “But to dull yourself so you feel like somebody else can shine or you’re not in the way or whatever the situation is… that’s not a healthy way to live.”
“I felt limited,” Clarkson continued. That was my marriage, not all marriages. That’s my fault for enabling that. Also mine. Despite my affection, I wasn’t ready. Maybe the other person wasn’t either, and you attempt but it doesn’t work.”
Clarkson said, “I’ve never experienced that.”
“I’ve loved but I’m going through a lot. I’m fine being a firecracker. I’m spontaneous and talkative. “I’m very,” the “Because of You” singer stated. Walking empath. I think the proper person values or likes that.”
On June 23, Clarkson’s next album, chemistry, will release 14 divorce-inspired songs. She published “i hate love,” “favorite kind of high,” “mine,” and “me.”