Still going strong. Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton have remained good friends amid her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.“Blake and Kelly are extremely close,” the insider says, despite Blackstock’s role as Shelton’s longtime manager. “Their friendship and bond goes beyond the business.”The Kelly Clarkson Show host, 39, met her soon-to-be ex-husband, 44, at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2006 while he was still married to Melissa Ashworth.
At the time, Clarkson was being managed by Brandon’s father, Narvel Blackstock.Shelton, for his part, was one of Brandon’s clients in addition to being Clarkson’s friend.
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