Kelly Clarkson admits she did not handle divorce 'gracefully'

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Who wouldn’t want to sing Kelly-oke to a brand new Kelly Clarkson album? But just be prepared to go to a few darker places, as some of the deeply confessional songs on “Chemistry” come up, many of them prompted by her 2020 divorce from Brandon Blackstock and the events that led up to it. Even if she insists that she put some of the most baldly personal songs she wrote away in a drawer, what’s left is still altogether autobiographical, having been written during some of her darkest days roughly three years ago. Not that it’s entirely daunting stuff; Clarkson made sure to include some songs harking further back in her relationship, before the chemistry went sour, to cover the heat generated in the early stages of a relationship, too. She joined Variety via Zoom to discuss the full arc of what “Chemistry” covers.

Kelly Clarkson is singing about her relationship with ex Brandon Blackstock on her new album Chemistry, but did she give him a heads up that it was coming out?

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her divorce — and possibly rebounding with Kim Kardashian‘s ex??

Kelly Clarkson has always been someone who says what is on their mind and she didn’t hold back while being interviewed for The Howard Stern Show this week.

Despite their divorce drama, Kelly Clarkson briefly spoke to ex-husband Brandon Blackstock about her new album, Chemistry.

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about an awkward encounter with Scooter Braun after her tweet about the music manager’s controversial purchase of the master recordings for the albums she recorded for the Big Machine label.

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Taylor Swift that she re-record and re-release her old albums — after Swift lost the rights to her masters when Scooter Braun purchased her former label, Big Machine Records — Kelly Clarkson isn't taking any credit for the success of the releases.«She’s brilliant, she would’ve come up with that on her own, and she maybe already had before I even tweeted it,» Clarkson told Andy Cohen in a new interview this week, in support of Clarkson's new album, C.On July 13, 2019, days after Swift took to social media to share that she was unaware of the details of the sale beforehand — stating that Braun owning her masters was «my worst case scenario» — Clarkson reached out to Swift on Twitter, saying, «Just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. I’d buy all of the new versions just to prove a point.»@taylorswift13 just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions.

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Kelly Clarkson admitted changes are already in place for the fifth season of her talk show after accusations surfaced of a "toxic" working environment.  Clarkson said she "definitely was blindsided" by a report published in May where one current and 10 ex-staffers alleged abuses from producers and other high-ranking employees. "I think the important thing is, we get into this mindset of canceling everything or everyone. And that’s not unhealthy because it’s like, ‘OK then …’ Because what you’re saying is every time somebody says something, then it’s just over," she told The Hollywood Reporter.  "And that’s not how you work on things.

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her idea for Taylor Swift to re-record her music and how Scooter Braun reacted to her publicly sharing that idea.

Kelly Clarkson‘s new album Chemistry is just hours away from being released and the songs are all about her divorce.

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.

is hard enough without the added pressure of being a public figure. And though Kelly Clarkson appeared to have it together following her 2021 divorce from , to whom she was married for seven years, she says that “behind closed doors" she was a mess.During an interview on Apple Music 1, which dropped June 21, the singer told host Zane Lowe: “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,” she continued.

Kelly Clarkson is open to love but is not actively looking for it right now. While speaking to 's Carson Daly and Hoda Kotb about her new album,, the 41-year-old singer opened up about her relationship with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock and her current dating life. «You must have every one of your friends trying to set you up,» said Carson, who's also Clarkson's co-worker over at ". «Where are you at with that?»«Not my friends, but people will,» the American Idol winner clarified.«Are you into that process?» Carson asked.«No, we've talked a little briefly on The Voice because (you'll tell me), 'Don't give up on people just because it didn't work out,'» she recalled.«I'm not that way at all,» she said. «I'm not in a bitter place.

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about how she handled her divorce. While speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the 41-year-old singer admitted that she had some «unhealthy habits» amid her split from Brandon Blackstock.Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage. The former couple, who share River, 9, and Remington, 7, finalized their divorce in March 2022.«I don't know how people get through anything like that because I'm not going to say I did it gracefully.

Kelly Clarkson admittedly did not handle her divorce from now-ex Brandon Blackstock in the best manner.

Kelly Clarkson is opening up like never before.

Kelly Clarkson’s nearly three-year legal drama with her former father-in-law Narvel Blackstock’s talent company will finally be coming to a close.