Kelly Clarkson Says Her Kids With Brandon Blackstock Tell Her They’re ‘Really Sad’ About the Divorce

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Getting candid. Kelly Clarkson did not hold back about how her divorce from Brandon Blackstock has affected their kids.During her Monday, March 13, appearance on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast, Clarkson, 40, reflected on how her daughter River, 8, and son Remi, 6, mirror her.“I think I am my mother’s child, and I’m raising very independent children,” the singer shared about her kids, whom she shares with Blackstock, 46. “They will be out the door as soon as they’re able and capable.

They’re very independent.”The American Idol alum noted that she is teaching her little ones about speaking up and being honest.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I literally ask my kids every night when we’re snuggling, ‘Are you happy?

And if you’re not, what could make you happier?’” she detailed. “Sometimes they’ll say — especially the past two years — a lot of it — and it kills me — and I want them to be honest, so I don’t ever say, ‘Oh God, don’t tell me that.’ But a lot of times it would be like, ‘You know, I’m just really sad.

I wish Mommy and Daddy were in the same house.’ And they’re really honest about it. And I’m raising that kind of individual.”Clarkson, who filed for divorce in 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage, recalled her personal experience with separated parents.“I just sit there and I’m like, ‘I get it.