Finding their new regular. Kelly Clarkson and Jewel bonded over being single mother and father — and the way they’ve needed to regulate to being with out their youngsters throughout the holidays.
“I’ve been divorced for seven years, so my ex keeps my son for Thanksgiving and I have him for Christmas and it’s really great,” Jewel, 48, mentioned throughout the Monday, December 12, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show about her custody association with ex-husband Ty Murray. “But it’s a trip to get used to being alone for a holiday like that and all my family are in Alaska.”
The “Foolish Games” singer, who shares son Kase, 11, together with her the skilled bull rider, 53, added that it “wasn’t too bad” of a state of affairs earlier than joking that she was going to “bring the show down” with “tiny violins.”
The Alaska native and the rodeo cowboy secretly eloped to the Bahamas in August 2008 after almost a decade collectively. The pair then welcomed their son in 2011 however referred to as it quits three years later.
“My husband, friend and partner of 16 years and I have decided to get a divorce,” the Grammy award winner introduced through her official weblog at the time. “Ty and I have always tried to live the most authentic life possible, and we wanted our separation as husband and wife to be nothing less loving than the way we came together.”
Jewel concluded her assertion by sharing that the duo’s “dedication” to Kase is “unwavering” and that they have been each “committed to being the best partners in raising our son.”
In June 2020, the Men In Trees star opened up completely to Us Weekly about how “hard” coparenting may very well be on their toddler — particularly throughout the COVID-19 quarantine.
“He misses his dad, he can’t go see his dad right now because of stay-in [order]. So it does affect his life,” she defined. “It definitely takes a lot of conversations to help him understand. And then also just to know it’s OK to be sad. It is a sad thing.”
On Monday, Clarkson, 40, echoed Jewel’s sentiment of discovering her groove whereas flying solo as a mother. She shared that it was “weird” when her two youngsters — daughter River Rose, 8, and son Remington Alexander, 6 – left her to spend the season with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, however there was a silver lining.
“It was weird because you’ve always had a kid there. And then all of the sudden, you’re alone,” the American Idol winner defined. “At first, it’s weird and then you’re like, ‘OK, I can do things.’ It’s kind of incredible. You do get a little me-time.”
Jewel, for her half, agreed that it was “good preparation for empty nest syndrome” and famous that being alone “forces” her to do the issues she did earlier than having a baby.
“I suddenly seem to forget what I did. I’m alone and I’m like, ‘What did I do? I did things,’ ” she quipped. “But you get better at it.”
Clarkson added, “It’s awesome. And absence does make the heart grow fonder.”
The “Since You’ve Been Gone” singer and Blackstock, 45, started relationship in 2011 and introduced their engagement lower than a yr later. After they tied the knot in 2013, the duo welcomed their kids in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Clarkson filed for divorce in June 2021, with a supply completely telling Us at the time that the two “clashed on so many levels.”
After a messy forwards and backwards, the “Moment Like This” crooner and the supervisor have been declared legally single in August 2021 and a decide signed off on their settlement the following March.
In February 2021, Clarkson bought candid about the “tough” facets of coparenting together with her ex.
“With me and Brandon, it’s just a difficult thing because we’re in different places, and it’s like, we both agree on the main things, but it’s a hard thing when you’re not together all the time, for me personally,” she informed visitor Khloé Kardashian at the time, including that regardless of their ups and downs, she and Blackstock know that their “focus” ought to at all times be on River Rose and Remington’s wants.
“As long as you make sure it’s about the children and their best interests, then we’re both on board,” she mentioned.
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