Kelly Clarkson is able to discuss her option to divorce Brandon Blackstock — and extra to the purpose why the heck she stayed with him for thus lengthy!
As you understand, the OG American Idol winner and her producer ex-husband referred to as it quits in 2020 after seven years of marriage. Kelly filed for divorce, resulting in a nasty authorized battle, in all probability one of many messiest splits we’ve seen shortly. But if issues have been so unhealthy — why didn’t they break up sooner??
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Well, Kelly has solutions! On Tuesday’s episode of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast, she informed host Glennon Doyle her new tune Mine talks about how she didn’t know why she “stayed” so long as she did — however in actuality, she has a clearer motive:
“When you’re in it … I’m like ‘I can do this. I can handle so much. I can control my actions. I can control my reactions. I can do this and I can reach this person and I can get through.’ And it becomes a little bit of your ego that gets in the way.”
So unhappy… She actually held on to the hope that they might work issues out till the very finish. Or extra particularly that she might work issues out.
Regarding their youngsters, River Rose and Remington Alexander, Kelly additionally stated she doesn’t wish to make the identical errors with Brandon as her mother and father did after they acquired divorced:
“If I’m being completely honest, we don’t want to do what we saw done.”
But the 41-year-old songstress stated in the end she needed to make a “selfish” resolution — as a result of she couldn’t “handle” being trapped within the marriage she describes as “limiting” any longer:
“You start never thinking about yourself and that’s honestly sometimes, to be selfish for me was very important because I’m never, I’m rarely selfish. It’s been beaten into me since childhood to have a servant’s heart. It’s very hard to take that and go, ‘I need this.’”
In the tip, although, the Stronger singer maintains leaving the 46-year-old govt was one of the best resolution she might’ve made:
“I can say that after [the divorce], I’m a far better mother. Because I think when you’re honest with yourself you’re able to be honest with others.”
It’s good to listen to she’s doing so a lot better now! Sometimes the hardest choices are one of the best ones you can also make.
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