Kelly Clarkson says divorce 'rips you apart' when marriage 'doesn’t work' after 'years' of trying
foxnews.comKelly Clarkson got candid about how divorce "rips you apart" following her split from Brandon Blackstock. In a recent appearance on "Angie Martinez's IRL" podcast, the mother of two explained that her divorce "wasn't an overnight decision." "What does divorce do to you?
Because it has to shift you, right?" Martinez asked Clarkson. "It rips you apart," she replied, "whenever you fall in love with someone, and it doesn't work. "I think the thing about divorce — especially having it publicized, and people thinking they know the whole thing — the hardest part of that is, like, it wasn't an overnight decision." Diving into how she tried to make her relationship work with her husband of seven years, Clarkson said "sometimes that just doesn't happen." "Anyone that's been divorced [knows].That was years in trying to make — not make it work, 'cause I never wanted to be part of something to 'make it work,'" added Clarkson. "I wanted to make it beautiful.
I wanted to make it awesome. I wanted to make it everything it possibly could be." After a messy split, Blackstock and Clarkson finalized their divorce in March 2022 after almost seven years of marriage.
During the podcast appearance, the Grammy winner shared how the divorce has affected their two children — River, 8, and Remi, 6. "I literally ask my kids every night when we're snuggling, 'Are you happy?
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