Kelly Clarkson Says 'Ego' Kept Her in Marriage to Brandon Blackstock

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Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.During an appearance on the  podcast on Tuesday, the singer got real about the end of their marriage, and revealed what kept her from leaving for so long.«My ego… [I thought,] 'I can do this.

I can handle so much.' My ego is, '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.' It becomes a little bit of your ego that gets in the way,» Clarkson shared.A child of divorce herself, Clarkson said she didn't want to see the same thing happen to her children.

The 41-year-old daytime talk show host shares son Remington, 7, and daughter River, 8, with Blackstock, whom she divorced in 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage.«If I'm being completely honest, we don't want to do what we saw done,» she continued. «I don't want my kids to be those kids at school.»Clarkson, who was just six years old when her parents got divorced, said her children were at the forefront of her mind when making the decision to walk away from her marriage.«It's a little different — they grew up here and it's a very progressive city.

But in the South, there was, like, two of us with divorced parents in our class. So it was very different,» the «Since U Been Gone» singer said. «Even when you come down to, like, daddy-daughter dances and you don't have anyone show up.