On June 4, ET confirmed that Kelly Clarkson has filed for divorce from her husband, Brandon Blackstock. After being married for seven years and having two kids, they ended their relationship. With the Kelly Clarkson divorce hitting the headlines, let us take a look at how their love story started.
Who is Kelly Clarkson's Husband?
In 2006, the host of "The Kelly Clarkson Show" on NBC was rehearsing before the American Country Music Awards. The future dad of Kelly Clarkson's kids, Brandon Blackstock, walked by and changed everything. At that time, the singer's manager was Narvel Blackstock, who is Brandon's dad.
Talking about fate, the 38-year-old singer's mentor was Brandon's stepmom, Reba McEntire. Even though she had butterflies in her stomach, Clarkson did not act on her feelings right away. Brandon was still together with his now ex Melissa Ashworth during that time.
Before the Kelly Clarkson divorce: here's their love story
The two met again in 2012 during the "Super Bowl," where Clarkson sang the national anthem. Blake Sheldon performed "America the Beautiful," and his manager was Brandon.
Clarkson told SiriusXM in 2017 that she was nervous at that time because she wanted to impress Brandon. At first, Brandon thought that Clarkson hated him. Eventually, they had their first date on the day Whitney Houston died. She told Cosmopolitan in 2013 that she felt like their love story had a bad omen because it happened on the day one of her superhero idols died.
Clarkson and Blackstock move in together
In November 2012, Ellen DeGeneres congratulated Clarkson for her engagement after hearing rumors. The singer denied the speculations and said that their love story is getting there, but Brandon has not proposed to her yet.
The following month, the mom-of-two tweeted that she is engaged. Even her soon to be mother-in-law was thrilled about the good news. McEntire told Katie Couric on her talk show "Katie" that she and Clarkson have been buddies for many years.
She said that after they met in 2002, they toured and went on vacations together. She is excited to have her as a daughter-in-law.
Kelly and Brandon tie the knot
In October 2013, Clarkson and Brandon got married at Blackberry Farms in Tennessee. The singer became a stepmom to Savannah, 17, and Seth, 11.
Kelly Clarkson's kids
On June 12, 2014, Clarkson gave birth to their first child River Rose. She tweeted that both she and her husband are on cloud nine.
During a concert in August 2015, she announced her second pregnancy. She was singing "Piece By Piece," and she paused midway to inform her fans about the good news.
On April 24, 2016, they welcomed their son, Remington "Remy" Alexander.
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Kelly Clarkson had another memorable experience with the song "Piece By Piece." While she was singing the song in April 2019, her husband surprised her on stage, which brought her into tears.
Brandon was strumming the guitar from behind, and it took her a second before realizing he was there. She had to stop singing to introduce to her fans her husband before continuing with the song.
Even though they had a beautiful love story, sadly it came to an end.
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