Kelly Clarkson.Photo:Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
Kelly Clarksonrevealed for the first time that she used anti-depressants to help her get through her divorce fromBrandon Blackstock.
“I was on Lexapro for like, I think two months,” Clarkson told Rogers, 33, and Yang, 32. “My thing was, I just can’t smile anymore for America right now. I’m not happy and I need help … and it was honest to God, the greatest decision ever. I wouldn’t have made it [without it].”
Kelly Clarkson in June 2023.Noam Galai/Getty
Noam Galai/Getty
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Clarkson and Blackstock, 46, married in 2013. The “Breakaway” singer filed for divorce in 2020, and thedivorce was finalized in March 2022. The two share daughterRiver Rose, 9, and sonRemington “Remy” Alexander, 7. Their relationship is the main inspiration for her new album,Chemistry.
During another recent podcast appearance, Clarkson said her children are only interested in her music so they can sing curse words.
“[I] don’t really listen to my stuff around [my kids],“Clarkson told Audacy Check-In podcast host Mike Adam. “So even my other stuff, I guess they were listening to my music with somebody else because my daughter asked to hear ‘Whole Lotta Woman’ and I was like, ‘How do you know that song?’ "
“But she wanted to say ‘ass’ really. She was like, ‘Can I sing ‘ass?’ And I was like, ‘Only with me.’ I was like, ‘You can’t do this anywhere else,’ " Clarkson added. “So anyway they don’t really, we don’t jam to me, we listen to a lot ofHarry Stylesand Aurora.”
Kelly Clarkson in March 2023.John Salangsang/Shutterstock
John Salangsang/Shutterstock
“I don’t even remember why or how it happened, but I was like, ‘Hey, I didn’t just diminish us down to one [thing],’ " she explained. “You know what I’m saying? It’s all in there, the ride. The beauty is in there, as well. Now there’s a lot of pain, but that’s what happens for all of us.”
“It’s very personal. And I’ve always released personal music — I think I’m that kind of writer in general, everybody knows that,” she later explained about her new music. “I think when you have kids — you both have kids, too — you kind of debate, ‘What am I going to do here?’ So I was very selective about the songs I picked for the album.”
source: people.com
