Kelly Clarkson appears to slam ex-husband Brandon Blackstock by changing the lyrics to song
Kelly Clarkson appeared to stab her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock during a performance Thursday on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The 40-year-old American Idol winner was performing a cover of Gayle’s song abcdefu when she debuted new lyrics that seemed to reference her recent divorce drama.
The singer’s fans couldn’t miss the changes as they came up right at the beginning of the song, as she pointed out. too fabulous.
“Forget about you and your father and the fact that you’re half and my heart is broken, turn that shit into art,” she sang, which seemed to reference both Blackstock and her father, who Clarkson is currently suing.
Compare that to Gayle’s original lyric: “Fuck you, your mother, your sister, your job, your broken-down car, and that shit you call art.”
Changing: Kelly Clarkson, 40, appeared to change the lyrics of a song Thursday on The Kelly Clarkson Show, possibly as a jab at ex-husband Brandon Blackstock
While singing Gayle’s abcdefu, she sang: ‘Forget about you and your father and the fact that you’re half and my broken heart, turn that shit into art’; seen with Blackstock in January 2020
Kelly kept the rest of the performance low-key, and seemed to stick to the standard lyrics for the rest of the duration.
She was dressed casually but comfortably in a plaid dress and a cozy black cardigan.
His relationship with Blackstock began in 2012. The two already had a connection, as he was the son of his former manager Narvel Blackstock, who was married to Reba McEntire at the time, although they would divorce in 2015.
Kelly and Brandon married in October 2013 on a farm in Tennessee and developed business entanglements, as he served as her manager throughout their marriage.
They then welcomed two children: eight-year-old daughter River Rose and six-year-old son Remington.
But in June 2020, Clarkson filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, and the divorce was finalized last year.
During an appearance in June of last year on the graphic showThe hitmaker admitted that the tumultuous divorce affected her music and made it difficult for her to record or release new material.
The divorce led to a brutal custody fight between the exes, with Clarkson ultimately securing primary custody.
Family affair: He seemed to be referencing both his ex and his father, whom he is currently suing.
Family: Clarkson married Blackstock in 2013 and filed for divorce in 2020. They share two children: River Rose, eight, and Remington, six; seen in 2019 with (from left to right) Seth, Savannah, River Rose and Remington Blackstock
The couple were reportedly forced to part ways after significantly clashing while in lockdown in the early days of the still-raging coronavirus pandemic.
Clarkson was originally ordered to pay her estranged husband $200,000 per month in support.
Then, she had another setback in September 2020, when Starstruck Management Group, the company run by Narvel Blackstock, Brandon’s father, sued her for $1.4 million in allegedly unpaid compensation.
But the Since U Been Gone singer countersued two months later, accusing the company of violating the California Labor Code.
He accused the company of “seeking, offering, promising or attempting to obtain employment or engagements” without having a license.
She seeks not to pay the management company, as well as to recover the money she had previously paid to the organization.
Earlier this month, during an appearance at the Angie Martinez IRL PodcastClarkson delved into how difficult her divorce has been for her young children.
She explained that she tries to keep up with how her children feel about living with her.
Tension: The couple have reportedly been forced to separate after significantly clashing while in lockdown in the early days of the still-raging coronavirus pandemic.
Ouch: Earlier this month, during an appearance on Angie Martinez’s IRL podcast, Kelly admitted that her kids also complain about not living with both parents under the same roof.
“I literally ask my kids every night when we’re snuggling up, ‘Are you happy? And if you’re not, what could make you happier?'” she revealed.
She continued: “Sometimes they’ll say, especially in the last two years, and it kills me and I want them to be honest, so I never say, ‘Oh God, don’t tell me that,’ but a lot of times it would be like, ‘You know, I’m very sad. I wish mom and dad were in the same house.”
She added that she was trying to raise her children to always be honest, both with her and with others.
She noted that it’s not hard for her to understand how they feel about the split, since she too is “from a divorced family.”