Kelly Clarkson spoke about the challenges of being a co-parent during a chat with Khloe Kardashian this week.
During her talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly, 38, called her situation with distant husband Brandon Blackstock, whom she parted with last year, ‘difficult’.
“You talk about being a parent, and I’m doing it too now,” she told Khloe, 36, who shares her two-year-old daughter True with her boyfriend Tristan Thompson.
‘We’re in different places’: Kelly Clarkson admitted that being a family man with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock is ‘difficult’
‘It is hard. … I know that with me and Brandon, it is a difficult thing because we are in different places, and it is like, we both agree on the main things, but it is difficult when you are not together all the time, for me personally. ‘
The singer shares River Rose, six, and her son Remington Alexander, four with the talent manager.
Kelly later added that she and Brandon always ‘focus’ on their children. “As long as you are sure it is about children and their best interests, we will both be involved,” she said.
As Kelly moves on with her co-parenting with Brandon, the legal comings and goings between the ex-couple are becoming increasingly tense.
Mother’s conversation: Kelly spoke to Khloe Kardashian on her talk show this week
‘It is hard. … I know that with me and Brandon, it’s a difficult thing because we’re in different places, and it’s like, we both agree on the main things, but it’s difficult when you guys aren’t together all the time, for me personally. ‘
Kelly later added that she and Brandon always ‘focus’ on their children. “As long as you’re sure it’s about children and their best interests, then we’ll both be on board,” she said.
Family ties: Clarkson shares daughter River Rose and son Remington Alexander with ex
Last month, the American Idol alumnus’ legal team responded to Blacksock’s denial, he and his father defrauded Clarkson by millions.
Clarkson and Blackstock have been fighting a legal war against each other since October, when Kelly’s ex Father-in-law Narvel Blackstock filed a lawsuit alleging that she still owed them $ 1.5 million in commissions and $ 4 million of her salary for judging The Voice.
Kelly responded with a counter-action, claiming that her contract with the Blackstocks and their company Starstuck Entertainment should be canceled and she should be reimbursed for all previous fees because they were providing ‘illegal services’ under the California Talent Agency Act to work without a license and not act in your client’s ‘best interest’.
“We maintain our allegations that Starstruck violated the Talent Agencies Act, despite its negative clichés, and we look forward to hearing the case before the Labor Commissioner in August,” Clarkson’s team shared in a statement to Entertainment Tonight.
Maintaining her position: Last month, Kelly doubled charges that her ex-husband defrauded her by millions during her time as manager
Blackstock totally denied Clarkson’s allegations in the November files with the California Labor Commission that surfaced online on Tuesday.
He contested allegations that he and his father cheated the artist by adding exorbitant fees to the accounts of his company, Starstruck Entertainment.
But Brandon’s lawyers, Bryan J. Freedman and Jesse A. Kaplan, argued that they are not subject to the California Talent Agencies Act because they do not do their job at the Golden State.
Kelly’s lawyer, Edwin McPherson, believes the American Idol alumnus is entitled to all the money, as well as other “things of value” that Brandon received while acting as your agent.
The Blackstocks’ legal representation further alleged any alleged violations that there is a one-year statute of limitations in the Talent Agencies Act, meaning that even if Clarkson could prove her charges, her lawyers could argue that she can only claim commissions paid within the year before its deposit in October 2020.
Blackstock is asking that Clarkson’s petition be rejected and that she pay her attorney’s fees.
Clarkson and Blackstock have waged a legal war against each other since October, when Kelly’s former father-in-law, Narvel Blackstock, filed a lawsuit claiming that she still owed them $ 1.5 million in commissions and $ 4 million in your paycheck for judging The Voice
The legal battle is just the latest development amid Kelly’s continued divorce from Brandon.
After seven years of marriage and two children together, the couple separated in the summer of 2020.
Kelly married Brandon at Blackberry Farm, Tennessee, in 2013, and together they welcomed daughter River Rose, six, and son Remington Alexander, four.
Kelly has since received primary physical custody of her two children.
The judge’s decision on custody led Blackstock to file additional legal documents asking for $ 436,000 a month in Clarkson’s aid payments.
He is asking for $ 301,000 in child support and $ 135,000 in child support, according to TMZ.
He also asked his future ex-wife to cover $ 2 million in attorney fees.
Kelly responded with a counter-action, claiming that her contract with the Blackstocks and their company Starstuck Entertainment should be canceled and she should be reimbursed for all previous fees because they were providing ‘illegal services’ under the California Talent Agency Act to work without a license and stop acting in your client’s “best interest”
Happier times: Clarkson with Brandon, their two children and the children of a previous marriage in April 2019