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Kelly Clarkson has seemingly gotten ex-husband Brandon Blackstock a gift for Christmas:
Some main shade.
In promotion of her album “When Christmas Comes Around… Again” on Wednesday, the first-ever American Idol winner posted an “official album visualizer” through YouTube.
This video featured 4 stockings hanging over a fire.
Two of the stockings depict the names of the artist and Blackstock’s youngsters — daughter River, 10, and son Remington, 8 — whereas one other learn, “Mom.”
So far, so good and regular, proper?
The fourth, as you’ll be able to see under, is printed with the phrase “Nope.”
Not very refined, is it?
For these in want of a refresher, Clarkson and Blackstock had been married for seven years earlier than parting methods in 2020.
When their divorce was finalized in 2022, the singer was granted major custody of their two youngsters.
Things obtained fairly ugly at varied factors, although, as a result of Blackstock additionally served as his then-wife’s manager underneath his dad Narvel Blackstock’s firm, Starstruck Management Group.
Shortly after the speak present host filed for divorce, Starstruck sued Clarkson for alleged unpaid commissions and an obvious breach of her settlement.
The singer countersued, finally profitable a $2.6 million authorized ruling towards her ex in 2023 after a California labor commissioner dominated that he had overstepped his managerial function when securing 4 of her enterprise offers.
In quick, in keeping with Clarkson, her former husband stole from her.
Earlier this 12 months, Clarkson filed a brand new case… accusing Blackstock and his father’s agency of violating state labor guidelines. In May, the exes quietly settled this lawsuit.
Clarkson has gone after Blackstock in equally passive aggressive methods earlier than.
During a efficiency on her self-titled speak present in March 2023, for instance, Clarkson altered the lyrics of Gayle’s “ABCDEFU” to seemingly reference Brandon and his dad.
“Forget you and your dad and the truth that you bought half / And my damaged coronary heart, flip that shit into artwork,” she sang.
Relatedly, Clarkson has not dated publicly since splitting from the expertise manager … and her youngsters prefer it that means, she stated beforehand.
“They continuously deliver it up: ‘Please, we don’t need you to be with anyone else,’” Clarkson informed KSOT 103.5 listeners in November. “They’re younger, so it’s laborious to image their mother with another person apart from their dad.”
