Kelly Clarkson Hurls Clear Shade at Ex-Husband in New Music Teaser

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” by way of YouTube.

This video featured 4 stockings hanging over a hearth.

Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson attend the twenty fifth Annual Critics’ Selection Awards at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Photos)

Two of the stockings depict the names of the artist and Blackstock’s children — daughter River, 10, and son Remington, 8 — whereas one other learn, “Mom.”

To date, so good and regular, proper?

The fourth, as you may see under, is printed with the phrase “Nope.”

Not very refined, is it?

(Kelly Clarkson/YouTube)

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 main custody of their two kids.

Issues bought fairly ugly at numerous factors, although, as a result of Blackstock additionally served as his then-wife’s supervisor underneath his dad Narvel Blackstock’s firm, Starstruck Administration Group.

Shortly after the discuss 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 in opposition to her ex in 2023 after a California labor commissioner dominated that he had overstepped his managerial position when securing 4 of her enterprise offers.

In brief, in line with Clarkson, her former husband stole from her.

Earlier this yr, Clarkson filed a brand new case… accusing Blackstock and his father’s agency of violating state labor guidelines. In Might, the exes quietly settled this lawsuit.

Kelly Clarkson, Remington Alexander Blackstock, and Brandon Blackstock attend STX Movies World Premiere of “UglyDolls” at Regal Cinemas L.A. Reside on April 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Emma McIntyre/Getty Photos)

Clarkson has gone after Blackstock in equally passive aggressive methods earlier than.

Throughout a efficiency on her self-titled discuss 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 fact that you got half / And my broken heart, turn that shit into art,” she sang.

Relatedly, Clarkson has not dated publicly since splitting from the expertise supervisor … and her kids prefer it that means, she stated beforehand.

“They constantly bring it up: ‘Please, we don’t want you to be with anybody else,’” Clarkson informed KSOT 103.5 listeners in November. “They’re young, so it’s hard to picture their mom with someone else other than their dad.”