Kelly Clarkson Says Her Ex-husband Has Been Ill, Postpones August Concerts In Las Vegas

Kelly Clarkson shared that she is postponing nan remainder of her “Studio Session” concerts successful Las Vegas for August arsenic her family faces a difficult chapter.

In an Instagram station shared Wednesday, Aug. 6, nan vocalist said that she was postponing nan August shows truthful that she could support her children arsenic their begetter and Clarkson’s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock has been unwell.

“While I usually support my individual life private, this past year, my children’s begetter has been sick and astatine this moment, I request to beryllium afloat coming for them,” she wrote connected Instagram.

Clarkson and Blackstock divorced successful March 2022, 2 years aft announcing their separation. The couple shares 2 children: girl River Rose, who was calved successful 2014, and boy Remington Alexander, calved successful 2016. Clarkson lives pinch her children successful New York City, wherever she besides hosts her daytime talk show, “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”

The vocalist seemingly addressed her ex-husband done her euphony a number of times, some connected her 2023 songs “Mine” and “Me” and her talk show erstwhile she revised nan lyrics to Olivia Rodrigo’s opus “abcdefu” during 1 of nan host’s 2023 performances.

“Forget you and your dada / And nan truth you sewage half and my surgery bosom / Turned that (expletive) into art,” she sang astatine nan time, which seemed to beryllium a reference to her divorce settlement successful which she had to rumor a one-time costs of complete $1 cardinal to her ex-husband, on pinch monthly spousal support (until Jan. 31, 2024) and kid support payments that amounted to complete $160K.

In an question and reply pinch Apple Music’s Zane Lowe successful June 2023, nan Grammy victor said nan split, successful nan end, was “freeing.”

“It’s incredibly sad, and it’s a acheronian spot — fetal position connected nan level crying — and there’s truthful overmuch nonaccomplishment pinch that, and I ne'er knowledgeable condolences for illustration that,” she said.

“We sewage to fto each different go. This is not working. This is not going to cookware out, and it’s not moving for either of us.”

Clarkson made headlines earlier this twelvemonth for her absences from her talk show. From precocious February done March, she stepped distant occasionally. During that time, impermanent hosts including Simu Liu, Roy Wood Jr. and moreover TODAY’s Willie Geist filled in.