Kelly Clarkson drops rare comment about ex Brandon Blackstock
Kelly Clarkson opened up about co-parenting on the 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast
Kelly Clarkson opened up the double standards and experience of co-parenting with her former partner, Brandon Blackstock on the Not Gonna Lie podcast with Kylie Kelce.
Discussing the double standards between working moms and dads, she said, "It's funny though how different it is because even from a young age, like we didn't teach them [that]. Just innately, you're like, 'He's allowed to be somewhere, but you're not.' Like, that is real interesting."
"There's a lot that I keep in because...co-parenting is fun," she joked. "It's like, 'Oh, he couldn't come because this,' and I'm like, 'Okay, cool.' Do you think I just leave and just sit in the park all day?"
Previously opening up about speaking to her children about the divorce, she stated, "I think the most important thing I've learned in therapy, especially through this divorce, is 'Don't hide everything from your kids.' Obviously, don't talk about stuff that you shouldn't talk about, but it's okay if they see you cry, or it's okay if they see you've had a bad day.”
Clarkson added, "You start to feel that kind of shame, like, 'I've got to put my best foot forward as a mom because I don't want them to be affected.' But then you allow your kids to express empathy, and they learn how to say, 'Oh, man, I'm sorry you had a hard day.'"
