Kelly Clarkson looks like she got her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock a gift for Christmas:
Some great shade.
In promotion of her album “When Christmas Comes Around… Again” on Wednesday, the first-time American Idol winner posted an “official album visual” via YouTube.
This video featured four socks hanging over a fireplace.
Two of the socks feature the names of the artist and Blackstock’s children — daughter River, 10, and son Remington, 8 — while another read “Mom.”
So far, so good and normal, right?
The fourth, as you can see below, is printed with the word “No”.
Not very subtle, is it?
For those who need a refresher, Clarkson and Blackstock were married for seven years before parting ways in 2020.
When their divorce was finalized in 2022, the singer received primary custody of their two children.
Things got really bad at various points, however, because Blackstock also served as his then-wife’s manager under Narvel Blackstock’s father’s company, Starstruck Management Group.
Shortly after the talk show host filed for divorce, Starstruck sued Clarkson for alleged unpaid royalties and an apparent breach of her agreement.
The singer fought back, eventually winning a $2.6 million legal judgment against her ex in 2023 after a California labor commissioner ruled he exceeded his managerial role when securing four of her business deals.
In short, according to Clarkson, her ex-husband stole her.
Earlier this year, Clarkson filed a new lawsuit … accusing Blackstock and his father’s company of violating state labor rules. In May, the exes quietly settled that lawsuit.
Clarkson has gone after Blackstock in similar passive aggressive ways in the past.
During an appearance on her self-titled talk show in March 2023, for example, Clarkson changed the lyrics to Gayle’s “ABCDEFU” to seemingly refer to Brandon and his dad.
“Forget about you and your daddy and the fact that you got half of it / And my broken heart, turn that shit into art,” she sang.
Relatedly, Clarkson hasn’t been out in public since her split from the talent manager … and her kids like it that way, she previously said.
“They bring it up all the time: ‘Please, we don’t want you to be with anyone else,'” Clarkson told KSOT 103.5 listeners in November. “They’re young, so it’s hard to imagine their mom with anyone other than their dad.” .
