Kelly has been putting herself out there following her divorce from her husband Brandon Blackstock .KELLY Clarkson has been seemingly living her best life since divorcing her husband Brandon Blackstock.
Kelly was surrounded by successful men in the latest promo post for her daytime TV program, The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The official Instagram account for Kelly’s, 41, eponymously-named talk show shared a carousel post on Instagram filled with snaps from Friday’s episode.
In the first photo of the slide show, Kelly is pictured standing between the members of the iconic boy band New Kids on the Block while on the talk show set.
They had their arms around each other and smiled big for the camera.
“[New Kids on the Block] are taking over! Tune in today for the DEBUT performance of KIDS and fun surprises for the Blockheads,” the post was captioned.
Although the Season 1 American Idol winner seems to be effortlessly moving on from her ex-husband, she recently admitted that the split has been hard for her.
While she has not found love yet, an insider with close ties to The Kelly Clarkson Show says that may soon change.
“Kelly is just at the end of the process of rebuilding her life after her divorce, which was more complicated and drawn out than anybody expected because Brandon was so tied into the music side of Kelly’s business,” the insider shared exclusively with The U.S. Sun.
“She now has room in her life for somebody new but she really only has one route to meet that person, and that’s via getting set up, which she says she is open to if the matchmaker is somebody she trusts.
“The problem continues to be that Kelly is very tightly scheduled and lives in a bubble between her mom duties at home and her talk show’s taping schedule.”
“She’ll be much more available for dating and romance in June when her show goes on break and she has the summer to herself,” the source added.
ALREADY DONE
Kelly, who has been hosting hit talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show for almost five years, married Brandon in 2013.
She filed for divorce from the son of her former manager Narvel Blackstock and stepson of country music legend Reba McEntire in 2020, citing irreconcilable differences.
It was announced that the divorce had been finalized in March 2022.
The former couple share daughter River Rose, nine, and son Remington Alexander, seven, together.
Brandon also has two older kids – daughter Savannah, 19, and son Seth, 16 – from his previous marriage to Melissa Ashworth.
‘NOT’ DATING’
“Kelly is not actively dating right now because she’s very focused on being a mom and making her show. “There isn’t room for much else at the moment but that is changing,” the insider shared with The U.S. Sun.
“The release of Kelly’s Chemistry album last year was a big step forward for her because it was her first release in many years that Brandon wasn’t involved in at all.
“Kelly needed to take control of that process and see it through herself. “It allowed her to turn the page and make a fresh start for herself, but a new relationship hasn’t materialized yet.”
Kelly won a significant victory over her ex in November last year when she was awarded $2.6million in commissions paid to him for business deals he made as her manager.
The California Labor Commissioner ruled that Brandon, 47, had violated the state’s Talent Agencies Act with the deals, which included commissions from Kelly’s role as a coach on The Voice.
It came after she testified that Brandon had told her she didn’t have enough sex appeal to be a coach on the talent competition and that executives instead wanted “someone sexy” such as Rihanna.
Kelly eventually joined the show as a coach in 2018 for its 14th season.