As someone who has been reading about celebrity divorces for most of my adult life, can I just say? Kelly Clarkson’s divorce has been downright fascinating. Kelly clearly has the public on her side, she’s basically America’s sweetheart and we all want good things for her. If Kelly wanted to, she could go to People Magazine and tell ALL about Brandon Blackstock and what he did to her, how much money he took from her, and what a fraud he is. But she hasn’t done that – instead, we’ve only learned of his behavior through legal filings in their divorce case, and through bits and pieces of gossip-reporting.
Last year, Kelly’s prenup was finally validated, which means that Kelly will most likely get to “keep” the majority of her assets. The court also confirmed that Kelly “owns” the $17.75 million Montana ranch which they bought during their marriage, but in a recent agreement, Kelly did agree to “give” Brandon 5.12% ownership of the ranch (roughly $908K). This is basically because Brandon is declaring squatters’ rights on the property and the court said she couldn’t evict him. So this is the deal they worked out on that particular piece of real estate. Now sources tell Us Weekly that Kelly is prepared to go to trial over everything else:
Standing her ground. Kelly Clarkson is prepared to fight for what she wants in her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, an insider exclusively reveals to Us Weekly.
“She is devoting 100 percent of any free time she has preparing for the trial,” the source says of the Grammy winner, 39. “When not filming her talk show, she is hunkered down with [attorney] Laura Wasser.”
The “Breakaway” singer was declared legally single in September 2021, but she and the talent manager, 45, are still hammering out the details of their split. The Kelly Clarkson Show host initially filed for divorce in June 2020, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The former spouses, who tied the knot in October 2013, share daughter River, 7, and son Remington, 5. Clarkson and Blackstock agreed on a custody arrangement in November 2020, but the insider tells Us that the financial aspects of the divorce aren’t likely to be settled so smoothly.
“She will not even entertain the idea of settling with Brandon,” the source explains. “He will not get one penny from her that isn’t ordered by the judge. It’s going to be nasty.”
The duo have been fighting over their Montana ranch, which the American Idol winner initially wanted to sell. Blackstock previously testified that he wanted to leave the entertainment industry behind and become a full-time rancher, claiming that he needed the ranch for his business. In August 2021, a judge ruled that the Texas native would be responsible for the monthly costs of maintaining the ranch. If he failed to keep up with the payments, then the “Miss Independent” singer would be allowed to try to sell it.
Earlier this month, the Voice coach agreed to give her ex-husband a 5.12 percent share of the Montana property, equaling $908,800 of its total $17,750,000 value. A trial over the rest of their property is scheduled to begin early next month.
LOL at “Blackstock previously testified that he wanted to leave the entertainment industry behind and become a full-time rancher.” First of all, he doesn’t have a place in the entertainment industry anymore. As soon as Kelly exposed him as a massive fraud, his clients (like Blake Shelton) left him. And he doesn’t actually want to be a rancher – he wants the $17 million ranch as some kind of ransom. He wants the money. What a piece of sh-t he is. As for the trial… again, the court already validated Kelly’s prenup, so the trial is just about what’s left of Clarkson’s assets, and how Blackstock really won’t get that much.
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Is this a union that started while he was married,as i dont seem to hear it anymore maybe i am getting my couples mixed up. If its true they did a good job of scrubbing that story.
I vaguely remember her saying he was married when they first met, but they didn’t get together until after he split from his first wife. Of course, maybe that’s what he told her at the time, who knows with this shady dude.
They met years before his divorce, she’s friends with his ex step mother, Reba McEntire.
Cc to all women: get that tight Kelly prenup.
This guy is such a loser.
It sounds to me like a way for him to get $900,000. If he’s responsible for the maintenance of the ranch and he can’t pay, then Kelly can sell it and he’ll get 5.12% of the proceeds.
I know people love to make fun of us Texas women. Hells bells, I make fun of us. But here’s the thing ( and I guess blackstock may get a small win here and there, but he’s fixing to learn the hard way…)
Don’t.Piss.Us.Off.
When we’re done, we are done and so are you.
West Texas woman here. Do not push us to the edge. Ask either of my ex-husbands to verify. Or as Zsa Zsa Gabor said, “I’m a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep the house.”
Seriously, I hope she’s able to get loose from that fool and find her happiness.
I feel so sad for her to have to deal with this. His eyes look – shifty. Untrustworthy.
Don’t know how they started but my advice to nobody who asked 😆 – from observing absolutely devastating divorces in my family and social circle: 1)Never marry quickly. 2)Never marry someone who you wouldn’t “want” to divorce.
On the latter point: (Nobody wants divorce when they marry but it’s important to think how the partner would react if you were separating. Would they be fair? Are they fair minded to others (NOT you) now? Do try to see how entitled they are now and how they act when don’t get their way or to people they don’t need something from). Just my random words of wisdom
Your advice is so true – huge red flags get overlooked because women think they can ‘fix’ someone, that they are ‘different’ with them.
My philosophy before I commit myself to any relationship is always have a parachute handy and know the location of all the exits. Not saying marriage can’t be a perfect union, I’m just saying humans are fallible, especially myself.
Holy expensive ranch! It must be a ton of valuable property, because I just looked it up, the cabin seems quite small and normal.
I hope she wins all of their battles, and he and his father have to pay her back whatever they stole from her.
Did it say how much land the ranch is? That could be why it’s valued at $17mn.
I wonder if she’ll keep singing piece by piece
I know the guy sounds like a loser, but I am slightly troubled that a pre-nup could deprive the poorer spouse of ANY rights to a home that was purchased during their marriage. If Montana was NOT a “nofault” divorce state, then I can see the argument, as he would be the “at fault” spouse. But Montana is no-fault divorce, so whether one spouse is a lowlife shouldn’t matter. In *this particular case,* we think it’s a good result. But what troubles me is that the principle would apply even when the wealthier spouse is the husband (which is the majority of cases) and the husband treated his poorer wife like cr@p or cheated on her. One good outcome doesn’t make up for the many, many other bad outcomes that this type of law would result in.
Douche bag, I hope he gets absolutely nothing/what is exactly in the prenup. I don’t get why people get upset when what you signed is what you get? Like you signed it and if you felt it was unfair than address than, yes you may not know about a big influx of money but when that happens bring it up as our income has increased can we talk about the prenup?
Squatters rights? I thought that was only an aberration in NYC. I’d take a wrecking ball to the place before giving in to that!
🤮🤬🤬👹👹.