Three years after a headline-making divorce, Kelly Clarkson is in no rush to find a new relationship.
The three-time Grammy winner and daytime talk show host made a rare comment about the status of her love life Sunday while performing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
“Dating can be very difficult, which is why I don’t,” she quipped to the crowd, as seen in TikTok footage of the show. “It’s hard.”
She also acknowledged the challenge of being a public figure, noting: “Add a spotlight and it’s, like, dumpster fire.”
Clarkson filed for divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock in 2020 after seven years of marriage. The former couple share daughter River Rose, 10, and son Remington Alexander, 8.
Their split, finalized in 2022, was both costly and contentious. In 2024, court documents surfaced in which Clarkson claimed Blackstock ― who also served as her manager ― had questioned whether she was “sexy” enough to appear on NBC’s “The Voice,” on which she went on to serve as a coach for nine seasons.
At the time, Blackstock allegedly told Clarkson that NBC executives were “looking for a more sex symbol type” like pop singer Rihanna.
“Well, a wife doesn’t forget a time she gets told she’s not a sex symbol, so that stays,” Clarkson told her lawyer Ed McPherson, according to the documents.
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Since her split from Blackstock, Clarkson has released a new album, 2023′s “Chemistry,” which received critical praise and two Grammy nominations. In addition to hosting her eponymous talk show, she launched an independent record label, High Road Records, earlier this year, and kicked off her latest Vegas residency this month.
And while she’s mostly steered clear of addressing specifics about her divorce in interviews, the “American Idol” veteran has said she’s been enjoying the single life.
“I was single until I was, like, 30, and I forgot how really good at that I am,” she told People last year. “I told a friend [that a potential partner] would have to be an individual that brings their own life to the table without needing anything from me. It’s far more romantic to say, ‘I want you, but I don’t need anything.’ I’m really good right now, I’m having a good time.”
