In a giant abcdefu to her ex-husband, Kelly Clarkson changed key lyrics of Gayle’s song to seemingly deliver a melodic slap in the face to Brandon Blackstock.
On a recent episode of Clarkson’s The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Stronger singer, 40, added her own twist to abcdefu‘s chorus, in a move many are interpreting to have been inspired by her tumultous split from Blackstock, 46.
“Forget you and your dad/ And the fact that you got half,” Clarkson sang. “And my broken heart/ Turned that shit into art.”
Watch the video above.
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Gayle, meanwhile, originally sings in her hit tune: ”F–k you and your mum/ And your sister and you job / And your broke-ass car/ And that s–t you call art.”
In June 2020, Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock after seven years of marriage.
Following an intense two-year-long legal battle over the former couple’s assets, Clarkson and Blackstock’s divorce was settled in March 2022.
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Clarkson agreed to make a one-time payment of $US1.3 million (approx. $1.9 million) to Blackstock, and he also receives $US46,000 (approx. $68,800) a month in child support and $US115,000 (approx. $172,000) a month in spousal support, which will expire in January 2024.
The former couple share two children – River Rose, eight, and Remington Alexander, six – whom Clarkson got primary custody over.
The singer and Blackstock, a talent manager, also fought over their ranch in Montana, which Clarkson was ultimately awarded.
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Blackstock, however, could live in the mansion temporarily if he paid Clarkson $US12,500 (approx. $18,700) a month in rent.
Clarkson recently revealed her children are still “sad” over the split three years later, with the singer saying it “kills her” every time one of them say they wish their parents were living in the same house.
”I ask my kids every night when we’re snuggling and I put them to bed, ‘Are you happy? And if you’re not, what could make you happier?’,” she told Angie Martinez on her IRL podcast.
“It kills me [but] I want them to be honest so I don’t ever say, ‘Oh God, don’t tell me that,’ but a lot of times it would be like, ‘I’m just really sad’,” she said.
“They’re really honest about it. I’m raising that kind of individual.”
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