{"id":3912,"date":"2025-08-18T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:40:09","slug":"kelly-clarkson-once-revealed-the-words-brandon-blackstock-told-her-that-still-haunt-fans-today-it-wasnt-during-a-fight-it-wasnt-on-stage-it-was-in-a-quiet-moment-when-kelly-clarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3912","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Once Revealed the Words Brandon Blackstock Told Her That Still Haunt Fans Today. It wasn\u2019t during a fight. It wasn\u2019t on stage. It was in a quiet moment when Kelly Clarkson\u2019s then-husband, Brandon Blackstock, looked at her and said she wasn\u2019t \u201csexy enough\u201d to belong on The Voice. And the rest even worse&#8230; Full story below \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson will never forget the day her then-husband and manager, Brandon Blackstock, allegedly told her she wasn\u2019t \u201csexy\u201d enough to sit in a red chair on The Voice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gb-image-262e73e1 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countrythangdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kelly-Clarkson-Once-Revealed-Brandon-Blackstock-Told-Her-She-Wasnt-Sexy-Enough-to-Be-on-The-Voice.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson passionately performs on stage in a black sequined gown, recalling past remarks from then-husband Brandon Blackstock that she wasn\u2019t \u201csexy\u201d enough for 'The Voice.'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.countrythangdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kelly-Clarkson-Once-Revealed-Brandon-Blackstock-Told-Her-She-Wasnt-Sexy-Enough-to-Be-on-The-Voice.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/>In testimony to a California labor commissioner, Clarkson claimed she had been eyeing a spot as a coach on the hit NBC show for years, only to have Blackstock repeatedly shut her down. According to her, he said the network wanted a \u201csex symbol type\u201d like Rihanna, someone \u201csexy\u201d and, in his words, \u201csomeone that was black\u201d to fulfill diversity requirements. He allegedly told her she was \u201ctoo similar\u201d to Blake Shelton, who was already a fixture on the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ7iUSLhODR\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com&amp;rp=%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Flong-before-their-divorce-made-headlines-kelly-clarkson-quietly-shared-a-moment-that-still-stings-fans-today-in-a-rare-confession-she-revealed-that-her-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-once#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1782.2999999523163%2C%22ls%22%3A1245.5999999642372%2C%22le%22%3A1757.8999999761581%7D\" height=\"1131\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Clarkson, the comment stung in a way she could never forget. \u201cA wife doesn\u2019t forget a time she gets told she\u2019s not a sex symbol, so that stays,\u201d she told her lawyer during the hearing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>The exchange was part of a larger, bitter legal battle between the former couple that erupted after their messy 2020 split. Blackstock wasn\u2019t just her husband, he was also her manager, which complicated everything when the marriage unraveled. The California labor commissioner later ruled that Blackstock had overstepped his role by unlawfully booking deals for Clarkson that only licensed agents are allowed to negotiate. One of those deals was The Voice gig itself, for which Clarkson said she had been kept in the dark until after NBC made an offer.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling ordered Blackstock to repay Clarkson $2.64 million, including nearly $2 million tied to The Voice contract and additional commissions from deals with Wayfair, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and the Billboard Music Awards. The commissioner\u2019s decision also noted that Blackstock\u2019s account of events \u201cchanged several times\u201d and that he was \u201cnot a credible witness\u201d on nearly every issue. Blackstock has appealed the decision.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5_WpXngmq7\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com&amp;rp=%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Flong-before-their-divorce-made-headlines-kelly-clarkson-quietly-shared-a-moment-that-still-stings-fans-today-in-a-rare-confession-she-revealed-that-her-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-once#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1785.3999999761581%2C%22ls%22%3A1245.5999999642372%2C%22le%22%3A1757.8999999761581%7D\" height=\"870\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his alleged comments, Clarkson joined The Voice as a coach in 2018, stayed through 2021, and later returned in 2023. She balanced her time on the show with hosting The Kelly Clarkson Show, all while navigating the fallout from her divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson and Blackstock were married for nearly seven years before she filed for divorce in June 2020. The split turned into a high-profile court battle over their Montana ranch, custody of their two children, River Rose, now 9, and Remington, now 7, and financial support. The final settlement in 2022 required Clarkson to pay $45,000 a month in child support and $115,000 a month in spousal support until January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>When that last payment was made, a source close to Clarkson said she felt \u201crelieved\u201d and ready for a \u201cfresh start.\u201d The timing of her financial freedom came just before the labor commissioner\u2019s ruling in her favor, which added a final sting to an already complicated history.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s any poetic justice here, it\u2019s that Clarkson got to prove her doubters, including her ex, wrong on a national stage. Not only did she land The Voice job despite being told she wasn\u2019t \u201csexy\u201d enough, but she also thrived in it, becoming a fan favorite and holding her own alongside Shelton and other heavyweights.<\/p>\n<p>She might not fit some outdated Hollywood idea of a \u201csex symbol,\u201d but Clarkson has built a career and a legacy on talent, grit, and authenticity. And judging by her wins in both courtrooms and on stage, she\u2019s doing just fine without anyone else\u2019s definition of sexy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson will never forget the day her then-husband and manager, Brandon Blackstock, allegedly told her she wasn\u2019t \u201csexy\u201d enough to sit in a red chair on&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}