"You don't have to be the smartest kid in the class. "My big thing with anybody that surrounds my children, whether it be teachers, nannies, people I work with, anyone around them, I'm like, 'Don't let them get away with being unkind or unlovely,'" she explained. The proud momma went on to say that the top three things she wants to instill in her kids are also the most important to know in life: Be kind, be loving, and be respectful. "They're so cool and it's such a blessing and responsibility to be able to help mold these little creatures, but at the same time, oh girl, they can be demons." "They're just so important," she explained. "It's so funny because they can be, and they are, the most magical little beings and I feel super blessed," Clarkson said, adding that she "never even wanted children, so this was a different path than I thought my life would be." Now, she "can't imagine" life without her little ones. She was granted primary custody of both children in November 2020. In addition to her creative outlet, she also has her kids: daughter River Rose, 7 and Remington "Remy" Alexander, 5. That's how I figure out what’s happening, and man, not having that, I don't know how I would have done that." "I'm so happy I have writing and I'm so happy that I have music because that's my outlet. "I'm not one of those people to poo-poo on what was because what was is what got me here," she explained. (Photo by: Greg Gayne/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) And I don't have that need."įrom co-hosting The Voice and leading The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly Clarkson has been through a lot - and now she says she doesn't regret a thing. I think we're engineered, especially where I'm from, to have to have that. In relationships, it's hard to be as creative as I can because I wear my heart on my sleeve. "Like, I really do enjoy my work, my kids, my creative self, that sometimes I got stifled. "I've already had people be like, 'Let me know when you wanna date,' and it's like, you know what? I don't think you have to have someone with you all the time," she explains. These days, however, she's following her own advice and paying attention to red flags, and that includes within herself. You don't recognize things in yourself," said Clarkson, whose "horrible" divorce from estranged husband, Brandon Blackstock, was finalized in August.Įven though she's been "divorced for a minute but separated for well over a year," Clarkson says people are obsessed with setting her up. " are not only for other people, but also yourself. Instead, she settled for When Christmas Comes Around, her ninth studio album which was released in October. In fact, she's missed so many red flags in her past relationships she jokes that she almost called her latest album Red Flag Collector.
But also, I feel like that's what shapes you and it's what makes you a better person, and what makes you recognize, OK, I missed those red flags." "Even the unfortunate things that happen in your life, or hard things, because we can do hard things. (Photo by: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Kelly Clarkson is reflecting on parenting and life after divorce.