From pop princess, to rock-n-roll diva, to country queen, Clarkson can quite literally do it all.
Here’s a look at the stunning transformation of the original American Idol.
“I think [that has] helped me wrap my head around [fame].”
Another thing that’s helped Clarkson is her faith in a higher power.
“I’ve always grown up pretty close to church and with God,” shesaid in 2004.
“He’s the only One I can lean on.”
It was really great, but really hard," Clarkson explained.
And the star is in a much better place today.
After all, the woman who inspired her to pursue a musical career is now hermother-in-law!
It’s a small world, after all.
She credits Alanis Morissette for making her a better writer
Every artist has their influences.
“Anything fromJagged Little Pillby Alanis Morrisette.”
But this gal isn’t one to follow the rules.
“I was not allowed to listen to Alanis Morissette; I did anyway.
It was kind of that forbidden fruit for me as a kid,” she toldEntertainment Weekly.
“It was so dirty and raw!
It made me a better writer.
It made me a better singer.”
“I was one of those dumb people that was like, ‘Where do I sign?’
“It could’ve ended very poorly.”
Luckily for Clarkson, her run on the singing competition ended in the best way possible.
From Justin to Kelly to… embarrassment?
“I just want it to go away,” Clarkson said about the flick in a 2015TIMEinterview.
The one good thing to come out of “From Justin to Kelly?”
Clarkson’shighlighted, layered bobthat gave us total early 2000s hair envy!
“People are probably going to be like, ‘What happened to you?'”
Clarkson joked to MTV about"Never Again,“an angsty single from her 2007 album.
“There’s more ‘me’ on this record,” she told MTV of “My December.”
“I had more hold on the reins because I wrote the entire thing.”
In June 2014, Clarkson gave birth to the couple’s first child together, daughter River Rose.
Nearly two years later in April 2016, the couple welcomed son Remington Alexander to the family.
What didn’t kill her made her stronger
Body shamers, begone!
“I’m still fing awesome.”
Though society may associate skinniness with happiness, Clarkson sees it the other way around.
“People think, ‘Oh, there’s something wrong with her.
She’s putting on weight,” Clarkson told the magazine.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, no!
I’m sorry, but that represents happiness in my emotional world.
For me, when I’m skinny is usually when I’m not doing well.”
All jokes aside, Clarkson dished to “Extra” the real reason for her dramatic 37-pound weight loss.
“I’m not on medicine anymore because of this book,” Clarkson gushed.
Instead, Clarkson joined the judges’ panel on the hit NBC series, “The Voice.”
Clarkson’s reasoning was simple (and totally understandable) she wanted to be with her family.
Shortly after “The Kelly Clarkson Show” premiered, Clarkson made areturn visitto DeGeneres’ talk show.
“Because why not?”
“I don’t know, you gotta matter ‘til you don’t, people!
And I love talking!”
Months later on June 4, shefiled for divorce, listing the date of separation as “TBD.”
However, the financial aspects of the divorce had yet to be fully hammered out.
One major point of contention was their Montana ranch, where Blackstock had been living.
She was also ordered to pay him $115,000 monthly in spousal support until January 2024.
The following month, a judge granted her request to officially become Kelly Brianne.
It’s a change that many of her fans are likely unaware of.
To clear things up, Clarkson explained all in a subsequent interview withPeople.
“I just got divorced, so I had to drop my married last name,” she said.
“I just kept my middle name for my personal life.
I’m still Kelly Clarkson.”
“I don’t think I can change Clarkson at this point,” she said.
“I’m 20 years in!”
Clarkson sued Blackstock, alleging he’d illegally overstepped the boundaries of his position as manager.
As a result, a California labor commissioner ruled in Clarkson’s favor.
During her testimony, Clarkson was asked how she remembered that specific conversation.
“I think Alex Duda’s a monster,” one former staffer told the magazine.
Meanwhile, those same staffers had nothing but praise for Clarkson.
“Kelly is fantastic.
But Kelly has no clue how unhappy her staff is.”
To improve the situation, she announced that she and the show’s senior staff would undertake leadership training.
“I never wanted to live there in the first place.”
“I think I really needed the change.”
“My kids are thriving here,” she said of her new home in Manhattan.
“We’re just doing so much better, and we needed a fresh start.”
However, Clarkson admitted that she approached the move with no shortage of trepidation.
“I genuinely love it, and I love that my kids love it,” she added.
Online, fans speculated she’d shed weight with the assistance of the pharmaceutical drug Ozempic.
“Walking in the city is quite the workout,” she explained in an interview withPeople.
“I eat a healthy mix.
I’m a Texas girl, so I like meat sorry, vegetarians in the world!”
“Do I have a boyfriend?
I love being single,” she said, viaPeople.
That’s hard to start over.”
“I never wanted to get married the first time,” she said.
But I’ve never been that person.”
She also elaborated on why she wasn’t eager to begin dating.
It’s so awkward," she said.
I’m really good right now, I’m having a good time."
