Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock were once one of Hollywood’s most high-profile couples, but their marriage came to an end in 2020 after nearly seven years together. The Grammy winner filed for divorce in Los Angeles on June 4 of that year, citing irreconcilable differences. The former couple shared two children — daughter River Rose and son Remington Alexander— and maintained a co-parenting relationship in the years that followed.
Scroll through their relationship timeline to look back at their sweetest moments, from their whirlwind romance to their divorce.
Let’s rewind to 2012, when Kelly announced her engagement on social media. Brandon popped the question in December of that year and Kelly celebrated with a sweet tribute to her then future husband on Twitter. “I’m engaged! I wanted y’all to know!” she tweeted at the time. “Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever.”
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock at the Grammy Awards. (Photo credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)
In 2013, the couple was more love than ever. Kelly’s then-fiance accompanied her to Barack Obama’s Inaugural Ball in January, before they tied the knot 10 months later. Kelly and Brandon said “I do” in October, and she took to Twitter to announce the good news. “I’m officially Mrs. Blackstock,” she tweeted at the time. She revealed that they wed at Blackberry Farms in Tennessee, calling the venue, “the most beautiful place ever!”
Following their stunning nuptials, Kelly and Brandon didn’t waste any time trying for baby. Just one month after their wedding, Kelly announced in November 2013 that she was expecting her first child.
