(CNN) Kelly Clarkson says she’s done with marriage but open to finding love again and is committed to supporting her children as they adjust to their divorce.
The singer recently opened up about her split from Brandon Blackstock, the father of her two children, and the impact it has had on her family.
“I literally ask my kids every night when we’re cuddling, ‘Are you happy? And if not, what could make you happier?’” Clarkson said on The Angie Martinez IRL Podcast. “Sometimes they say, especially in the last two years, and it’s killing me and I want them to be honest, so I never say, ‘Oh god, don’t tell me that,’ but a lot of times it would be like, ‘You know , I’m just really sad. I wish mom and dad were in the same house.'”
She added: “I’m raising that type of person. I want you to be honest with me.”
Clarkson said growing up in a divorced family herself helped her better understand the feelings involved.
“I just sit there and think, ‘I see. I also come from a divorced family. I understand. That sucks,'” she said. “But we’ll make it. And you are so loved by both of us. I think communicating with them and not treating them, not treating them like adults because they’re not – but not treating them like a child. These are no small feelings. Those are huge feelings, and those are huge emotions.”
Clarkson and Blackstock split in June 2020, with the singer citing irreconcilable differences. She said that while she has no plans to remarry, she does want to find love.
“I’m not getting married,” she said. “In my life I went through a few divorces in my own family as a kid. I would like to fall in love I’d love to find someone and fall in love and do this thing, but I have kids so that’s why I’m saying this.”