Is Kelly Clarksons new husband, Brandon Blackstock, cheating on her already?
Kelly Clarkson got married in a quickie ceremony at a remote ranch in Tennessee about six weeks ago. She announced last month that she’s pregnant, so it’s likely that it was a shotgun wedding. I don’t begrudge her that and am not a traditionalist by any means, I’m just giving some background.
Anyway Kelly has been telling everyone how happy she is, and recently gave some TMI about her sex life as a newlywed, saying they were trying for a baby “like rabbits.” She’s also called Brandon’s kids from his first marriage “her kids” in several interviews. It’s been too much, but there’s a lot of goodwill for Kelly and she seems like she’s genuinely happy and just wants to share that with the world. Hopefully that stays true for her. A new story, published in The Dirty from an anonymous source, claims that Brandon is cheating on Kelly, sort-of.
Nik, I wanted to submit this story to you because I didn’t know where else to turn. I like the idea of keeping myself anonymous, whereas any other media outlet would have jumped at publishing my name. I have a career and children to keep safe, so your site was my best option. Short and simple: Brandon has been cheating on Kelly (with me) for the past 5 months. We met at a golf club in TN and have exchanged multiple texts and hung out a few times over the last little while. Because his parents are music royalty, Brandon really thinks he is invincible and better than everyone else. I don’t even know why I’m saying any of this since my story isn’t that juicy. We haven’t slept together but we’ve been intimate in other ways. I really hope his wife keeps her eye on him because he’s not the great man that she thinks he is.
So this woman never says if she specifically had anything physical with Brandon, she’s just suggesting that more happened, and that they had a kind of “emotional affair” – if this is even true. This was an anonymous email sent to a website that probably didn’t do much fact checking. We wouldn’t either, I’m just saying that the whole thing could be made up.
Radar Online got some quotes from Brandon’s first wife, Melissa Ashworth, who says that the claims that he’s a cheater are BS. Apparently a friend of Brandon’s went on the record to claim that he cheated on his ex wife multiple times during their marriage. In her statement to Radar, Ashworth mentioned that her children from Brandon were currently with her, so that answers the question for me as to whether the mother is still in their lives. Maybe Kelly was just being loving when she referred to the kids as “hers” or maybe she was being proprietary. Either way, Brandon’s ex is staying classy. Here’s what she said:
A few months ago, the couple was faced with similar claims when Blackstock’s family friend, Jerry Reed, accused him of “running around on” Ashworth “three or four times” during their marriage. The two finalized their divorce in early 2012, months after Blackstock began dating Clarkson.
But Ashworth insists that her ex-husband has never been anything but a model partner and father, and will be the same to Clarkson and their child.
“This is ridiculous … this silliness,” Ashworth tells Radar exclusively. “I have my two children [by Brandon] right here, who I love.”
She continues, “I adore Kelly and Brandon as a couple, so if I say anything it’s going to be positive.”
Blackstock and Clarkson have yet to comment on the rumors.
Clarkson, meanwhile, postponed the overseas promotional tour for her new Christmas album, “Wrapped In Red,” claiming to be “incredibly ill” from her pregnancy.
Ashworth doesn’t want to trash the father of her kids to the press and is too smart to burn that bridge. Notice that she didn’t directly answer the question, she deflected and brought up her kids. I would believe that Brandon cheated on his first wife, but whether or not he’s up to something behind Kelly’s back remains to be seen. I hope for Kelly’s sake that this story isn’t true at all. She just got married and she’s expecting her first baby. This would be so low of Brandon if it’s true.
Kelly is shown performing on 11-29 and at the AMA nominee announcements with will.i.am on 10-10. Credit: WENN.com
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