Kelly Clarkson Files Court Docs to Drop Her Famous Last Name
Kelly Clarkson filed court docs this week to simply go by Kelly Brianne. Brianne had previously been her middle name, but now it’s getting an upgrade to last name status.
According to TMZ, the court docs reveal Kelly said it’s more fitting of who she is now.
While Kelly was married to her now ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, for seven years her legal last name had been Blackstock, although she professionally remained Clarkson.
Clarkson has an famously tumultuous relationship with her father, Stephen Michael Clarkson, although it is not confirmed that is why she is dropping her last name.
Kelly’s 2015 ballad, “Piece by Piece,” is partially about her father’s neglect during her childhood.
GALLERY: Ten Interesting Facts About Kelly Clarkson
Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s.
Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.
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