Not Simply Brandon! Look Again at Kelly Clarkson’s A-Record Relationship Historical past

Romance rewind! Kelly Clarkson saved her love life comparatively non-public earlier than her relationship with Brandon Blackstock.

The “Miss Unbiased” singer, who rose to fame after profitable American Idol‘s debut season in 2002, hasn’t spoken a lot about her courting life earlier than marrying Blackstock — even when she was rumored to be romancing From Justin to Kelly costar Justin Guarini within the early 2000s.

It wasn’t till 2015 that Clarkson confirmed that she and the season 1 American Idol runner-up had a short fling early on of their careers.

“I feel any two individuals who had been thrown collectively that a lot, I imply man, woman, you set [on] ‘Timeless,’ that music from From Justin to Kelly, you’ll be able to’t combat it,” the Texas native stated throughout an look on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen on the time.

Guarini, for his half, denied in 2012 that something romantic occurred between the musicians.

“Yeah, there was a rumor, positively. We’ve simply all the time been such good mates,” he informed Yahoo Music on the time. “Um, man, it was bizarre. She was like my sister on the present, after which you realize, we made a film collectively. … I’d say, we had fun. Yeah.”

The Georgia native later backed up Clarkson’s recollection of their relationship, telling Pennsylvania concertgoers in February 2014 that the twosome had been briefly romantic whereas filming 2003’s From Justin to Kelly.

Clarkson’s outlook on love, nevertheless, seemingly shifted as soon as she met Blackstock, whom she wed in 2013 after two years of courting. The “Piece by Piece” singer began to turn out to be extra vocal about her relationships, telling Ryan Seacrest in October 2012 that she knew Reba McEntire‘s former stepson was The One the second they met.

“We had been simply in a room collectively, after which he got here up and stated he was from the identical hometown as me and I used to be like, ‘Oh, we’re so getting married,’” Clarkson informed the radio host throughout an interview for KIIS-FM, noting that Blackstock was in a relationship when she was launched to him. “I used to be in order that woman. When he turned single, I used to be on the prowl.”

The Grammy winner, who shares daughter River and son Remington with the expertise supervisor, added: “When you lastly fall in love with somebody and you’re so comfy with them, it makes you extra comfy in your pores and skin. It makes you comfy as an artist and it makes you extra assured. I’m fully head over heels for him, he is aware of that.”

Nonetheless, the duo’s romance didn’t final, with Clarkson submitting for divorce in June 2020.

Scroll right down to see all the males the “Behind These Hazel Eyes” singer’s been linked to through the years: