Days after shocking her fans by filing for divorce from her husband of nearly seven years, Kelly Clarkson brought them to tears with an emotional yet powerful performance.
The Sun reported that Clarkson marked the anniversary of Juneteenth, the day slavery ended in the United States, by singing the classic Etta James breakup song “I’d Rather Go Blind.” Clarkson sang the song on her talk show, saying that she chose this tune in particular because she wanted to feature a prominent Black artist in honor of the holiday.
Fans immediately noticed that Clarkson looked devastated as she sang the sad song.
“I would rather go blind boy, than to see you, walk away from me child,” she sang. “So you see, I love you so much. That I don’t want to watch you leave me baby. Most of all, I just don’t, I just don’t want to be free no.”
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Video of Clarkson’s performance quickly went viral, touching the hearts of fans all over the world.
“Oh. Now I understand what you’re going through. It sucks,” one fan commented, with another adding, “This totally broke my heart for her but when kelly sings soul it makes wanna live one more day.”
“Damn guuurl. That made me cry. I felt that one. Love you Kelly,” a third user wrote, with a fourth commenting, “Honestly I feel her speaking through her music. I can’t imagine why she’s getting divorced. I feel so devastated for her but at the same time empowered too. She’s amazing.”
This came after Clarkson filed for divorce from Brandon Blackstock, who she was married to for almost seven years.
“Kelly and Brandon had been having problems for several months and had been making an effort to work things out,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “They both hoped quarantining away from LA in Montana would help them work things out in their marriage, but instead the change in environment was actually detrimental.
“The constant time together seemed to make an already challenging situation worse,” the insider added. “This recent downtime gave her the time she needed to think about her life and her marriage.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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