‘We Simply Look Like ‘A–holes’

Whereas recording Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast, the singer — who shares daughter River, 10, and son Remington “Remy”, 8, with ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock — expressed her frustration over how her youngsters’ faculties have performances throughout the day, leading to her sadly typically having to overlook them.

“I am not gonna lie. I do not know when the college techniques thought it will be plan for households and their emotional stability to start out having performances at 10 a.m. throughout the week,” started Clarkson, 42.

“This simply in, loads of us work. And shocking you with it, like, not supplying you with an advance so you’ll be able to at the least let you know work, ‘Hey, I’ll want this morning off,'” The Kelly Clarkson Present host continued.

“Plenty of jobs would not allow you to do this anyway, however even when you’re, like, the boss and you’ll have that management, our children do not perceive,” she added. “And we simply appear like assholes after we’re not not there.”

Clarkson mentioned her youngsters will query her absence when she misses a efficiency, noting how their classmates’ moms attended the occasion.

“Then [the kids] go, ‘Why was this mother there?’ After which it’s important to say, ‘As a result of that child acquired a greater mother,'” she joked.

Whereas discussing the subject throughout the episode, Clarkson and Kelce, 33, identified how there seems to be a double commonplace after they cannot present up for his or her youngsters versus when their youngsters’s fathers are unable to be there.

Kelce — who shares three daughters and is anticipating her fourth with husband Jason Kelce — recalled how her oldest youngster referred to as her out for “leaving” them to journey to New York Metropolis for work, however appeared to not be bothered when her dad needed to journey weekly for NFL video games throughout soccer season.

“[She said], ‘You are leaving since you do not love me?'” Kelce mentioned, including that she informed her daughter a number of the benefits and alternatives they’ve obtained from having two working mother and father.

“I mentioned to her, ‘Are you aware after we discuss — throughout soccer season — Dad travels as soon as every week? … ‘Does Dad need to depart?’ And he or she’s like, ‘No.’ And I am like, ‘Do you assume Mother desires to depart for work?’ And he or she’s like, ‘Effectively, I simply assume you might say no.'”

Clarkson identified this distinction.

“Is not it humorous, although, how totally different it’s? As a result of even from a younger age, like, we did not educate them [that] … simply innately … He is allowed to be someplace, however you are not? That’s actual fascinating,” she mentioned, earlier than showing to offer a sarcastic remark about co-parenting with Blackstock.

Clarkson mentioned, “It’s humorous. It is taught although … it is simply in there.”

“There’s a lot that I preserve in … as a result of co-parenting is enjoyable,” she added with amusing.

“It is like, ‘Oh, he could not come due to this [thing],'” she continued, “and I am like, ‘OK, cool. Do you assume I simply go away and simply sit within the park all day?'”

Each Kelce and Clarkson mentioned they’re going to educate their youngsters that ladies additionally work, not simply males.

“Ladies and males work, and it is OK,” Clarkson shared. “And also you’re gonna be high-quality. Like I used to be a latchkey child, nobody was there, and I turned out all proper — type of.”

Clarkson and Blackson break up in 2020 after six years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in 2022 following authorized battles.

In the meantime, throughout her look on Kelce’s podcast, Clarkson seemed to be rocking a makeup-free look, which viewers applauded within the feedback part of the social media preview clip.

“Not JUST Kelly clarkson. However KELLY. no make-up. Baseball cap. Montana ranch KELLY,” a fan wrote, whereas one other added, “Kelly with no make up – how nice is that ! Thanks for being regular in so some ways with the celebrity you may have.”

Nevertheless, it seems that many followers weren’t pleased with Clarkson’s tackle being upset about youngsters’ performances happening throughout the day. The feedback part was flooded with customers expressing their frustrations with Clarkson’s remarks, with many mentioning that if the performances have been to be after college hours, academics must keep late.

“Sure, it is inconvenient. However 10 a.m. = throughout college day= throughout WORKING HOURS for the adults operating these packages in your littles. Academics don’t obtain additional time pay for additional time work,” a consumer wrote.

“Oh, so academics take time away from their households to go to high school within the night after they’re not getting paid? Gotcha,” a second fan mentioned.

‘”This take is just not it….. help academics,” one other commented, whereas one other mentioned, “if faculties did this after 6 pm individuals complain. Do it throughout the day. They complain. Academics actually cant win.”