Kelly Clarkson’s kids want her to be Miss Independent for as long as possible.
Although the “Breakaway” singer explained she’s “enjoying being single” for the time being, she also admitted that her kids River, 10, and Remington, 8—whom she shares with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock—are not keen on her diving back into the dating scene.
“They constantly bring it up, ‘Please, we don’t want you with anybody else,’” Kelly said during a Nov. 15 appearance on KOST 103.5. “They’re young, it’s hard to picture their mom with someone else other than their dad.”
And while Kelly—who filed for divorce from Brandon in 2020 after seven years of marriage—noted that she is currently doing single “real well,” she expressed that she won’t be following her children’s wishes when it comes to her dating life.
As she put it, “I have expressed like, ‘Hey, I love you guys but Mommy needs lovings too.’”
Still, the Kelly Clarkson Show host emphasized that she is not looking for anything serious at the moment.
“I’ve got a lot on my plate,” she explained before describing her current dating life. “I’m a magnet for people who are really all-in right off the bat. It’s not that I’m the type to go and kiss a bunch of people, I just don’t—I’m very noncommittal at the moment.”
As for why Kelly isn’t considering anything more than a fling? For one, she’s more focused on motherhood.
“I’m seeing my kids grow real fast, and it’s going by real fast,” she gushed. “I’m happy for them because I enjoy all the stages. I love hanging with my littles ones. They’re so funny and they’re so cool and they’re only going to want me around for so long because they’re my kids and I know they’re going to be like me and be like, ‘Bye!’ Which I’m cool with, but I want to enjoy it for as long as I can.”
And while Kelly isn’t letting her kids run the ship when it comes to her potential future romances, they will always be her first priority.
“It's not hard for me to be vulnerable as a person,” she previously told E! News. “But when it involves other people's lives, that's when it's hard. You have to navigate that line of ‘Wait, is that OK?’ or ‘Can I talk about my kid with this?’”
She continued, “There’s certain things I'll talk about and certain things I won't.”