The year 2020 has been a big and tough year for most of us. If someone tells you they actually had a good year this year, I would be a little bit suspicious of them.
Even America's sweetheart, Kelly Clarkson, has been having a rough year. Sure, she's got her successful music career and her part on two separate hit TV shows (The Voice and The Kelly Clarkson Show), but she's also been going through a very public divorce that's been getting pretty messy in recent weeks.
After shooting to fame by winning the very first season of American Idol, Kelly has been a legendary singer as well as a beloved TV personality on shows like The Voice and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The two had met in 2006, with Kelly claiming at the time, "“This guy walks by, making everybody laugh. I said, ‘I’m gonna end up with him. I know it.'"
The couple share two children together: six-year-old River and four-year-old Remington.
At the time, Kelly cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split. Since then, things have gotten a little messy.
"There are so many hard parts. The hardest for me is the kids," Kelly went on to say. "I think, as women especially, we're trained to take it all on and deal with it and you're fine. But it's your babies that you worry about."
A source has told People that Brandon has requested $436,000 a month in spousal and child support, on top of requesting Kelly also foot the bill for all legal expenses during the divorce proceedings.
Things have also gotten a little tense between the couple due to a court case between Kelly and Starstruck Management which is run by Brandon's father, Narvel Blackstock.
Startstruck alleges that Kelly will owe an additional $5.4 million by the end of the year on top of what she has already paid and what she allegedly owes.
However, it looks like Kelly is now firing back.
The documents state that Starstruck is “demanding unconscionable fees and compensation” for "illegal services" that "acted in conflict of interest" of Kelly's own interest.
Kelly is also alleging Brandon and Narvel acted as agents without being licensed to do so in the State of California.
That petition claimed that, because Starstruck Management had been "procuring, offering, promising, or attempting to procure employment or engagements" for her without first obtaining a talent agency license, all agreements between them must be "declared void and unenforceable."
The petition says that Kelly is "entitled to a full and complete accounting" from Starstruck of all money they received "directly or indirectly" from all contracts, employment, or engagements pertaining to her in any way, and that money should be returned to her in full.
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