In the summer of 2020, pop star and original "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson filed for divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock, whom she married in 2013. The end of the celebrity couple's marriage wasn't exactly amicable at first, and Clarkson hasn't been shy about taking shady swipes at her ex-husband in the intervening years either. Likewise, although their split was technically finalized in 2022, that's not where the story ends, as Clarkson and Blackstock's messy divorce ended up being the prelude to another nasty legal battle between them.
Clarkson returned to divorce court in 2023, and she was ultimately awarded $2.6 million in November of that year. More specifically, Blackstock was ordered to pay Clarkson that substantial amount in order to reimburse his ex-wife for mone