Kelly Clarkson sets record straight amid claims she plans to change her name
Kelly Clarkson has set the record straight on the news that she planned to change her name. The singer had reportedly filed documents in February to legally change her name, 20 years after she first found fame on American Idol.
PHOTOS: Inside Kelly Clarkson's jaw-dropping $5.4m LA mega-mansion She has been requesting to be known legally as Kelly Brianne, her first and middle names.
US Weekly first reported the news and wrote that the mom-of-two had a "desire to go by her first and middle names" because the "new name more fully reflects who I am".WATCH: Kelly Clarkson to perform Dolly Parton tribute at 2022 Academy of Country Music AwardsHowever, the singer has now shared that the filing was because she had "just got divorced, so I had to drop my married last name"."I just kept my middle name for my personal life.
I'm still Kelly Clarkson," she revealed.READ: Kelly Clarkson shares message after finalizing divorce from Brandon BlackstockSpeaking to People, she joked: "I don't think I can change Clarkson at this point.
