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JewelandKelly Clarksonknow a thing or two about splitting holidays with their exes as single moms.
“I’ve been divorced for seven years, so my ex keeps my son for Thanksgiving and I have him for Christmas and it’s really great,” Jewel explained of her setup with son Kase and with ex-husband Ty Murray. “But it’s a trip to get used to being alone for a holiday like that and all my family are in Alaska.”
“But it wasn’t too bad,” she said with a laugh, joking she was going to “bring the show down” with “tiny violins.”
Clarkson admitted it’s “weird” when she sends her kids —Remington Alexander, 6, andRiver Rose, 8 — to be with ex Brandon Blackstock for the holiday.
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“It was weird because you’ve always had a kid there,” Clarkson said. “And then all of the sudden, you’re alone.”
“At first, it’s weird and then you’re like, ‘OK, I can do things,’ " Clarkson said with a laugh. “It’s kind of incredible. You do get a little me-time.”
Jewel agreed, noting, “I feel like it must be good preparation for empty nest syndrome.”
“It forces me to invest and I would do things before I had a child! I suddenly seem to forget what I did. I’m alone and I’m like, ‘What did I do? I did things,’ " she continued. “But you get better at it.”
The singersweetly duetedher song “Hands” with Kase for theMasked Singer’s two-hour holiday special. The mother-son duo harmonized with one another as Jewel played her acoustic guitar. At the end of the duet, Kase gave Jewel a big hug and adorably said, “I love you, Mom.”
“Aww, honey… I love you too,” she replied.
source: people.com
