Kelly Clarkson's return to the Las Vegas stage was definitely a memorable night time.
The Kelly Clarkson Present host, 43, commemorated her return to her Studio Periods residency on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, November 7, by serving to two separate {couples} rejoice relationship milestones. Viral footage revealed Clarkson's response when one fan popped the query to his boyfriend within the entrance row.
“Say, ‘sure,' bitch,” Clarkson playfully demanded.
As soon as the couple had been formally engaged, it was time for them to seal the cope with a kiss in entrance of a whole enviornment stuffed with witnesses.
“That's so candy,” Clarkson beamed because the newly-engaged couple embraced.
As the group cheered, the couple, who had been visiting from London, assured Clarkson that she'd undoubtedly bagged a marriage invite. Clarkson then slyly warned the duo to “ignore [her next] track” and give attention to their engagement.
“Simply keep on this second, dangle on the market, you recognize what I'm saying? Possibly go to the toilet,” she joked. “I don't wanna poo in your parade.”
The surprises continued later within the present when Clarkson helped one other couple rejoice their tenth wedding ceremony anniversary, in accordance with a TikTok video.
“You made it a decade? F*** yeah, have a look at that,” she quipped.
Clarkson even agreed to supervise an unofficial dedication ceremony for the couple, teasing; “If Blake Shelton can do that, any f***ing particular person can do that, they'll let anybody do it.”
Kelly Clarkson in July 2025. Denise Truscello/Getty Photos for Stay Nation Las Vegas
(Shelton has officiated a number of weddings, together with Clarkson's former father-in-law Narvel Blackstock tying the knot along with his spouse, Laura Stroud, in 2024.)
“Do you each promise to maintain dancing by way of life collectively — that is wonderful! — offbeat or not, for not less than one other 10 years?” she requested, earlier than revising her prediction: “F*** that — [how about] 50, 60? Goal excessive!”
Friday night time's Kelly Clarkson: Studio Periods live performance marked her first look in Las Vegas since she initially postponed the residency in August. On the time, she defined that her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock was experiencing well being points.
“Sadly, I must postpone the rest of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas,” Clarkson introduced on August 6. “Whereas I usually maintain my private life personal, this previous 12 months, my kids's father has been ailing and at this second, I must be absolutely current for them.”
The next day, a household spokesperson confirmed to Us Weekly that Blackstock had died at age 48 following a three-year battle with most cancers. (Clarkson and Blackstock had been married from 2013 to 2022 and shared two kids: River Rose, 11, and Remy, 9. Blackstock was additionally a father to Savannah, 23, and Seth, 18, whom he shared along with his first spouse, Melissa Ashworth.)
“It's with nice disappointment that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away. Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household,” a rep for the household instructed Us. “We thanks in your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household's privateness throughout this very tough time.”
The three-time Grammy Award winner has but to remark publicly about Blackstock's demise, although a supply instructed Us in August that her essential focus was on her kids.
“It has been draining, exhausting, emotional [and] devastating,” the insider famous. “A giant a part of it was making her schedule accessible for transporting the kids to go to Brandon, and all the feelings that got here with this tough time.”
Clarkson paused all work as she helped her two kids grieve their father's demise. Ultimately, the American Idol winner returned to her Kelly Clarkson Present set in New York Metropolis for the season 7 premiere on September 29 — and finally confirmed on Monday, November 3, that she was resuming her Las Vegas residency, as nicely.
