
Kelly Clarkson’s divorce is likely at the forefront of her mind right now, as she prepares to release her new album Chemistry. While she has promised the album won’t be all about heartbreak, the newest single “i hate love” kind of speaks for itself in that regard, so it’s probably not the most surprising thing that the talk show host is reflecting on possible red flags that she missed. Her joke on a recently aired episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show went viral, when she said Brandon Blackstock didn't give her a “push present” after the birth of their two children, but it left me wondering just how common this practice is.
Kelly Clarkson had apparently never heard of a push present — in which a mother is given a gift after having their baby. Her guests on the episode, Pink’s husband Carey Hart and Nick Jonas’ wife Priyanka Chopra, had to explain the whole concept to the host, leading Clarkson to lament: