Kelly Clarkson Reveals Her Mom Trick to Getting Her Son to Brush His Teeth

Kelly Clarkson and Jessica Biel are sharing a mates of parenting tricks.

During nan Thursday, May 29, episode of Clarkson’s eponymous daytime talk show, nan 2 mothers swapped parenting tips. While Biel, 43, confessed that she sometimes eats successful nan ablution to prevention time, Clarkson, besides 43, revealed a akin extremity she gave to her son, Remington "Remy" Alexander, 9.

Clarkson shares Remy and girl River Rose, 10, pinch ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. Meanwhile, Biel shares sons Silas, 10, and Phineas, 4, pinch hubby Justin Timberlake.

“So I person a boy and a girl. And my boy and I person a existent difficult time,” Clarkson began, earlier interrupting herself to say, “He's gonna dislike maine saying this, I don't care, because possibly it'll shame him into doing it.”

She yet revealed, “But he conscionable refuses to brushwood his teeth.” 

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“It's for illustration a thing, and truthful finally, I was like, ‘Hey, let's make a nosy point of it.’ So I was successful nan shower, I'm like, ‘Just return your toothbrush and your toothpaste successful nan shower. You tin beryllium messy. You tin do whatever,’ ” she recalled.

“So that works," nan Grammy victor continued. "So now he's brushing his teeth, if you request help,” she said, earlier nan assemblage gave Clarkson a information of applause.

“I don’t cognize what it's astir boys. They don't wanna brush,” Clarkson said. “My woman is ever like, ‘Oh yeah, of course, I did that.’ Like I'm an idiot that I asked her.”

“And past my son, he's conscionable like, ‘Yeah, I wholly did.’ And I'm like, ‘You're lying. Let maine smell your breath.’ ” Biel past chimed successful to agree, “Yeah, no, for sure.”

Clarkson has featured her children connected nan show and often talks to her guests astir them. In March 2025, she honored her motherhood travel by celebrating nan 1,000th section of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

A montage of clips from times they appeared connected nan show complete nan years played astatine nan extremity of nan episode, making Clarkson emotional.

"River and Remy, I emotion you truthful much. I'm truthful proud of you both," she said. "They're conscionable fearless and very bold. They're much for illustration maine arsenic an adult, not what I was for illustration arsenic a child, truthful they talk a batch too. You are what I'm liking today, my small ones, and each time I emotion them truthful much."