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"Reba McEntire wants to make sure that Kelly Clarkson&amp;apos;s wedding to her stepson Brandon Blackstock is a family affair - but admits that she wouldn&amp;apos;t be surprised if the two decided to elope.\r\nShortly after Clarkson, 30, announced her engagement via Twitter Dec. 15, she and Blackstock, 36, called McEntire and her husband Narvel.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We were having our Malibu Country cast Christmas party at our house here in L.A. and Narvel got the call from Brandon during dinner and he said, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;ll call you right back,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; McEntire told Us of the momentous occasion. &amp;quot;And then we got upstairs and each got on the phone and got to talk to both of them.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;[Clarkson] said a while back, &amp;apos;Don&amp;apos;t be surprised if we elope!&amp;apos; And I said, &amp;apos;I will not be surprised!&amp;apos;&amp;quot; she continued.\r\n\r\nMcEntire herself married husband Narvel Blackstone, Brandon&amp;apos;s father, back in 1989, and admitted that even back then she wasn&amp;apos;t a gal to hanker for a large wedding.\r\n&amp;quot;That was never my deal and I don&amp;apos;t know that that&amp;apos;s Kelly&amp;apos;s either,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve had two weddings and they were both very small. Very few people. They really weren&amp;apos;t even weddings. We had a preacher there, but that&amp;apos;s it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday, McEntire and Clarkson took part in the Grammy Awards&amp;apos; &amp;quot;The World Is Listening&amp;quot; artist interview series, and the marriage topic naturally came up.\r\n&amp;quot;@kelly_clarkson And speaking of the engagement, since you are going to be my daughter-in-law, I&amp;apos;m singing at the wedding, right??&amp;quot; McEntire tweeted.\r\n&amp;quot;@reba Obviously! My request is &amp;quot;Let&amp;apos;s Get It On&amp;quot; by Al Green. That&amp;apos;s not awkward, right?&amp;quot; Clarkson joked back.\r\n&amp;quot;@kelly_clarkson We may have to talk about that one later...&amp;quot; McEntire said.\r\n\r\nThis isn&amp;apos;t the first time Clarkson has joked about having a secret wedding, however.\r\nWhile chatting with Ellen DeGeneres in November, the former American Idol singer warned that she and Blackstock might buck tradition.\r\n&amp;quot;Honestly, I&amp;apos;ve never been the girl to plan a wedding,&amp;quot; she told the talk show host at the time. &amp;quot;We will totally, probably elope.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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