In an emotional clip, Sterling K. Brown explained why he chose to stop going by his middle name — and made tears well up behind Kelly Clarkson’s hazel eyes.

In the video, posted to the YouTube page of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Sterling and Kelly took an emotional journey together, sparked by the actor’s decision to start being referred to Kelby, his middle name, instead of Sterling.

During the interview, Kelly shared that it was a sentiment she understood all too well, as her son, Remington Alexander Blackstock, had done something similar to her.

“My son did this, at a red carpet,” she said, adding that an interviewer had asked her son his name at the Grammys.

Sterling K. Brown and Kelly Clarkson on the set of "The Kelly Clarkson Show."

The Since U Been Gone singer revealed that her son opted to use his middle name as his last name........

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