Expertise supervisor Brandon Blackstock, who’s the ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson and the previous stepson of Reba McEntire, has died. The business determine was 48 years outdated.
Blackstock’s demise was confirmed by a consultant for the household by Folks, who shared the assertion, “It’s with nice unhappiness 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. We thanks on your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household’s privateness throughout this very troublesome time.”
Clarkson hinted at Blackstock’s sickness on August 6 when she canceled a number of upcoming exhibits in Las Vegas. “Sadly, I must postpone the rest of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas,” the previous American Idol winner wrote to followers on Instagram. “Whereas I usually preserve my private life personal, this previous 12 months, my youngsters’s father has been unwell, and at this second, I have to be totally current for them.”
Narvel Blackstock, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, and Brandon Blackstock in 2015 (Michael Buckner/Getty Pictures for Celeb Struggle Night time)
As talked about above, Blackstock lived with most cancers for greater than three years, privately going via the well being ordeal till Clarkson’s assertion revealed he was going via some form of sickness. Blackstock leaves behind 4 youngsters: his daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9, with Clarkson, in addition to daughter Savannah and son Seth from his earlier marriage. Blackstock grew to become a grandfather in 2022 when his eldest, Savannah, gave beginning to a son, Lake.
Blackstock’s father, Narvel, was married to Reba McEntire from 1989 to 2015, and their son Shelby is Blackstock’s half-brother. Moreover, he leaves behind his different siblings, Shawna and Chassidy.
Together with being a expertise supervisor, Blackstock served as an government producer on Clarkson’s daytime present, The Kelly Clarkson Present, from 2019 to 2020. The pair have been married from 2013 to 2020, when Clarkson filed for divorce. The divorce raised tensions between the 2 events as a authorized battle ensued over their shared Montana ranch. Finally, Clarkson was awarded possession over the property, however misplaced a authorized battle to evict Blackstock, who had been residing there on the time.
Clarkson and Blackstock finalized their divorce in 2022, and he or she was ordered to pay him a one-time sum of $1.3 million, plus month-to-month spousal and little one assist funds. The pair have been engaged in additional authorized battles, with Blackstock being ordered to pay Clarkson $2.6 million in previous commissions for overstepping his authorized limits whereas serving as her supervisor in 2023, and in 2024 Clarkson filed a lawsuit claiming she could also be entitled to more cash, however in the end she and Blackstock withdrew their instances by Might of that 12 months.
In 2025, Clarkson’s on-and-off absences from The Kelly Clarkson Present started to fire up hypothesis about whether or not or not she was leaving this system, however based on Folks, the durations of absence stemmed from Blackstock’s sickness.