{"id":1949264,"date":"2025-08-08T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949264"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:11:33","slug":"kelly-clarkson-devastated-for-kids-after-brandon-blackstocks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kelly-clarkson-devastated-for-kids-after-brandon-blackstocks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson \u2018devastated\u2019 for kids after Brandon Blackstock\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kelly Clarkson is reportedly \u201cdevastated\u201d for her children after her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she found out that he was sick, she remained protective of him for their sake,\u201d a source <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kelly-clarkson-devastated-for-kids-ex-husband-death-source-11787280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People<\/a> following Blackstock\u2019s death on Thursday, adding that the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner has \u201calways tried to keep things classy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became clear earlier this year that Brandon was not doing well,\u201d they continued. \u201cShe\u2019s been devastated for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kelly Clarkson is reportedly \u201cdevastated\u201d for her two children following Brandon Blackstock\u2019s death.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kellyclarkson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWhen she found out that he was sick, she remained protective of him for their sake,\u201d a source told People on Thursday.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kellyclarkson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Blackstock \u2014 who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/celebrity-news\/kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-dead-at-48-after-cancer\/\">died on Thursday at age 48 after battling melanoma<\/a> \u2014 and Clarkson endured a contentious divorce, finalized in 2022. They initially split in 2020 after almost seven years of marriage. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the \u201cStronger\u201d songstress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/celebrity-news\/kelly-clarkson-has-caring-for-her-ex-during-serious-illness\/\">helped care for him in his final days<\/a> \u2014 even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/entertainment\/kelly-clarkson-abruptly-cancels-las-vegas-residency-shows-for-the-second-time\/\">canceling her Las Vegas residency <\/a>for the second time on the eve of his death and<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/13\/entertainment\/kelly-clarkson-absent-from-talk-show-due-to-personal-matter\/\"> missing episodes of her eponymous talk show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been exhausting and so sad\u2026 \u201d a source exclusively told Page Six. \u201cKelly has been working so hard, as well as looking after Brandon. Despite their difficult divorce, he\u2019s still the man she loved and still her kids\u2019 father.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The source described Clarkson and Blackstock\u2019s divorce as \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d for her.  <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Polk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cStronger\u201d hitmaker   \u201calways wanted her kids to have the best relationship possible with their dad,\u201d the insider shared.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kellyclarkson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A family spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Page Six on Thursday that Blackstock \u2014 who was Clarkson\u2019s former manager and the former stepson of Reba McEntire  \u2014 had died. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,\u201d a family spokesperson told Page Six Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family\u2019s privacy during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A family spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Page Six on Thursday that Blackstock \u2014 seen here with Clarkson in 2015 \u2014 had died.  <span class=\"credit\">Michael Buckner<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The former couple married in 2013, and finalized their divorce in 2022.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kellyclarkson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following their Tennessee wedding in 2013, the former couple welcomed daughter River Rose, 11, in 2014, and son Remington, 9, in 2016.\u00a0Clarkson, 43, ultimately obtained primary custody of the children in their volatile family court battle. Blackstock also shares two older children with his first wife.<\/p>\n<p>Blackstock and the \u201cKelly Clarkson Show\u201d host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/celebrity-news\/inside-kelly-clarkson-and-brandon-blackstocks-complicated-relationship\/\">had a complicated relationship<\/a>, but the hitmaker \u2014 who remained amicable for her children \u2014 once <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/03\/15\/kelly-clarksons-kids-sad-after-brandon-blackstock-divorce\/\">admitted that she still cared for him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids ask me all the time, \u2018So you don\u2019t love him anymore?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018No, I don\u2019t know if that goes away,\u2019\u201d she said during a 2023 appearance on the \u201cAngie Martinez IRL\u201d podcast\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson is reportedly \u201cdevastated\u201d for her children after her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock\u2019s death. \u201cWhen she found out that he was sick, she remained protective of him for their sake,\u201d a source told People following Blackstock\u2019s death on Thursday, adding that the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner has \u201calways tried to keep things classy.\u201d \u201cIt became clear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1949265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[331269,30058,22062,49106,24003,22530,21800,22507,21913],"class_list":["post-1949264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-brandon-blackstock","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kelly-clarkson","tag-music","tag-parents","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kelly-Clarkson-\u2018devastated-for-kids-after-Brandon-Blackstocks-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}