{"id":1955729,"date":"2025-08-12T10:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955729"},"modified":"2025-08-12T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:56:24","slug":"brandon-blackstocks-ex-wife-melissa-ashworth-breaks-silence-on-his-death-he-fought-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brandon-blackstocks-ex-wife-melissa-ashworth-breaks-silence-on-his-death-he-fought-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Blackstock&#8217;s ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, breaks silence on his death: &#8216;He fought hard&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109497647.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brandon Blackstock\u2019s ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, has paid tribute to her late husband following his death at age 48.<\/p>\n<p>The talent manager, who was married to Ashworth from 2001 to 2012,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/07\/entertainment\/kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-dead-at-48\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died on Aug. 7<\/a>\u00a0following a yearslong private battle with melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cOn May 29, 1999 I married the man who would become the father of my children,\u201d Ashworth wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNHXYg9s3cl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Instagram<\/a> over the weekend alongside a series of photos of the pair and their two children, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/11\/entertainment\/brandon-blackstocks-son-seth-pays-tribute-to-late-dad-after-death\/\">son Seth, 18,<\/a> and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-announced-her-pregnancy-a-month-before-his-death\/\">daughter Savannah, 23,<\/a> as well as Savannah\u2019s husband, Quentin Lee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brandon Blackstock\u2019s ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, has paid tribute to her late husband following his death at age 48. <span class=\"credit\">@melissaashworthwells\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ashworth\u2019s tribute also featured a throwback photo from the pair\u2019s wedding day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">\u201cBrandon was full of charm, witt [sic], and just an absolute gentleman who happened to wear cowboy boots, wrangler jeans, and a cowboy hat.\u00a0He was by far, hands down, the best Daddy and Pa.\u00a0He loved hard and he fought hard,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">\u201cThe best thing Brandon has left for his children is they know where he is.\u00a0I\u2019ve heard it said, \u2018Nothing is lost when you know where it is\u2019 and Brandon is with Jesus his Savior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\">\u201cSavannah, Seth, and our grandchildren are the best parts of who Brandon and I are.\u00a0Thank you all for your prayers and condolences \u271d\ufe0f,\u201d Ashworth concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Following their divorce, Blackstock went on to find love with Kelly Clarkson, with whom he had daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The talent manager was married to Ashworth from 2001 to 2012. <span class=\"credit\">Melissa Ashworth Wells\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ashworth shared photos of the pair\u2019s two children, son Seth, 18, and daughter Savannah, 23, as well as Savannah\u2019s husband, Quentin Lee. <span class=\"credit\">Melissa Ashworth Wells\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo were married from 2013 until Clarkson filed for divorce in 2020. Their union\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/07\/entertainment\/kelly-clarkson-devastated-for-kids-after-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\">ended with a contentious legal battle<\/a>\u00a0that saw the pair fight over finances, custody and property.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-announced-her-pregnancy-a-month-before-his-death\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The tribute came just days after Savannah revealed that she had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-announced-her-pregnancy-a-month-before-his-death\/\">announced she was expecting her second child<\/a> just one month before her father died.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to her \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/savannahb_lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">private Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0on July 5, soon-to-be mom of two revealed the news about her impending arrival.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Following their divorce, Blackstock went on to find love with Kelly Clarkson, to whom he was married from 2013 to 2022. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Blackstock and Clarkson shared daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9. <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been keeping a couple sweet surprises,\u201d wrote Savannah, who already shares 3-year-old son, Lake, with her husband. \u201cOne little girl will be making her arrival at the beginning of January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord has been so faithful,\u201d she went on. \u201cHe\u2019s written a story we never could\u2019ve imagined, and His kindness in this season has left us in awe. He\u2019s answered prayers we never even knew how to pray.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-announced-her-pregnancy-a-month-before-his-death\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Blackstock\u2019s ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, has paid tribute to her late husband following his death at age 48. The talent manager, who was married to Ashworth from 2001 to 2012,\u00a0died on Aug. 7\u00a0following a yearslong private battle with melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer. \u201cOn May 29, 1999 I married the man who would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1955730,"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":[25174],"tags":[331269,23383,22062,49106,40151,70626,32366,21787,21741,22530,312122],"class_list":["post-1955729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-brandon-blackstock","tag-cancer","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-entertainment","tag-kelly-clarkson","tag-skin-cancer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brandon-Blackstocks-ex-wife-Melissa-Ashworth-breaks-silence-on-his-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955729","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=1955729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}