{"id":1958351,"date":"2025-08-13T17:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1958351"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:43:16","slug":"inside-brandon-blackstocks-romance-with-kelly-clarksons-ex-assistant-excl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/inside-brandon-blackstocks-romance-with-kelly-clarksons-ex-assistant-excl\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Brandon Blackstock’s Romance With Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Assistant (Excl)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brandon Blackstock\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> romance with Kelly Clarkson\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> former assistant Brittney Marie Jones<\/strong> was a \u201cbig part\u201d of his life before his death at age 48.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrandon and Brittney were in a relationship and his family was very happy and supportive,\u201d an insider exclusively tells Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cHis children spent a lot of time with her and had grown close to her.\u201d (Blackstock shared two children with ex-wife Clarkson, 43, daughter, River, 11, and son, Remington, 9. He also shared daughter Savannah, 23, and son Seth, 18, with first wife Melissa Ashworth<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Jones, whose LinkedIn profile confirms that she worked as Blackstock\u2019s and Clarkson\u2019s executive management assistant at Starstruck Entertainment in Nashville, Tennessee, from 2018 to 2020, is said to have moved states to be with Blackstock.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrittany moved to Montana to work with Brandon,\u201d the source shares. \u201cAfter leaving the entertainment industry, she worked with him to build Valley View Rodeo.\u201d (Blackstock, whose divorce from Clarkson was finalized in 2022, founded the live rodeo experience in 2023, per the business\u2019 website.)<\/p>\n

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The insider adds, \u201cBrandon was very private, especially after leaving the entertainment industry \u2014 but his family embraced his relationship with Brittney.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details of their professional relationship are also outlined on Jones\u2019 LinkedIn profile, with Jones managing the \u201cday to day artist schedule\u201d for the \u201cSince U Been Gone\u201d singer.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tBrandon Blackstock\u2019s obituary is revealing details about his private life after his divorce from Kelly Clarkson. \u201cAfter more than 20 years in the music business, Brandon found his way back to the mountains and the cowboy way of life he always wanted to live. He found a homestead and a love in Butte, Montana,\u201d the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cBrittney worked with Kelly during Kelly and Brandon\u2019s marriage, so Kelly has a lot of history with Brittney,\u201d the source explains.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 LinkedIn also includes details of her working relationship with Blackstock during her time at Starstruck, including how she \u201cmanaged [his] schedule \u2026 arranged meetings and calls\u201d for him. (Blackstock served as an artists manager at the company during his time at Starstruck.)<\/p>\n

More details into the private life of Clarkson\u2019s former manager and Blackstock, who died as a result of melanoma, a form of cancer, were disclosed in an online obituary posted by Axelson funeral and cremation services in Montana on Tuesday, August 12.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tKelly Clarkson\u2019s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, lived out his final months in peace in Montana where he felt most \u201cat home.\u201d Blackstock, who was the singer\u2019s one-time manager, purchased a $1.8 million home in Butte, Montana, just over one month after their 2022 divorce was finalized. The pair first started dating in 2012, going on to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The tribute read, \u201cBrandon, along with his beautiful and loving partner in life and business, Brittney Marie Jones, started building a life, building companies, and working tirelessly to create Headwaters Livestock Auction and what will live on as his legacy, The Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana.\u201d<\/p>\n

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