If you\u2019ve been engrossed in the entertainment world, chances are that you\u2019ve been keeping your eyes glued to the 2025 Emmys<\/a>. While everyone is focused on who will win the most: Severance or White Lotus, many fans focused on something else: Reba McEntire<\/a> just made her first outing after the death of her ex-stepson, Brandon Blackstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n As many may not know, McEntire used to be married to Narvel Blackstock, Brandon\u2019s father, but they divorced in 2015. However, they all remained close, and even said Brandon and his siblings were her \u201cblood,\u201d per Entertainment Tonight<\/a> in 2021. He tragically passed away on August 7, 2025, from skin cancer, and weeks later, McEntire stepped out into the spotlight..<\/p>\n More from SheKnows<\/strong><\/p>\n In case you missed it, McEntire attended the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards<\/a> alongside her longtime love, Rex Linn. (And per EOnline<\/a>, they\u2019re actually engaged now!) You can see the photos below:<\/p>\n Rex Linn, Reba McEntire at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n Rex Linn, Reba McEntire at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n As you can see, she\u2019s come out with her longtime partner, celebrating her fellow actors, and looking great doing it. And as we said, it\u2019s been a little over a month since Brandon\u2019s death, and this marks a big moment for her to come out.<\/p>\n Toward the end of Brandon\u2019s life, McEntire \u201cspent more time with the Blackstock crew,\u201d per Us Weekly.<\/a> \u201cThey really came together<\/a>,\u201d said a source.\u00a0And now, it seems she\u2019s working hard to get back out there!<\/p>\n Before you go, click here<\/a> to see the most shocking Emmy awards moments in primetime history.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Julia Louis-DReyfus<\/p>\n Best of SheKnows<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for SheKnows’ Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019ve been engrossed in the entertainment world, chances are that you\u2019ve been keeping your eyes glued to the 2025 Emmys. While everyone is focused on who will win the most: Severance or White Lotus, many fans focused on something else: Reba McEntire just made her first outing after the death of her ex-stepson, Brandon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2022364,"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":[25173],"tags":[371882,331269,346671,42840,364657],"class_list":["post-2022363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-77th-primetime-emmy-awards","tag-brandon-blackstock","tag-primetime-emmy-awards","tag-reba-mcentire","tag-rex-linn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reba-McEntire-Steps-Out-for-the-First-Time-After-Brandon.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022363","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=2022363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span><\/div>\n
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