{"id":2108499,"date":"2025-10-22T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2108499"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:00:28","slug":"reba-mcentire-reminisces-on-raising-precious-brandon-blackstock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/reba-mcentire-reminisces-on-raising-precious-brandon-blackstock\/","title":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire reminisces on raising &#8216;precious&#8217; Brandon Blackstock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Reba McEntire is remembering her late stepson, Brandon Blackstock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy relationship with my stepson, Brandon Blackstock, was precious,\u201d the singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/reba-mcentire-shares-what-late-stepson-brandon-blackstock-was-really-like-at-home-exclusive-11834030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People<\/a> on Tuesday, following Blackstock\u2019s <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\/\">death from cancer<\/a> in August at the age of 48. \u201cI absolutely loved that child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEntire, 70, shared that she started dating Brandon\u2019s father, Narvel Blackstock, when Brandon was just 4 years old. They tied the knot in 1989 but eventually <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/03\/04\/reba-mcentire-was-blindsided-by-divorce\/\">called it quits in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Reba McEntire reminisced about her late stepson in a new interview. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Blackstock died of skin cancer in August 2025. He was 48. <span class=\"credit\">@savannahb_lee\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen Narvel and I got married, he was 13, 14,\u201d McEntire remembered, adding that she was an active participant in Brandon\u2019s upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with his mom and dad, I helped raise him, along with [Narvel\u2019s other kids] Shawna and Chassidy. They were my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEntire and Narvel, 69, went on to have one child together, son Shelby, now 35.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The country singer first met Brandon when he was 4 and she was dating his dad, Narvel Blackstock. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McEntire helped raise Brandon and his siblings when she married Narvel. <span class=\"credit\">Larry Busacca\/ACM2015<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Voice\u201d coach called Brandon a \u201cfunny\u201d kid who loved to \u201cpull pranks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loved to scare people,\u201d she shared, including Narvel\u2019s employees at Starstruck Entertainment, where he would hide behind a pillar to give someone a scare.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon also loved to prank his family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ever parked your car in front of the house at a family dinner, you better take your keys,\u201d McEntire explained. \u201cOr he would take that car and drive it all the way around to the greenhouse, and you\u2019d have to walk in the dark and go get your car.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe Voice\u201d coach remembered Brandon as a \u201cfunny\u201d kid who loved to pull pranks. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brandon was married to Kelly Clarkson from 2013 to 2022. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McEntire also told People that \u201cBrandon is sorely missed, truly missed with his mischievousness and his love of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brought joy to everybody that met him, and we\u2019ll never forget him,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon shared two children \u2014 Savannah, 23, and Seth, 18 \u2014 with his first wife, Melissa Ashworth, whom he was married to from 2001 to 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He later said \u201cI do\u201d to Kelly Clarkson. They tied the knot in 2013 and went on to welcome<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/15\/celebrity-news\/reba-mcentire-gives-update-on-kelly-clarksons-kids-after-dad-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\"> two children<\/a>: River, 11, and Remy, 9.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/08\/kelly-clarkson-and-brandon-blackstock-reach-divorce-settlement\/\">filed for divorce in 2020<\/a> after seven years of marriage and a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/27\/parents\/kelly-clarkson-shades-ex-brandon-blackstock-over-co-parenting\/\">contentious custody battle<\/a>, but still remained close to McEntire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple shared two children, along with Blackstock\u2019s children from a former marriage. <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A statement following his death revealed that Brandon had been battling cancer for three years. <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Page Six reported earlier this year, Brandon died after a private, years-long battle with melanoma.<\/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 in a statement following his death.<\/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<\/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>Reba McEntire is remembering her late stepson, Brandon Blackstock. \u201cMy relationship with my stepson, Brandon Blackstock, was precious,\u201d the singer told People on Tuesday, following Blackstock\u2019s death from cancer in August at the age of 48. \u201cI absolutely loved that child.\u201d McEntire, 70, shared that she started dating Brandon\u2019s father, Narvel Blackstock, when Brandon was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2108500,"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":[331269,22062,22530,22507,42840,312122],"class_list":["post-2108499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-brandon-blackstock","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-kelly-clarkson","tag-parents","tag-reba-mcentire","tag-skin-cancer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Reba-McEntire-reminisces-on-raising-precious-Brandon-Blackstock.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108499","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=2108499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108501,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108499\/revisions\/2108501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2108500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}