{"id":2120639,"date":"2025-10-28T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2120639"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:58:30","slug":"reba-mcentire-breaks-down-over-stepson-brandon-blackstocks-death-on-the-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/reba-mcentire-breaks-down-over-stepson-brandon-blackstocks-death-on-the-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire breaks down over stepson Brandon Blackstock&#8217;s death on &#8216;The Voice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Reba McEntire broke down in tears over stepson Brandon 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\/\">recent death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Voice,\u201d the country star \u2014 who judges the singing competition show alongside Niall Horan, Michael Bubl\u00e9 and Snoop Dogg \u2014 began getting emotional after contestant\u00a0Aubrey Nicole\u00a0performed\u00a0Martina McBride\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost my oldest son because he did not win with cancer, so that was a real reminder that life goes on,\u201d McEntire said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Reba McEntire broke down in tears over stepson Brandon Blackstock\u2019s recent death. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>During Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Voice,\u201d the country star began getting emotional after contestant\u00a0Aubrey Nicole\u00a0performed\u00a0Martina McBride\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Griffin Nagel\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe sing songs about it so that we can remember the ones that we love so much and that we lean on at times like this,\u201d McEntire, 70, added.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop, born Calvin Broadus Jr., then passed the three-time Grammy winner some tissues.<\/p>\n<p>Blackstock died on Aug. 7 after a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/11\/celebrity-news\/brandon-blackstocks-official-cause-of-death-confirmed\/\">private battle with melanoma<\/a>, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. He was 48.<\/p>\n<p>The talent manager, who was previously married to Kelly Clarkson, \u201cpassed away peacefully at his home\u00a0in Butte, Mont.,\u201d Silver Bow County Coroner Dan Hollis\u00a0told People\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI lost my oldest son because he did not win with cancer so that was a real reminder that life goes on,\u201d McEntire said. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWe sing songs about it so that we can remember the ones that we love so much and that we lean on at times like this,\u201d McEntire, 70, added. <span class=\"credit\">Trae Patton\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blackstock was \u201cunder hospice care surrounded by his family,\u201d Hollis added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Blackstock\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/celebrity-news\/inside-kelly-clarkson-and-brandon-blackstocks-complicated-relationship\/\">contentious divorce<\/a> from the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner, 43, she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/09\/celebrity-news\/why-kelly-clarkson-couldnt-give-up-on-her-ex-brandon-blackstock\/\">there for her ex<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/07\/celebrity-news\/kelly-clarkson-devastated-for-kids-after-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\">even prioritizing his time with their children<\/a>: daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson also briefly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/kelly-clarksons-talk-shows-fate-revealed-after-ex-husband-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\">stepped away from her eponymous talk show<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<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\/\">canceled several of her Las Vegas residency concerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following Blackstock\u2019s death, McEntire took to Instagram to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/12\/celebrity-news\/brandon-blackstocks-ex-stepmom-reba-mcentire-breaks-her-silence-following-his-tragic-death\/\">share a touching tribute<\/a> to her late stepson. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Blackstock died on Aug. 7 after a private battle with melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. He was 48. <span class=\"credit\">@savannahb_lee\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The talent manager, who was previously married to Kelly Clarkson, \u201cpassed away peacefully at his home\u00a0in Butte, Mont.,\u201d Silver Bow County Coroner Dan Hollis\u00a0told People\u00a0at the time. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, my stepson\/oldest son Brandon Blackstock went home to be with God. His struggle is over and he is in eternal peace in God\u2019s presence,\u201d she wrote alongside a carousel of images.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no one else like him, and I\u2019m thankful for the time we had together. His legacy and laughter will be carried on through his family. Rest in peace cowboy. Happy trails to you til we meet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the \u201cI\u2019m A Survivor\u201d songstress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/22\/parents\/reba-mcentire-reminisces-on-raising-precious-brandon-blackstock\/\">reminisced on raising \u201cprecious\u201d Brandon<\/a> while she was married to his father, Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Despite Blackstock\u2019s contentious divorce from the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner, 43, she was there for her ex, even prioritizing his time with their children: daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Clarkson also briefly stepped away from her eponymous talk show\u00a0and\u00a0canceled several of her Las Vegas residency concerts. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy relationship with my stepson, Brandon Blackstock, was precious,\u201d she\u00a0told People. \u201cI absolutely loved that child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brandon was 4 years old when McEntire began dating his dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with his mom [Elisa Gayle Ritter] and dad, I helped raise him, along with [Narvel\u2019s other kids] Shawna and Chassidy. They were my kids,\u201d the \u201cReba\u201d alum continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Earlier this month, the \u201cI\u2019m A Survivor\u201d songstress reminsiced on raising \u201cprecious\u201d Brandon while she was married to his father, Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cHe brought joy to everybody that met him, and we\u2019ll never forget him,\u201d she said. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brandon\u00a0spent his final days in Montana, where \u201che had his ranch and rodeo\u201d and could \u201cgo under the radar.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@reba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McEntire also told the outlet 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.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/11\/celebrity-news\/brandon-blackstocks-official-cause-of-death-confirmed\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brandon\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/10\/celebrity-news\/inside-brandon-blackstocks-final-months-at-his-montana-ranch-before-dying-of-cancer\/\">spent his final days in Montana<\/a>, where \u201che had his ranch and rodeo\u201d and could \u201cgo under the radar.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/reba-mcentire-recalls-raising-precious-stepson-brandon-blackstock\/\"\/><\/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 broke down in tears over stepson Brandon Blackstock\u2019s recent death. During Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Voice,\u201d the country star \u2014 who judges the singing competition show alongside Niall Horan, Michael Bubl\u00e9 and Snoop Dogg \u2014 began getting emotional after contestant\u00a0Aubrey Nicole\u00a0performed\u00a0Martina McBride\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It.\u201d \u201cI lost my oldest son [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2120640,"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":[331269,22062,70626,24003,21800,42840,306229,21913],"class_list":["post-2120639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-brandon-blackstock","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-music","tag-reba-mcentire","tag-the-voice","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Reba-McEntire-breaks-down-over-stepson-Brandon-Blackstocks-death-on.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120639","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=2120639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120641,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120639\/revisions\/2120641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}