Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, lived out his last months in peace in Montana the place he felt most “at house.”
Blackstock, who was the singer's one-time supervisor, bought a $1.8 million house in Butte, Montana, simply over one month after their 2022 divorce was finalized. The pair first began relationship in 2012, happening to marry simply over a 12 months later in October 2013.
“Brandon lived a fairly quiet life in Montana. That was how he favored it,” a supply completely instructed Us Weekly on Friday, August 8. “Though he labored in leisure previously, that was not his persona. He was at house in Montana.”
Blackstock's earlier profession as a expertise supervisor began with Starstruck Leisure owned by his father Narvel Blackstock, who continues to run the corporate, working with Blake Shelton and different artists. Blackstock later based Valley View Rodeo in Montana.
“He had his ranch and rodeo, however he most well-liked to go underneath the radar,” added the supply.“A few of the individuals who labored with him at Starstruck [Entertainment] ended up transferring to Montana to work on the rodeo with him.”
Blackstock was dwelling at his ranch when his well being “took a really unhealthy flip” inside the final 12 months, mentioned the supply.
Whereas he “was specializing in his therapy,” he additionally “spent a ton of time together with his household within the final six months, greater than ever earlier than,” the insider added.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock Christopher Polk/Getty Photographs for NARAS
Though Clarkson “was not caring for Brandon,” in keeping with the supply, the discuss present host made their kids's time with their father her precedence.
“She did spend a number of time touring together with her children to be with him,” the supply continued of the previous couple's relationship, main as much as Blackstock's demise on Thursday, August 7, after a non-public three-year battle towards most cancers. He was 48.
Clarkson, 43, and Blackstock shared daughter River Rose and son Remington James. Blackstock can be survived by his two kids, daughter Savannah and son Seth, from his first marriage to Melissa Ashworth.
Savannah, who welcomed her personal son Lake in 2022, was “with him nearly on a regular basis,” the insider continued. “She has been having an extremely tough time. They have been very shut. Everyone seems to be in shock.”
The supply added, “Brandon was touring and doing issues. Even a couple of months again he seemed okay. He seemed skinny however he seemed like himself. Nobody can consider it.”
Brandon Blackstock quietly frolicked together with his former stepmother, Reba McEntire, lower than 5 months earlier than his demise. Brandon and his half-brother, Shelby Blackstock, reunited with McEntire, 70, and her boyfriend, Rex Linn, at RodeoHouston in March. “Household time, the @rodeohouston and corn canines,” Shelby, 35, wrote by way of Instagram on March 5. “We had a […]
Being a father, grandfather and household man have been most necessary to him.
“He liked having his household with him and liked when the youngsters would go to,” mentioned the supply. “He liked his animals and that was a ardour he shared together with his daughter Savannah.”
