Main summary
Brandon Blackstock, ex -husband of singer and presenter Kelly Clarkson and father of her two children, died after a three -year battle against cancer, her family reported Thursday.
Key data
- Blackstock, 48, was a talent manager and appeared as a producer in the morning program of Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, as well as in the 2010 Television Musical of 2010 Blake Shelton Live: IT’s All About Tonight.
- He had two children with Kelly Clarkson and two other children of a previous marriage.
- His father, Narvel Blackstock, is also a talent manager and was married for more than 25 years with the legend of country music Reba Mcentire, who was Brandon’s stepmother.
- The news of Blackstock’s death was released one day after Clarkson announced that he would postpone the remaining dates of August of his residence in Las Vegas, sharing: “This last year, my children’s father has been sick and at this time I need to be completely present for them.”
Background
Brandon Blackstock began dating Kelly Clarkson in 2012, after knowing himself through his father, who was the singer’s manager for years. They married in 2013 and had a daughter in 2014 and a son in 2016. During their marriage, Brandon was also his manager.
Clarkson requested divorce in 2020, which unleashed a complicated legal battle, including a litigation with Narvel Blackstock, Starstruck Entertainment.
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The divorce was ended in March 2022. Clarkson obtained the main custody of his two children and was ordered to pay Blackstock 1.3 million dollars, in addition to $ 45,000 per month in child support and $ 115,000 per month in conjugal pension until January 31, 2024.
In 2023, Clarkson won a dispute against California’s labor commission against Blackstock and Starstruck. A judge ordered him to return 2.6 million dollars in commissions obtained by contracts that Clarkson signed with The VoiceNorwegian Cruise Lines, los Billboard Music Awards y Wayfair.
Outstanding appointment
“Brandon has always been my son, it seems. Although it is my stepson, I love him as if he were my own son, of blood, so I’m praying for both of them, because I love them both,” said Reba Mcentire to Entertainment Tonight during the divorce process between Clarkson and Blackstock.
Curious
Clarkson and Blackstock’s divorce agreement attracted media attention not only for the amounts involved, but also for an unusual detail: the vaccination status of their children.
The divorce occurred in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the agreement stipulated that the children should be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Until they were, they had to fly in private planes to Montana to visit their father, at Clarkson’s expense.
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