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As we’ve beforehand reported, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, handed away final week on the age of 48.
Clarkson’s emotions towards Blackstock had been seemingly fairly advanced in his last years.
Their divorce was infamously contentious, however additionally they had two kids collectively, and she or he credited him with inspiring her to launch her personal discuss present.
Now evidently the scenario was much more sophisticated than we realized, as Blackstock was dwelling with Kelly’s former assistant on the time of his dying.
Brandon Blackstock and recording artist Kelly Clarkson attend the sixtieth Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Sq. Backyard on January 28, 2018 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Christopher Polk/Getty Pictures for NARAS)
Kelly’s former assistant described as Brandon’s ‘soulmate’
In line with an obituary obtained by TMZ, Brittney Marie Jones was the “loving partner” who resided with Blackstock in Montana within the last years of his life.
“Brandon, along with his beautiful and loving partner in life and business, Brittney Marie Jones, started building a life, building companies, and working tirelessly to create Headwaters Livestock Auction and what will live on as his legacy, The Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana,” reads the obit.
The connection was reportedly confirmed by a social media put up from Jones’ father.
“Yesterday we lost a good man, Brandon Blackstock my daughter’s soulmate and I considered him my son,” he wrote, in line with Web page Six.
Brandon Blackstock and singer/songwriter Kelly Clarkson attend Muhammad Ali’s Superstar Combat Night time XXI on the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on March 28, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Picture by Michael Buckner/Getty Pictures for Superstar Combat Night time)
The outlet notes that the put up is not out there to the general public.
Blackstock has been the topic of a number of transferring tributes within the days since his dying, together with one from his former stepmother, Reba McEntire.
“There is no one else like him, and I’m thankful for the time we had together. His legacy and laughter will be carried on through his family,” McEntire wrote on her social media pages, including:
“Rest in peace cowboy. Happy trails to you til we meet again.”
“The best thing Brandon has left for his children is they know where he is. I’ve heard it said, ‘Nothing is lost when you know where it is’ and Brandon is with Jesus his Savior,” Blackstock’s first spouse wrote on her Instagram web page.
“There’s no one else on this earth that I would want to be my dad because no one can be half the man you were to me,” Brandon’s eldest son, Seth Blackstock, wrote in his personal put up.
Brandon Blackstock and recording artist Kelly Clarkson attend the sixtieth Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Sq. Backyard on January 28, 2018 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Pictures)
Kelly Clarkson reportedly ‘devastated’ by Brandon Blackstock’s dying
Whereas Clarkson has but to publicly touch upon her ex’s passing, sources near the singer say she’s “devastated” by Blackstock’s dying.
Over the course of the previous 12 months, there was widespread hypothesis about Clarkson’s frequent absences from her discuss present.
It now seems as if she was attending to household issues forward of Brandon’s passing.
Our ideas exit to Kelly and all of Brandon Blackstock’s family members throughout this enormously tough time.
