{"id":23428,"date":"2025-08-14T00:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=23428"},"modified":"2025-08-14T00:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:31:41","slug":"kelly-clarkson-secretly-disappeared-from-her-talk-show-to-care-for-dying-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-fans-had-no-idea-until-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=23428","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Secretly Disappeared From Her Talk Show to Care for Dying Ex-Husband Brandon Blackstock\u2014Fans Had No Idea Until Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-27cb2e\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<\/em><em>Kelly Clarkson\u2019s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has died<\/em><em>\u00a0after a three-year battle with cancer, his family said in a statement on Aug. 7.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e1587e\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,\u201d the statement read. \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<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"0S47B2fv\"><ins id=\"982a9496-85d6a7e6206b02be7891460eab99b0be-2-2622\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"85d6a7e6206b02be7891460eab99b0be\"><ins id=\"982a9496-85d6a7e6206b02be7891460eab99b0be-2-2622-1\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1734581387941-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMyp65qGiY8DFb4y-wMd12sTlQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21715635079\/zmedia_MB_Inread_newsflash24h.com_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-brandon-blackstock-savannah-8283332_6b1ed7.jpg?w=850\" alt=\"Seth Blackstock, in a black suit and pink shirt,  Savannah Blackstock in a metallic dress, Kelly Clarkton in a hot pink dress, River Blackstock in a blue dress with bows, Remy Blackstock in a blue suit, Brandon Blackstock in a blue suit and white shirt.\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"anchor-c04d72\" class=\"body-graf\">Kelly Clarkson will be postponing her remaining \u201cStudio Sessions\u201d shows in Las Vegas. The singer announced the change of plans via social media on Aug. 6, in which she revealed her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has been ill for the past year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0e1909\" class=\"body-graf\">Because he\u2019s been unwell, Clarkson said she\u2019ll need the time off for the remainder of August to look after her children.<\/p>\n<section id=\"anchor-30301e\" class=\"embed-widget embedWidget embed-widget--medium\" data-testid=\"embed-widget\">\n<div class=\"embed-widget__use-presentation embed-widget__iframely-instagram\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"iframely-instagram iframely-app iframely-embed\">\n<div class=\"iframely-responsive\"><iframe title=\"Instagram, Kelly Clarkson on Instagram: \" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.nbcnews.com\/zgwFo3ks?_showcaption=true&amp;app=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNCSxWEpKEY\/?igsh=aGxxN3ZyeDJ5c3J2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"anchor-2366f7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWhile I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children\u2019s father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-98d7cc\" class=\"body-graf\">Clarkson and Blackstock\u00a0divorced in March 2022,\u00a0two years after announcing their separation and after seven years of marriage. The\u00a0couple shares two children: daughter River Rose, who was born in 2014, and son Remington Alexander, born in 2016. Clarkson lives with her children in New York City, where she also hosts her daytime talk show, \u201cThe Kelly Clarkson Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e0b597\" class=\"body-graf\">The singer seemingly addressed her ex-husband through her music a number of times, both on her\u00a02023 songs \u201cMine\u201d and \u201cMe\u201d\u00a0and her talk show when she\u00a0revised the lyrics\u00a0to Gayle\u2019s song \u201cabcdefu\u201d during one of the host\u2019s 2023 performances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"anchor-24644d\" class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii styles_noCaption__qtPhQ\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2025-08\/kelly-clarkson-ae-250806-9dc580.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-08\/kelly-clarkson-ae-250806-9dc580.jpg 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2025-08\/kelly-clarkson-ae-250806-9dc580.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-08\/kelly-clarkson-ae-250806-9dc580.jpg 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-08\/kelly-clarkson-ae-250806-9dc580.jpg\" alt=\"The Voice - Season 27\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">NBC \/ Tyler Golden\/NBC via Getty Image<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-ede216\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cForget you and your dad \/ And the fact you got half and my broken heart \/ Turned that (expletive) into art,\u201d she sang at the time, which seemed to be a reference to her\u00a0divorce settlement\u00a0in which she had to issue a one-time payment of over $1 million to her ex-husband, along with monthly spousal support (until Jan. 31, 2024) and child support payments that amounted to over $160K.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-40183d\" class=\"body-graf\">In an interview with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe in June 2023, the Grammy winner said the split, in the end, was \u201cfreeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cec57d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly sad, and it\u2019s a dark place \u2014 fetal position on the floor crying \u2014 and there\u2019s so much loss with that, and I never experienced grief like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-brandon-blackstock-attend-22544797_b9c609.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson, in a black dress with embellishments, Brandon Blackstock, in a blue blazer and black shirt.\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-179acb\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe got to let each other go. This is not working. This is not going to pan out, and it\u2019s not working for either of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-422f92\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Clarkson made headlines\u00a0earlier this year for her absences from her talk show. From late February through March, she stepped away occasionally. During that time, guest hosts including Simu Liu, Roy Wood Jr. and even TODAY\u2019s Willie Geist filled in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0Kelly Clarkson\u2019s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has died\u00a0after a three-year battle with cancer, his family said in a statement on Aug. 7. \u201cIt is with great sadness&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kelly Clarkson Secretly Disappeared From Her Talk Show to Care for Dying Ex-Husband Brandon Blackstock\u2014Fans Had No Idea Until Now! -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=23428\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelly Clarkson Secretly Disappeared From Her Talk Show to Care for Dying Ex-Husband Brandon Blackstock\u2014Fans Had No Idea Until Now! 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