Reba McEntire, stepmother of the late Blackstock, has spoken up about how his kids with Kelly Clarkson are holding up within the wake of their father’s dying.

The late former expertise supervisor was beforehand married to Clarkson earlier than their divorce in 2022. They continued to coparent their children, River, 11, and Remington, 9, till his dying.

Regardless of their cut up, Clarkson hung out together with her kids’s father throughout the time that mattered probably the most. Blackstock handed on August 7, 2025, after a non-public three-year struggle towards most cancers. 

McEntire, throughout an interview with Leisure Tonight on the 2025 Emmys, spoke about how the previous music supervisor, Blackstock’s kids, are holding up, having misplaced their dad over a month in the past.

The late expertise supervisor shared two children along with his first ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, and two along with his more moderen ex-wife, Clarkson.

“The youngsters are doing effectively; they’re all bonding collectively and hanging out with one another and taking it in the future at a time,” McEntire disclosed. “We all know God’s bought this.”

The nation singer then added, “We miss him. We miss him each minute.”

A rep for the expertise supervisor’s household confirmed his passing through an announcement. “Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household,” it learn.

Following the information, shut sources revealed Clarkson was “feeling misplaced” with out her late ex-husband, and it was having a grave impression on her life.

“As soon as her marriage ended and as soon as Brandon’s well being began dwindling, it has been very tough,” the insider shared. “Kelly’s life has flipped the wrong way up with Brandon’s most cancers struggles and now dying.”

Amid coping with her grief, “The Kelly Clarkson Present” host has needed to take care of the fact that she is now a single mom to her two children, forcing her to dive into full “mother mode” to be there for River and Remington.

Clarkson’s motherly instincts didn’t simply kick in after the lack of her ex-husband, however had at all times been there. The 43-year-old singer reportedly by no means had something dangerous to say about Blackstock for the sake of her kids.

Clarkson and her former supervisor had a really risky cut up, however she didn’t let that have an effect on her kids, ensuring that they had the most effective recollections of their father. 

“She by no means ever stated a foul phrase about her ex, ever,” an informant defined, as reported by The Blast. “So although they don’t seem to be collectively, I feel this can have an effect on her deeply.”

Clarkson even cancelled the remainder of her August residency when Blackstock’s well being was declining quicker, stating that she needed to be “there for” her kids.

The supply additional shared that Clarkson was “an empath” who typically sympathized with these going by a troublesome time. Therefore, she can be deeply affected by the loss. 

Though the songwriter was a help system for the kids she shared with Blackstock, she reportedly felt responsible about he ex-husband’s well being struggles.

As reported earlier by The Blast, regardless of acknowledging that she knew she was to not blame for the previous TV character’s most cancers analysis, she felt dangerous about how their divorce went.

The duo’s divorce was messy, which made Clarkson query whether or not the stress from their cut up had made him “extra inclined” to the illness.