Reba McEntire broke her silence over her former stepson Brandon Blackstock’s death.
On Monday, the country superstar paid tribute to her former stepson with a comment underneath an Instagram post shared by her son Shelby Blackstock.
‘Very well said Shelby. Yes we will miss him so much,’ the singer, 70, wrote alongside various red heart and broken heart emojis.
McEntire was previously married to Brandon and Shelby’s father, film producer Narvel Blackstock, 68, from 1989 to 2015.
This comes shortly after the bombshell revelation in Brandon’s obituary, which revealed he was in a romance with Kelly Clarkson’s ‘assistant’ at the time of his passing.
Brandon — who shared two young children with Clarkson and was married to the singer for nearly seven years before their split in 2020 — died of melanoma cancer at the age of 48 on August 7.
Reba McEntire broke her silence over her former stepson Brandon Blackstock’s death; pictured March 2025
McEntire was previously married to Brandon and Shelby’s father, film producer Narvel Blackstock (not pictured) from 1989 to 2015; pictured May 2025 at the 60th CMAs
The day before his death was announced, Clarkson postponed her Las Vegas residency and revealed that her ex had been ‘ill.’
Shelby, 35, posted a heartbreaking tribute to his late brother the day after Brandon’s death.
‘Words cannot begin to capture the tremendous loss our family has endured. Yesterday, we lost a brother, a father, a grandfather, and a son,’ he wrote in his caption alongside throwback photos with his half brother.
‘Brandon Blackstock was an irreplaceable part of our family—funny, bright, and full of life—and he will be deeply missed.’
In his caption, Shelby said that his older brother ‘taught me so much,’ adding that he will ‘hold onto forever’ the lessons as well as ‘countless cherished memories’ of the time they spent together.
He concluded his heartfelt post to his late brother: ‘We will always miss you, Brandon, and we will never stop loving, remembering and celebrating you.’
Brandon was married to the Clarkson from 2013 to 2022; during their marriage, they welcomed two children together, daughter River Rose, 11, and son Remy, nine.
The late music manager was also father to daughter Savannah, 23, and son Seth, 18, both of whom he shared with his first wife Melissa Ashforth.
Blackstock also became a grandpa in January 2022 when his daughter Savannah welcomed her first child, a son named Lake Lee, with her husband Quentin Lee.
Just one month before Brandon’s death, his daughter Savannah had announced that she was expecting a second child, a baby girl, with her husband.
Brandon — the ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson, with whom he shared two young children — died of melanoma cancer at the age of 48 on August 7; pictured from left to right in March 2015: Brandon’s father Narvel Blackstock, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock
On Monday, the country superstar paid tribute to her former stepson with a comment underneath an Instagram post shared by her son Shelby Blackstock
Shelby, 35, posted a heartbreaking tribute to his late brother the day after Brandon’s death
The late music manager could be seen in the top left alongside his brother Shelby with McEntire, Brandon’s former stepmother, front and center of the family portrait