children<\/a> 10-year-old River Rose and 8-year-old Remington Alexander need her more.<\/p>\nThe reason, she detailed, was that Brandon Blackstock is seriously ill.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, I need to postpone the remainder of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas,\u201d Clarkson\u2019s caption began.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I normally keep my personal life private,\u201d she acknowledged, \u201cthis past year, my children\u2019s father has been ill.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clarkson continued: \u201cAnd at this moment, I need to be fully present for them.\u201d<\/p>\nSinger Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock arrive at the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013. (Photo Credit: Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTheir history makes this a complex announcement<\/h2>\n \u201cI am sincerely sorry to everyone who bought tickets to the shows,\u201d Kelly Clarkson expressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd,\u201d she concluded, \u201cI so appreciate your grace, kindness, and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
She and Brandon Blackstock have been divorced for years. One can only imagine what illness has apparently lasted this long \u2014 and forced the singer put her career (so to speak) on hiatus for the moment.<\/p>\nBrandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson attend Muhammad Ali\u2019s Celebrity Fight Night XXI on March 28, 2015. (Photo Credit: Michael Buckner\/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nClarkson and Blackstock began dating in 2012. He is the son of her former talent manager. However, his \u201cclaim to fame\u201d at that point was being the former stepson of Reba McEntire.<\/p>\n
The two married in 2013. Blackstock continued to work as her manager during their seven-year marriage.<\/p>\n
In June of 2020, the couple split. Clarkson filed for divorce. It took two long years for them to finalize the end of their marriage, with some contentious fights along the way.<\/p>\nKelly Clarkson, Remington Alexander Blackstock, and Brandon Blackstock attend STX Films World Premiere of \u201cUglyDolls\u201d on April 27, 2019. (Photo Credit: Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat illness does Blackstock have?<\/h2>\n We do not know what ails Brandon Blackstock. Clearly, if Clarkson had intended to share this detail, she would have.<\/p>\n
But in the wake of their messy divorce<\/a> and numerous courtroom battles, it seems that there\u2019s no love lost between the exes.<\/p>\nIf Clarkson is putting Vegas on hold to spend time with her kids, is this just some extra parenting time? Or is she emotionally preparing them for bad news? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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