The pop star wants to focus on family, but she\u2019s got some decisions to make about her career<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2224788663.jpg” alt=”Orlando Bloom” title_text=”Kelly Clarkson Kicks Off New Las Vegas Residency At The Colosseum At Caesars Palace” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Kelly has postponed her August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] She has been grappling with the loss of her ex-husband, talent manager Brandon Blackstock, after he passed away aged 48 following a three-year battle with skin cancer.<\/p>\n And now, insiders reveal that in the wake of the heartbreaking news, Kelly Clarkson could turn her back on the entertainment industry for a quieter life with the two children she shares with her late ex, daughter River, 11, and son Remy, nine.<\/p>\n \u2018Kelly is walking around in a thick fog right now – she\u2019s absolutely shattered and in no place to be performing on stage or hosting her show,\u2019 a source says. \u2018That may change soon – it\u2019s a day-by-day situation – but what\u2019s more important than anything else to her right now is protecting and nurturing her kids. Kelly is pouring the small amount of energy she has right now into looking after them.\u2019<\/p>\n A representative for the Blackstock family announced Brandon\u2019s death with a statement which read, \u2018It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away. Brandon 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’s privacy during this very difficult time.\u2019<\/p>\n Just a day before Brandon\u2019s death, the singer, 43, announced to her 7.9 million Instagram followers that the remainder of her August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas would be postponed.<\/p>\n She explained, \u2018While 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.<\/p>\n \u2018I am sincerely sorry to everyone who bought tickets to the shows and I so appreciate your grace, kindness and understanding.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1199144278.jpg” alt=”Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom split earlier this summer” title_text=”25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] Kelly and Brandon were married for seven years\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] Now, the insider adds that talk show host Kelly has asked TV bosses and concert organisers for \u2018as much time as they can spare\u2019 in order for her to take care of the formalities, and rest and recuperate.<\/p>\n \u2018Then she\u2019ll see where she\u2019s at afterwards,\u2019 the source continues. \u2018It\u2019s likely to cost her an absolute fortune due to all the costly postponements but that\u2019s the least of her troubles right now. A big part of her would be happier quitting New York and starting a whole new life in the countryside instead. She\u2019s tired of the rat race and just wants to be a mum.\u2019<\/p>\n Kelly \u2013 who found fame more than two decades ago after winning the inaugural season of American Idol in 2002 \u2013 first met Brandon in the mid-noughties when his father, Narvel Blackstock, served as her manager. After their initial encounter at the Academy of Country Music Awards, they didn\u2019t reconnect until the Super Bowl in February 2012, and they got engaged 10 months later. They tied the knot in October 2013, Brandon\u2019s second nuptials after previously being married to Melissa Ashworth, the mother to his two older children, Savannah, 23 \u2013 who is expecting a second child of her own \u2013 and Seth, 18.<\/p>\n Piece by Piece songstress Kelly filed for divorce during COVID in June 2020 after almost seven years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Five months later, she was granted primary physical custody of River and Remy, while she and Brandon shared joint legal custody. Court documents stated that \u2018the level of conflict between the parents [had] increased\u2019 and that they had \u2018a difficult time co-parenting due to issues of trust between them\u2019.<\/p>\n Their divorce – finalised in March 2022 – was notoriously convoluted and acrimonious. The exes butted heads over their Montana ranch, with Kelly losing a legal battle to evict Brandon in January 2022, and the following year, he was ordered to cough up more than $2 million for unlawfully procuring deals as her manager \u2013 a role he stepped into after becoming her husband. In March 2024, Kelly filed a new lawsuit against her former spouse and management company Starstruck, alleging that she may be entitled to even more money. Both sides withdrew their cases two months later.<\/p>\n \u2018Kelly and Brandon\u2019s relationship was extremely complex, but they found a way to make peace in the final years of his life,\u2019 the insider now shares. \u2018Despite all the hostility and legal warfare that dragged on for years after the divorce, they managed to put all that to one side and forge an effective co-parenting relationship \u2013 even before Brandon got sick. She\u2019s absolutely crushed that he\u2019s gone so soon and still can\u2019t believe it\u2019s the new reality she\u2019s dealing with. Her heart absolutely aches for the kids to have lost their dad.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1145574669.jpg” alt=”Orlando shares son Flynn with ex Miranda Kerr” title_text=”STX Films World Premiere Of %22UglyDolls%22 – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] The former couple with their blended family<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] Brandon\u2019s tragic passing comes amid Kelly\u2019s manic work schedule. She is due to return for the seventh season of The Kelly Clarkson Show next month, and she is a coach on the upcoming instalment of The Voice \u2013 the audition segment for which she is reported to have already filmed.<\/p>\n The source reveals that her TV bosses have been extremely supportive, saying, \u2018They\u2019ve told her to take as long as she needs to grieve and take care of things at home, but ultimately business is business, so she needs to make a decision on whether or not she can commit to her show moving forward. It requires her to live and work in New York City full-time, which has been taxing, especially with the kids needing their mum and the non-stop nature that comes with living and working in the Big Apple. The hours are brutal, and her free time is non-existent, so it\u2019s understandable why she\u2019s thinking very seriously about a new quieter way of life.\u2019<\/p>\n As Kelly is inundated with condolences online from celebrity friends and fans alike, the source adds that it\u2019s so hard for her loved ones to see her suffer like she is.<\/p>\n They say, \u2018The one ray of positivity in all this is that Kelly\u2019s proved herself as one of the most compassionate, selfless people in showbiz who\u2019s got a heart of absolute gold. 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