{"id":3827,"date":"2025-08-14T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:15:34","slug":"kelly-clarkson-breaks-down-on-stage-just-days-before-brandon-blackstocks-death-less-than-two-weeks-before-the-sudden-passing-of-her-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarkson-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3827","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Breaks Down On Stage \u2014 Just Days Before Brandon Blackstock\u2019s Death. Less than two weeks before the sudden passing of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson paused mid-performance, her voice trembling as she fought back tears. Fans didn\u2019t know it then, but something in her eyes hinted at a weight she wasn\u2019t ready to share. What did Kelly know in that moment \u2014 and were those tears the first sign of a goodbye she never wanted to say?.. Find out below \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson was battling a private pain, as her former husband\u2019s health was declining. Last week Brandon Blackstock passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. Clarkson and Blackstock were married in 2013, splitting in 2020. The former couple share two children, daughter River and son Remington.<\/p>\n<p>In a performance during her\u00a0<em>Studio Sessions\u00a0<\/em>Las Vegas residency, a TikTok user who goes by the username modestishottest4u, shares a video of Clarkson breaking down before singing \u201cPiece by Piece.\u201d The performance was posted on July 28. The song was originally released in 2015 as the title track of her seventh studio album. It was initially penned as a message to her absentee father.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy figure-img img-thumbnail img-fluid wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?fit=1056%2C543\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=2880 2880w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=1056 1056w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=528 528w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=399 399w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/kelly-clarkson-getty-jill-truscello.jpg?w=600 600w\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson Becomes Emotional On Stage Less Than 2 Weeks Before Death of Brandon Blackstock\" width=\"1056\" height=\"543\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never rewritten a song more and I probably never will,\u201d Clarkson says in the clip. \u201cI wrote this song with a lot of hope, and projection for happiness and better than what was happening. And then, well, life set in and I had to change the lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEverybody was like, \u2018Wait, why aren\u2019t you singing this song?\u2019 she remembers. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Have you heard the lyrics?\u2019 That\u2019s fun. Embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote id=\"v25810573578677720\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@modestishottest4u\/video\/7532363430330666295\" data-video-id=\"7532363430330666295\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7532363430330666295?lang=vi-VN&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wideopencountry.com%2Fkelly-clarkson-becomes-emotional-on-stage-less-than-2-weeks-before-death-of-brandon-blackstock%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawMHlWNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtl4S-Pyx-NU-u_legSz7XVvsZpLDKvdHcUvU0dVp1U0R2vzYyR88WYKfEfl_aem_h4olCALJBkLsifj6_kFjoQ&amp;embedFrom=oembed\" name=\"__tt_embed__v25810573578677720\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-message-kelly-clarkson-shares-in-piece-by-piece\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Message Kelly Clarkson Shares In \u201cPiece By Piece\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The song says in part, \u201c<em>Piece by piece, he collected me up \/ Off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah \/ Piece by piece, he filled the holes that you burned in me at six years old<\/em>.\u201d At the time, the song paid homage to Blackstock, which is why Clarkson felt the need to change the lyric after their divorce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ended up changing it and doing it one time two years ago, [when] we did a residency here,\u201d Clarkson explains. \u201cAnd then I was like, \u2018You know what, that sounded a little angry.\u2019 So I just wanted to explain how it feels now. I\u2019m 43. I\u2019ve done some therapy, and I changed the lyrics now, and I feel like it\u2019s perfect. I promise. I\u2019m not gonna change it again. This new lyric, it just represents .. I feel like we grow up, right? And this is the more grown-up version of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQB3wg_z_LPwq6KR--HKbuwD62az_A4k60mZg&amp;s\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson Tears Up Onstage Days Before Ex Brandon Blackstock's Death\" data-ilt=\"1754983485242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clarkson postponed all of the August dates on her\u00a0<em>Studio Sessions<\/em>\u00a0residency to be with her children, sharing the news on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Blackstock has two older children from a former relationship. He is the son of Narvel Blackstock, the ex-husband of Reba McEntire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson was battling a private pain, as her former husband\u2019s health was declining. Last week Brandon Blackstock passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. 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