Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson split in 2020 and finalized their divorce by 2022. At some point, he apparently started dating his girlfriend, Brittney Marie Jones, who was mentioned in the late talent manager’s obituary following his August 2025 death. Brandon died of melanoma (a form of skin cancer).
In an obituary from Axelson Funeral & Cremation Services in Butte, Montana, Brandon “along with his beautiful and loving partner in life and business, Brittney Marie Jones, started building a life, building companies, and working tirelessly to create Headwaters Livestock Auction and what will live on as his legacy, The Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana.”
So, who exactly is Brittney, and how did she get to know Brandon? Learn about their relationship below.
Brandon Blackstock’s “loving partner” Brittney Marie Jones was Kelly Clarkson’s former production assistant. pic.twitter.com/UvRWRezOq1
— ExtraTV (@extratv) August 13, 2025
Kelly and Brandon never provided a reason for their divorce, but the pop star seemingly hinted at one during a 2023 appearance on the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. According to Kelly, working so closely with Brandon “was very limiting” to them as a couple.
“If you’re on the same path at the same time — and you’re actually working together, and every day communicating together and doing the work — I think that it could be beautiful,” the American Idol alum pointed out. “But for me, it wasn’t that and it was very limiting. That’s my fault, for allowing that to happen. Maybe, as in love as I was, I just wasn’t ready and maybe the other person wasn’t either.”
Brandon was also Kelly’s manager, and he encouraged her to create her own talk show before they divorced.
