Kelly Clarkson Seems on TV Collection 12 Days After Brandon Blackstock’s Loss of life

Kelly Clarkson has returned to tv, almost two weeks after the demise of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.

The Grammy winner, 43, appeared within the first episode of her new NBC restricted collection Songs & Tales with Kelly Clarkson on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 12 days after Blackstock died of melanoma on Aug. 7 at age 48.

Clarkson pre-taped the episodes earlier this summer time, previous to Blackstock’s demise. Future installments of the collection — which is impressed by a phase of the identical title featured on her speak present The Kelly Clarkson Present — will function Gloria Estefan, Teddy Swims and Lizzo.

The premiere episode featured the Jonas Brothers, who talked with Clarkson about giving her a shoutout of their breakthrough 2006 hit “Yr 3000.”

PEOPLE confirmed earlier this month that The Kelly Clarkson Present will return for season 7 this fall.

In the future earlier than Blackstock’s demise, the singer revealed that he was in poor health, and she or he would subsequently be suspending her Las Vegas residency with a view to be “absolutely current” for the pair’s kids, daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9.

“Whereas I usually hold my private life non-public, this previous 12 months, my kids’s father has been in poor health,” Clarkson wrote on Instagram. “I’m sincerely sorry to everybody who purchased tickets to the reveals and I so respect your grace, kindness and understanding.”

Blackstock was laid to relaxation in a celebration of life on Sunday, Aug. 17, in response to his obituary.

“Kelly and Brandon had their ups and downs, however on the finish of the day, he was the daddy of her kids and she or he is totally heartbroken for them,” a supply instructed PEOPLE. “Her children are her total world, and she or he’s staying robust for his or her sake.”

Clarkson and Blackstock have been married for seven years earlier than they break up in June 2020. He was courting Clarkson’s former assistant Brittney Jones on the time of his demise, in response to his obituary and to Jones’ LinkedIn.