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As we’ve previously reported, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, passed away last week at the age of 48.

Clarkson’s feelings toward Blackstock were likely rather complex in his final years.

Their divorce was infamously contentious, but they also had two children together, and she credited him with inspiring her to launch her own talk show.

Now it seems that the situation was even more complicated than we realized, as Blackstock was living with Kelly’s former assistant at the time of his death.

Kelly’s former assistant described as Brandon’s ‘soulmate’

According to an obituary obtained by TMZ , Brittney Marie Jones was the “loving partner” who resided with Blackstock in Montana in the final years of his life.

“Brandon, along with his beau

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