United Kingdom, Feb. 2 -- Reba McEntire says that Kelly Clarkson and her children are "hanging in there" following Brandon Blackstock's death.

The 70-year-old singer performed the In Memoriam tribute to her stepson Brandon - who passed away from cancer at the age of 48 last August - at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (01.02.26) and revealed that the late talent manager's ex-wife Kelly Clarkson and children River, 11, and Remy, nine, are doing their best to cope in the wake of his tragic passing.

Reba told Entertainment Tonight ahead of the ceremony: "Everybody's hanging in there.

"We miss Brandon so much. He was so much life, joy, love. He was a producer and a character, and we all have a big text chain that we stay together and talk about...