Earlier this month, the singer announced the end of The Kelly Clarkson Show after seven seasons
Earlier this month, Kelly Clarkson announced that her talk show will conclude after its current seventh season. Now, in an appearance on the Today Show, the singer explained that she chose to put her family first when making the tough decision.
“Our family life, the dynamic changed a bit, and it has changed for a minute now,” Clarkson said, adding, “We’ve all got kids, right? And it’s one of those things when you kind of start seeing life is how precious it is.”
She also took the opportunity to clear up any misconceptions about her stepping away from The Kelly Clarkson show at the height of its popularity. “I know everybody thinks, ‘Oh, she’s quitting,’ but I still have other jobs, there’s just too much on the plate,” she said. “It wasn’t the show isn’t doing well. That’s what kind of sucked,” Clarkson added. She continued: “The crew’s been incredible … That was a really hard thing for me, but an easy decision as a mama.”
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Clarkson shared the same sentiment when she announced the cancellation on Feb. 6 through a social media post. In it, she wrote that she was “forever grateful and honored to have worked alongside the greatest band and crew you could hope for,” but that she ultimately had to step away from the show’s daily schedule “to prioritize my kids, which feels necessary and right for this next chapter of our lives.”
The end of The Kelly Clarkson Show comes less than a year after Clarkson’s ex-husband and father of her two children, Brandon Blackstock, died of melanoma. Days before his death, Clarkson postponed several of her Las Vegas residency shows to be “fully present” with her family and kids while Blackstock dealt with his illness.