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Why is Kelly Clarkson moving her talk show to New York City?
The singer and talk show host explains how she wants a fresh start for her family.
Kelly Clarkson is taking her talk show to the Big Apple. The talk show host recently shared that the change in scenery comes out of necessity for herself and her children.
Clarkson revealed her reasoning for the big move in a Thursday interview with Nancy O’Dell on TalkShopLive.
“I love this question because I haven’t actually been able to talk about this a lot. I even talked to my crew back in January ... I was like, ‘You guys’ — and it was through tears, cuz I have built such an amazing group of people,”
Moving for her family
Clarkson has two children: a seven-year-old son and a daughter who is almost nine. The show will enter its fifth season this fall and was recently renewed through 2025.
“Obviously, we’ve been very successful, and I love everybody I work with, and we have such great relationships. So I talked to them because I was like, ‘Guys I need you to know what’s happening,’” continued Clarkson. “It’s either I’m not going to be able to continue with the show, or I got to go East Coast.”
She continued, “Covid pointed out [that] being isolated and so far from your family [is] not good for anyone. And my family is East Coast — they’re North Carolina-based. So it was one of those things where I just had to — also there was a lot of personal things going on, too.”
Clarkson shares her children with Brandon Blackstock, who she divorced in 2020 after almost seven years of marriage. Clarkson also explained that her relocation comes down to her not wanting to work in an environment that “isn’t healthy.”
“I’m getting too old to work in an environment that isn’t healthy and fun,” she said. “I had to do that for years in meetings and working with really incredibly mean people sometimes, so I just didn’t want to do that anymore. I’m focused wholly on the talk show for a minute, but I also am working on things in the background.”
Toxic workplace rumors
The Kelly Clarkson show made headlines earlier this month after Rolling Stone published an article alleging that producers were “overworked” and “underpaid.” Clarkson addressed the article in an Instagram statement later.
The host wrote, “In my 20 years in the entertainment industry, I’ve always led with my heart and what I believed to be right. I love my team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, and to find out that anyone is feeling unheard and or disrespected on this show is unacceptable.”