I Decided to Move Kids, Talk Show to NYC

Doing what it greatest for her. Kelly Clarkson made a uncommon remark about her upcoming plans to transfer to New York along with her youngsters — and her discuss present.

“I haven’t actually been able to talk about this a lot. I talked to my crew back in January through tears because I have built such an amazing group of people. Obviously, we’ve been very successful and I love everybody I work with and we have such great relationships,” Clarkson, 41, informed TalkShopLive on Thursday, May 25. “I was like, ‘Guys I need you to know what’s happening. It’s either I’m not going to be able to continue with the show or I got to go the East Coast.’”

The songwriter, who shares daughter River Rose, 8, and son Remington, 7, with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, stated her resolution got here from wanting to be nearer to her family members.

“My family is East Coast. They’re North Carolina-based. It was one of those things where I just had to. Also, there were a lot of personal things going on, too. I feel like our family — me and my kids — really needed a fresh start and I just could not get it here [in Los Angeles],” she continued. “There was just hurdle after hurdle with things.”

Clarkson famous that she warned the crew of The Kelly Clarkson Show in regards to the shakeup.

“I wanted to give them a heads up but also I have had such a great experience with all these people and these relationships. It kind of sucks to uproot it and move it but that was 100 percent my idea,” she recalled. “It was really cool that NBC backed me because I was, like, ‘Y’all I love doing this show, I really do, I didn’t even know I would but I got to make a change for me and my family so any chance we can maybe do this. I know we can’t do this from my ranch [in Montana]. So, any chance we can do it in New York, which is at least closer to my family.’”

The “Breakaway” artist went on to say that she was making ready to movie season 5 — and hinted at plans to tackle earlier stories of a poisonous work atmosphere.

“I’m getting my show settled and we’re establishing an amazing crew. We’re figuring stuff out on the inside. And we’re figuring it out to where we’re going to have a great time and a great workplace,” Clarkson shared. “Because I also told NBC this too, before I even started working on this show. [I said], ‘Look, I’m getting too old to work in an environment that isn’t healthy and fun. 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.’ So I’m focused on the talk show for a minute but I also am working on things in the background.”

Earlier this month, Rolling Stone revealed an exposé wherein a number of previous workers of The Kelly Clarkson Show claimed that they had been overworked, underpaid and located the work atmosphere to be “traumatizing to their mental health.”

Despite the allegations, a number of former workers informed the outlet that the American Idol alum was not conscious of what was occurring behind the scenes. Clarkson, for her half, addressed the allegations in an announcement.

“In my 20 years in the entertainment industry, I’ve always led with my heart and what I believed to be right,” she wrote through Instagram on May 13. “I love my team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, and to find out that anyone is feeling unheard and disrespected on this show is unacceptable.”

The Grammy winner added: “I have always been, and will continue to be, committed to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy environment at The Kelly Clarkson Show. As we prepare for a move to the East Coast, I am more committed than ever to ensuring that not only our team that is moving but also our new team in [New York] is comprised of the best and kindest in the business.”