Kelly Clarkson is searching for a recent begin with regards to each her private and work life.
For those that don’t know, NBC revealed earlier this month that The Kelly Clarkson Show could be transferring manufacturing from Los Angeles to New York City. The 41-yr-outdated singer had not addressed the transfer but — effectively, till now. In an interview for Nancy O’Dell on TalkShopLive on Thursday, Kelly revealed a part of the explanation she made this determination to move to the Big Apple was that she and her two youngsters – 8-yr-outdated daughter River and seven-yr-outdated son Remington – wanted a change of their lives:
“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. 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.’ It’s either I’m not going to be able to continue with the show, or I got to go East Coast.”
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The Breakaway artist additional defined that she felt “isolated” since she was distant from the remainder of her household throughout the coronavirus pandemic:
“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.”
One of these points most definitely included her nasty breakup together with her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. After battling it out in court docket over their settlement and a toddler custody settlement, the 2 finalized their divorce in March of 2022. The American Idol alum was pressured to pay the 46-yr-outdated $45,600 a month for little one help and $115,000 for spousal help. Oof. It’s no marvel she’s transferring to be close to her family members after going by means of this messy ordeal with out them shut by!
Then, there’s additionally the matter of her eponymous present being accused of being a poisonous office behind the scenes. Rolling Stone dropped a report earlier this month during which a number of former and present staff claimed producers “overworked” and “underpaid” the crew – to the purpose the place “working at the show was traumatizing to their mental health.” Awful. No one ought to need to work in an surroundings like that.
Addressing the accusations once more, Kelly famous within the interview that issues are nonetheless being labored out each personally and professionally with the daytime present. But she shared that one other large purpose for the transfer to NYC is she doesn’t need to work in an surroundings that “isn’t healthy and fun” for everybody:
“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. I’m focused wholly on the talk show for a minute, but I also am working on things in the background.”
When Kelly first acknowledged the poisonous office claims, she informed followers on Instagram that she was ensuring her group transferring to NYC and people already dwelling within the metropolis “was comprised of the best and kindest in the business.” One approach she deliberate to make sure this was to implement “leadership training for all of the senior staff, including myself.”
Hopefully, no matter work she’s doing behind the scenes really brings some significant and constructive change for her staff. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback beneath.
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