It didn’t take long for Kelly Clarkson to decide should she stay or should she go.
In fact, following the death of her ex-husband and father of her kids Brandon Blackstock—who passed in August following a battle with cancer—the decision to end The Kelly Clarkson show after a seven-season run was made all that much simpler.
“I think everybody gets the timing,” Kelly—who shares kids River, 11, and Remington, 9, with Brandon—said during a Feb. 20 interview on Today. “Our family life, the dynamic changed a bit, and it has changed for a minute now. I think it’s one of those things like, you kind of start seeing life as how precious it is, too.”
Though Kelly decided to break away from daytime television, she assures fans that she’s not stepping away from her other projects including The Voice, where she serves as a judge.
“I know everybody thinks, ‘Oh she’s like quit,’” she said. “I’m really busy. I still have other jobs, I’m still doing stuff. There’s just too much on the plate, so I was like you know what? It’s time to pull back.”