Kelly Clarkson could also be nearing a significant crossroads in her profession, as new reviews declare the singer and TV host is getting ready to step away from “The Kelly Clarkson Present” after its seventh season. A current report claimed that the NBC daytime sequence will probably “not go on,” and that Clarkson’s exit is “particular,” sparking hypothesis about what’s subsequent for the “American Idol” winner. The rumors come after months of uncertainty which have reportedly left workers and viewers questioning whether or not Kelly Clarkson plans to resume her contract or transfer on to the following chapter, particularly as she continues to mourn the dying of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock.

Now, talking to the Each day Mail, an inside supply urged Clarkson desires to shut out the present on a excessive word fairly than threat overstaying her welcome. “Kelly has had an unimaginable life, and all the things she touches appears to turn into a success,” the primary insider mentioned. “She loves her speak present, however it’s [at] the underside of her record of issues she want to proceed doing transferring ahead. She goes to proceed to offer it her all this season, however she want to wind it down and finish it whereas nonetheless on prime.”

The report additionally factors to Clarkson’s more and more candid feedback about her schedule as a key issue. The hypothesis that Clarkson was prepared to go away her speak present, which premiered in 2019, first gained traction final 12 months after she started making delicate remarks about how daytime TV has impacted her means to tour as a singer.

Questions on Clarkson’s future solely intensified after a noticeable string of absences from the present in February and March, which have been described on the time as being attributable to a “private matter.” Then, in early August, Clarkson revealed she was suspending the remainder of her Las Vegas residency as a result of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, was “ailing,” explaining she wanted to be “totally current” for his or her kids.

Simply someday later, a consultant for Blackstock’s household confirmed the expertise supervisor had died following a personal three-year battle with most cancers. The previous couple, who have been married for seven years till their divorce in June 2020, went by way of a contentious authorized battle after their cut up, with Clarkson in the end receiving main custody of their two kids, daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9.

With Clarkson’s focus now firmly on her kids, one supply urged it might take a big shift for her to stay within the day by day grind of daytime TV.

After a summer season hiatus and Blackstock’s dying, “The Kelly Clarkson Present” returned to NBC for Season 7 on September 29, 2025, and in line with a staffer, Clarkson has appeared extra like herself since manufacturing resumed. “She is aware of each single particular person on the crew by title, each member of workers. She is aware of who our husbands and wives are. She treats us like we’re associates, not simply co-workers,” the second supply mentioned.

However that shut bond may make a departure even tougher, as a result of if Clarkson walks away, it may imply the top of the present and depart her workers scrambling. The primary insider mentioned, “Everybody desires Kelly to remain and signal a brand new contract. That’s the final objective.”

And regardless of the inevitable chatter that contract uncertainty might be about cash, the insider claimed that it isn’t what’s driving Clarkson’s alleged hesitation.

“Kelly has one foot out the door. It is not a cash play, she simply desires to do one thing else, and she or he desires to be along with her household extra,” the insider added.