Kelly clarkson moved her show to n. Y. C. Because it 'just got lonely' in l. A. : 'never wanted to live there'

When _The Kelly Clarkson Show_ officially makes the swap from Los Angeles to New York City this fall, it will have been a long time coming for host Kelly Clarkson! The singer, 41, appeared

on the _TODAY_ show Thursday morning and discussed her upcoming move, which she said came upon realizing just how unhappy she was living in Los Angeles. "I think COVID pointed out a lot

of things. A lot of us didn't make it relationship-wise. Also it just proved I've never really liked living in L.A.," she said, referring to her 2020 divorce from husband

Brandon Blackstock. "It's just never been my thing, in 20 years. I never wanted to live there in the first place." Clarkson — who will release her new album _Chemistry_ on

Friday — said she also struggled living on the West Coast because her entire family lives on the East Coast, and it was difficult being so far from them. "It was just me and my kids all

the way on that coast. All my family lives on this coast," she said. "So it just got lonely. And I have been honest on _The Voice _with that, I'm lonely there. Not as in

like, I need a boyfriend kind of thing, lonely as in like, you miss your family, you miss just having any family or that kind of relationship." NBC confirmed in May that _The Kelly

Clarkson Show_, which was recently renewed through 2025, will head to New York City in the fall for its upcoming fifth season. Clarkson opened up further about her big move in a SiriusXM

Town Hall with Andy Cohen, and said she’s most excited by the Big Apple's pedestrian-friendly streets. "We go nowhere in L.A. I came here and this is what won me over," she

said. "I came here and I was like, 'Why have I never lived here?' I know why. My ex does not like living in a city like this, but I just never had done it and I literally

called one of the [network] heads and was like, 'Listen, my life has been a dumpster fire and I'm really unhappy in L.A. and I don’t know if I'll continue in L.A. What are our

thoughts about possible moving this to New York?'" The Grammy-winning singer said NBC was "highly supportive" of her ask — as were her daughter River, 9, and son

Remington, 7, who are big fans of the public transportation. "I take the subway. My kids love it. They get so angry when we get in a vehicle and so they love the subway because they

feel independent,” she said. "But anyway, I love the walking around. This city, that's the thing that attracts me most is that everybody here has their own life, supportive of

people, but not living vicariously through your life."