‘Bummed’ Kelly Clarkson vents about demanding talk show schedule as she considers quitting gig

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Kelly Clarkson vented to fans astir her eponymous talk show during her first performance successful astir six months.

The Grammy victor told her assemblage successful Atlantic City, NJ, connected Friday nighttime that she cannot realistically spell connected circuit owed to nan demanding schedule of her daytime TV gig.

“We haven’t done a show successful a while, y’all, ’cause I person a talk show. It’s for illustration a full different job,” Clarkson said onstage, referencing her band, earlier noting that being a azygous mother besides keeps her busy.

The “American Idol” alum, 43, went connected to opportunity that she was “so happy” to person been capable to book a two-night tally astatine Hard Rock Live astatine Etess Arena.

“We are bummed ’cause we emotion doing shows, and it’s difficult to fresh it in, truthful it’s cool erstwhile it does activity retired pinch nan schedule,” she added, “and it’s cool to get to spot your faces and provender disconnected y’all. Thank you truthful overmuch for having truthful overmuch energy.”

Clarkson — who past performed a full-length performance successful November 2024 but has not toured since early 2019 — treated ticket-holders to 90 minutes of euphony Friday, moving done hits including “My Life Would Suck Without You,” “Because of You,” “Breakaway,” “Miss Independent,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “Since U Been Gone.”

The singer’s candid comments travel conscionable 1 period aft Page Six exclusively reported that she wants to discontinue “The Kelly Clarkson Show” erstwhile her statement expires adjacent year.

“Kelly’s number 1 privilege is her children, and they ever will be,” an manufacture root told america successful April.

“The show is grueling. It’s a full batch of work, and I perceive that Kelly would for illustration to walk much clip down South.”

The speculation astir Clarkson’s early arsenic a tv big ramped up earlier this week erstwhile an NBC insider told The Post that web executives person already begun looking for a replacement.

“There’s a agelong database of names, and Hoda [Kotb] is portion of that list,” nan root shared of nan erstwhile “Today” show co-anchor, who left her job successful January aft nearly 2 decades.

The Emmy-winning “Kelly Clarkson Show” — from which nan popular prima was mysteriously absent for weeks earlier this twelvemonth — premiered successful September 2019 and celebrated its 1,000th episode successful March.