Kelly Clarkson says she left The Voice to get summer off after 'rough couple years' post-divorce

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Kelly Clarkson hinted that her messy divorce from Brandon Blackstock contributed to her decision to leave The Voice.The 40-year-old shocked fans of the competition show when news broke this May that she was vacating her coaching position after eight seasons.

Kelly, who left Brandon in June 2020, went on Today and said she exited The Voice so that she could have a summer off after 'a rough couple years.' Beloved: Kelly Clarkson hinted that her messy divorce from Brandon Blackstock contributed to her decision to leave The Voice, which she is pictured onKelly revealed that she last had a free summer at the age of 16, four years before she shot to fame for winning the first season of American Idol.'And I don’t think it’s maybe common for a lot of working people - you don’t get summers off generally, like, unless you’re in high school,' she acknowledged. 'But like I just hadn’t, I hadn’t had a minute, like, and it’s obviously been a rough couple years.

So it was really important for me to like shut down for a minute.'With her newfound downtime, she 'literally four-wheeled in the mountains.