{"id":74054,"date":"2026-10-01T19:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/kelly-clarkson-explains-why-shes-not-dating-anyone\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:02:52","slug":"kelly-clarkson-explains-why-shes-not-dating-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/kelly-clarkson-explains-why-shes-not-dating-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Explains Why She&#8217;s Not Dating Anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kelly-clarkson\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a> hasn&#8217;t made any moves toward finding a new romantic relationship recently \u2014 in fact, she says she&#8217;s downright &#8220;unwilling&#8221; to date right now.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday (Sept. 30) installment of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R4nt1u0z27s\" target=\"_blank\">Las Culturistas<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R4nt1u0z27s\" target=\"_blank\"> podcast<\/a>, Clarkson said that the\u00a0reason she&#8217;s not open to dating anybody is a very simple one: All her focus is going toward her kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelly Clarkson Explains Why She&#8217;s Not Dating Following Her Ex-Husband&#8217;s Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also thinks her two children, 12-year-old River and 10-year-old Remington, aren&#8217;t ready for her to bring a new love interest into their family dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My kids right now, I think&#8230;there&#8217;s a lot behind that, but yeah, I think that would rock their boat a little bit,&#8221; the singer acknowledges.<\/p>\n<p>The family has been through a very tough few years. The two kids&#8217; father, Clarkson&#8217;s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-dead-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\">died in 2025<\/a> after a private cancer battle. He was just 48 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson took significant time away from her talk show in order to be present with her children during their father&#8217;s illness. She also <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelly-clarkson-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-ill-postpone-vegas-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\">postponed a stretch of her Las Vegas residency<\/a>, which was due to take place that fall, to focus on family.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/reba-son-shelby-remembers-brandon-blackstock-one-year-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reba McEntire&#8217;s Son Shelby Remembers Brandon Blackstock, One Year Later<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More recently, Clarkson <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelly-clarkson-daughter-emotional-comments-the-kelly-clarkson-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">ended\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelly-clarkson-daughter-emotional-comments-the-kelly-clarkson-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>after seven seasons, in large part to prioritize spending more time with her kids. She hasn&#8217;t stepped away from TV entirely, though: She&#8217;s a coach on this season of\u00a0<em>The Voice.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why Does Kelley Clarkson Want to Stay Single Right Now?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Elsewhere in her\u00a0<em>Las Culturistas<\/em> appearance, Clarkson said, &#8220;I love my life right now,&#8221; and stressed that that wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;bulls&#8211;t answer&#8221; \u2014 just a true one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag v3 alignnone\">\n<div class=\"theframe \" data-loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><figcaption>Kevin Winter, Getty Images<\/figcaption><span class=\"visually-hidden\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Kevin Winter, Getty Images<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It just got to where I am not exhausted at every point of it,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;..I feel like if you&#8217;re gonna be in a relationship, you have to be willing to give some of your time up, and I am unwilling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She says she and her children have settled into a routine \u2014 both as a family and as residents of New York City. The singer moved there from Los Angeles in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re having fun. We&#8217;re cooking. We&#8217;re playing games. I&#8217;m there at pickup, or I&#8217;m there dropping off,&#8221; Clarkson continues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a beautiful city, I will say, to raise kids in,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Because I wasn&#8217;t really exposed to different cultures. I wasn&#8217;t really exposed to anything like that. Like, I love where I grew up. Obviously, I turned out alright, but I just meant it&#8217;s a cool thing for them to just have every color of the rainbow, every color of personality, everything. You know what I&#8217;m saying? It&#8217;s awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">R.I.P.: 44 Country Singers and Songwriters Who Died Too Soon<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>These country singers had so much more to give. 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