Kelly Clarkson is always grateful for her kiddos.
“With Thanksgiving coming up, I am so thankful for my itty-bitties,” Clarkson, 44, exclusively told Us at Week 1 of The Voice season 30’s live shows on Monday, November 9.
Clarkson is a mom to daughter River, 12, and son Remington “Remy,” 10, whom she shared with late ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. (Blackstock died at age 48 in August 2025 after a private battle with melanoma.)
“I love my children so much,” Clarkson continued on Monday. “They are so much cooler than me, and I guess I’m doing a good job then.”
The “Since U Been Gone” singer also expressed gratitude for her talented team on The Voice this season. While speaking to Us, she revealed how she’s coaching her artists to handle the spotlight.
“The conversations I’m really having with my team right now are all strategy and like, ‘Hey, make sure you’re releasing something a little bit new about yourself each week,’” she explained. “Like, it’s more of like, ‘Let’s tap in, show us something a little different because we’re not making an album.’ That’s a very different scenario. That’s a very different side of you artistically.”
Clarkson continued, “When you get in the studio and you create, when you go on tour and you create, those are all different avenues. This is a competition, so you’ve signed up to be a part of something that you need to have a bit of strategy with. So it’s more or less I’m always talking to them about strategy, like we’re all playing some giant board game. So that’s kind of what I talk to them about right now.”
Clarkson added that her team has shown nothing but confidence on the stage.
“Luckily, they’re not nervous, y’all, and I got some young ones too,” she concluded. “Like, they’re not nervous. They’re just out here, like, having a good time, excited to be here, excited to show people what they want to do for a living. It’s just a fun team.”
The Voice season 30’s live shows kicked off Monday night with Y2K-themed performances from the artists. Queen Latifah and Adam Levine’s teams competed during the episode, with Queen’s artist Lillie Kolich getting eliminated at the end of the show.
Clarkson and Riley Green’s teams are set to take the stage next week for round two of Y2K Night — and Clarkson’s will have an extra member, as her previously eliminated artist Kyle Davis won America’s vote to return to the competition.
Clarkson first joined The Voice during season 14 in 2018 and took home the trophy with Brynn Cartelli. She won again the following season with Chevel Shepherd. Clarkson returned to the coaches’ panel in seasons 16 through 21 and 23, winning two more times with season 17’s Jake Hoot and season 21’s Girl Named Tom.
After a three-year hiatus from the show, Clarkson came back to The Voice for season 29’s Battle of the Champions earlier this year.
The Voice airs on NBC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
