American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, has sparked a conversation on social media after admitting that she sometimes disciplines her children by striking them.

Clarkson, 35, made the revealing comments while appearing on a Rochester, New York-based radio station last week.

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“I’m from the south, y’all, so like, we get spankings,” Clarkson explained on the program when it comes to punishing daughter River Rose, 3, and one-year-old Remington 1.

The millionaire crooner, who is now at the center of a social media debate, admitted that she was also struck as a child, “So, my parents spanked me and I did fine in life and I feel fine about it.”

“I’m not above giving a little tough love,” Clarkson concluded.