Cee Lo Green Quits ‘The Voice,’ Gets His Own TV Show On NBC? Leaving Competition After Coaching For Four Seasons

Cee Lo Green is quitting "The Voice," the musician/coach confirmed in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Cee Lo Green teased he's getting his own TV show on NBC.

"I'm not coming back at all," Cee Lo Green told Ellen DeGeneres, announcing for the first time that he wouldn't return to be a coach on "The Voice," TVLine reports.

However, the singer added that he has a couple of job prospects up his sleeve.

"I'm going to continue my relationship with NBC. I have a television show development deal with them as well and hopefully some other talk show opportunities for later in the year. But yeah, I'm going to miss The Voice, too."

He continued: "I don't want to wear out my welcome there. I have so many other things I want to do. I haven't released an album in four years. I'm almost done with an album."

Cee Lo Green has been a coach on four of "The Voice"'s five seasons, although he wasn't scheduled to appear on Season 6, which starts Monday (9 p.m. ET/PT), USA Today reports.

"The Voice" returns for its sixth season on Feb. 24, with original judges Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. They will once again be joined by spring replacements from Season 4, Shakira and Usher.

According to USA Today, Green seemed to realize he had unintentionally confirmed some major news on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

"I didn't mean to drop the bomb today," he said.

But this isn't the first time he hinted at quitting "The Voice." In January, during a panel discussion with television critics to discuss his summer TBS reality show, CeeLo Green's The Good Life, he said of "The Voice," "Yes, I will gladly go back if they have me," but added:

"But I will say, I'm human and I have other ambitions that I want to see through that will require my undivided attention. And so with that being said, sometimes it becomes questionable."