Whether you like it or now not, Kelly Clarkson has a big persona. She's now not scared to speak out on controversial issues or discuss her thoughts usually. We admire it! Whether it is clapping back on the body-shamers or defending the rights of ladies to jot down and bring the kind of song they need to file, Kelly makes use of her voice for a lot more than making a song.
Her fateful American Idol win launched her from a no-name Southern woman, sound asleep in her automobile, to a wealthy person with more than 25 million copies of her albums sold so far, in keeping with Billboard. That said, Simon Cowell advised Entertainment Weekly, "It had nothing to do with American Idol. It had everything to do with the fact that she made a great record and she's got an incredible voice. She's not a girl who got lucky in a talent competition; we got lucky to find her."
In the years since her upward thrust to reputation, Kelly has accrued an excellent selection of well-known friends, however not everybody sings her praises as highly as Simon does. Read on for our checklist of stars who count themselves among her closest pals, plus six celebs who if truth be told can't stand her.
20 Blake Shelton (Part Of Her Circle)
Blake and Kelly have a lot in commonplace. For one, they costar on The Voice. Kelly's husband Brandon Blackstock additionally occurs to be Blake's long-time manager, consistent with People. They've been friends off-screen for so long that Kelly considers Blake to be like circle of relatives. "He’s like the sweetest person ever," she advised Variety. "He’s actually the nicest human ever and yeah, he’s like the greatest big brother."
19 Hayley Kiyoko (Part Of Her Circle)
This fall, Kelly took her occupation to new heights as the host of her own sunlight hours talk show on NBC. The Kelly Clarkson Show features Kelly chatting with more than a few celebrities. Some of the earliest guests were other people Kelly regarded as private buddies, and Hayley is one of the ones people. The two shared their joint interest for self-confidence with lovers...and hugged it up in entrance of the cameras. Aww.
18 Matt Damon (Part Of Her Circle)
You would possibly no longer picture those two being shut, but they are part of the same main friend workforce, which is made up of Hollywood A-listers. Here they are at an Indy 500 race this past 12 months, with their respective spouses. Kelly shared this snap to her IG. In the caption for it, she called out one of their mutual pals,...any person named "Freddy." We surprise which well-known Fred she was once relating to...
17 Clay Aiken (Part Of Her Circle)
Remember him? Clay was once a runner-up on the second one season of Idol after which had arguably extra success in the making a song industry than the winner of that season, Ruben Studdard. Kelly and Clay toured in combination in 2004, and she or he told Newsweek they remain pals these days. The something she may not do for Clay? Watch his son, she says. (*14*)
16 Alicia Keys (Part Of Her Circle)
Kelly and Alicia have been each judges on The Voice in 2018. That was once Kelly's first season on the display and Alicia couldn't were happier to welcome her to the panel. She instructed Extra TV that Kelly "brings a great energy" to the entire room, and we imagine it! It's easy to look how these two were given alongside, from the entire laughs they shared in those well-known over-sized spinning chairs.
15 Demi Lovato (Part Of Her Circle)
If you ask Kelly herself, she'll let you know that Demi is "one of her girls." That's what she instructed fans at an L.A. concert the place she covered Demi's hit, "Cool for the Summer." Kelly sang it as just a little tribute to Demi, as the concert was taking place on Demi's twenty third birthday. When phrase were given again to Demi in regards to the wonder duvet, she tweeted: "Best bday gift ever!" So sweet.
14 Simon Cowell (Part Of Her Circle)
If you think about it, Kelly Clarkson owes a whole lot of her good fortune to Simon Cowell. He was a motive force in letting her upward push during the rounds of season one of American Idol, skyrocketing her making a song occupation. The pair confirmed that they have been still shut when Kelly offered Simon together with his famous person at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and so they hugged it out in complete view of the paps.
13 John Legend (Part Of Her Circle)
Pals John and Kelly had been buddies even ahead of both have been solid as judges on The Voice. "Kelly and I have known each other over the years. We've really grown to love each other as singers and as people, " John advised TV Insider. Kelly feels the same. "I was so excited when I learned that John was joining season 16," she added. "He's a really really good dude."
12 Chrissy Teigen (Part Of Her Circle)
A perk of having great coworkers is that from time to time, they also have nice partners who you'll be able to befriend through affiliation. There is in all probability no cooler spouse than Chrissy Teigen. We love her, you like her, John Legend obviously loves her, and he or she loves Kelly Clarkson. Here she is, pictured cheering on Kelly (at her husband's expense!) whilst The Voice was being filmed. Cuuute.
11 Reba McEntire (Part Of Her Circle)
"Kelly Clarkson and I are family," Reba told Us Weekly mag. This is not technically true. Kelly and Reba haven't any family connections by any means. They began out as a singer (Reba) and a superfan (Kelly), but have clearly formed a tight bond over the years since Kelly's Idol win and resulting fame.
10 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (Part Of Her Circle)
If this isn't a true pal, we don't know what is. The Rock in fact CUT HIS HONEYMOON SHORT to come back via for his pal and appear as the very first visitor on The Kelly Clarkson Show. He'd just married the completely stunning Lauren Hashian a couple of weeks prior. "I DID LEAVE MY HONEYMOON EARLY?" he tweeted in all caps for some reason. "(LAUREN APPROVED COS SHE LOVES KELLY)."
9 Taylor Swift (Part Of Her Circle)
Is there any high-power girl in track who Taylor HASN'T added to her army of gal buddies? Kelly's no different from Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and Carrie Underwood (extra on her later) in relation to cozying up to Miss Swift. No news on how their friendship started however being female singers on the best of their sport is more than likely explanation why sufficient for them to bond, in our opinion.
8 Jennifer Garner (Part Of Her Circle)
Another bestie to give a boost to Kelly, by showing on her new communicate display inside the first few weeks of its first airing, is Jennifer Garner. These two appear to be super healthy country girlfriends and we are here for it. Kelly gave insight into their friendship when she tweeted "Jennifer Garner will forever be my favorite partner with games! She’s a beast and so much fun!"
7 Carrie Underwood (Part Of Her Circle)
Forget what you may have heard - those Idol alums are close friends IRL. "Everybody always tries to pit me and Carrie against each other, and people always try to put it together like we’re enemies", Kelly advised Entertainment Tonight. Carrie agreed the rumors had been silly, tweeting that she wanted "more publications would just celebrate women’s success without pitting them against each other."
6 Clive Davis (Doesn’t Like Her)
Clive is the CEO of RCA Records, the label that put out Kelly's first album and helped her release her career, post-Idol. Looking again on that time, Kelly told Variety Clive was once "a bully" who ran an "incredibly not-healthy environment," and Clive answered via pronouncing she hasn't had "the same level of success" since recording with other labels. These two are just enemies this present day.
5 Tamron Hall (Doesn’t Like Her)
Former Today Show co-host, Tamron Hall, struck out on her personal in September of this year, with a talk show that launched the very same day and time as Kelly's. When Kelly's were given large acclaim and an early renewal for its 2d season, Tamron "blew a gasket," a member of her writing team of workers told The Daily Mail. As one of Kelly's famous buddies would say, now they have got bad blood.
4 Steve Harvey (Doesn’t Like Her)
In May 2019, the remaining episode of The Steve Harvey Show aired, as NBC booted him in desire of Kelly. As you most likely know already, The Kelly Clarkson Show has been airing since September and transform quite of a runaway hit. Steve admitted, in a video posted to his wife's IG account, that he was lower than overjoyed about this modification, and Kelly is the reason for it.
3 Dr. Luke (Doesn’t Like Her)
You’ve heard of Dr. Luke (Lucasz Sebastian Gottwald)...he's the track manufacturer Kesha had issues with a few years again. Kelly’s some other lady who doesn’t get along with this man.
“So much of artists that have worked with him don’t work with him anymore for pretty good, solid causes,” she instructed KIIS FM. “He’s no longer a excellent individual to me. We’ve clashed. I will’t really say anything else rather than that.”
2 Molly Stevens (Doesn’t Like Her)
Kelly put her foot in her mouth once more when she when put next The Voice contestant, Molly Stevens, (who happens to this point women) to a handful of other well-known singers (who additionally occur thus far ladies). Molly instructed Cosmopolitan that Kelly was "small-minded," including that getting in comparison only to different gay artists is "a common stereotype that happens too often. People put us in boxes."
1 Katie Hopkins (Doesn’t Like Her)
British popular culture personality Katie Hopkins is understood for making daring and debatable statements on the common, and, since 2015, Kelly has been an ongoing goal. Dismissing Kelly's talent altogether, she told hosts of the panel communicate display, Loose Women, that "ultimately Kelly Clarkson is a chunky monkey." Kelly lashed out right again, on Twitter, and the feud has been raging ever since. Yikes.
Sources: RollingStone.com, DailyMail.co.uk, Cosmopolitan.com, GoodHousekeeping.com, Flavorwire.com, TasteOfNation.com, Today.com, Newsweek.com, Variety.com, People.co.united kingdom, Billboard.com
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