Kelly Clarkson performs on stage at the Norwegian Encore Christening Ceremony on Nov. 21, 2019 in Miami.had all kinds of dreams. But rescuing daytime television? She didn't even know it was in trouble.
Succeeding in a space that has vexed TV programmers since Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey hung up their mics in 2002 and 2011 respectively, Clarkson says she had no idea how many bankable names failed in the last 15 years trying to plug daytime's holes. At the moment Clarkson is the fourth-ranked talker , trailing only the top veterans Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly & Ryan and Dr. Phil.
Lots of people want to be in the Kelly Clarkson business. The question on fans' minds is, how is she doing it all? "Whoa, you definitely don't bring that up!" she said. "If we're on a plane and people bring up change of time I go, 'shut your mouth - not today Satan!'""'Ignorance is bliss' is such a handy thing sometimes," she says. "I don't even look at my schedule. That's why I don't get overwhelmed. I'll ask my assistant, 'how many things today?' - and she'll say 13. And I'll say OK, cool. Let's work backwards.
"And we do the fan request thing all the time on tour, which is easy — but I was forgetting that there are only so many shows on tour, but there's 180 episodes of per season. So there's gonna be days you love Kellyoke, and there's gonna be days you'll say, okay, she sang... that.