Kelly Clarkson Archives

Kelly Clarkson (in Zuhair Murad) and NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson present the award for “Coach of the Year” to Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy at the 2007 ESPY Awards at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on Wednesday. (”The ESPY Awards is ESPN’s annual sports awards and stands for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards.)

The Idol champ later joined some friends at Koi restaurant for a little after-party. The 2007 ESPY Awards will air on Sunday, July 15 @ 9PM ET/PT on ESPN.

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Kelly Clarkson performed a five-song set for Live Earth on Saturday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey — “Walk Away”, “How I Feel”, “Never Again”, “Sober”, and “Since U Been Gone”.

The Idol champ wore a “BE HAPPY” jelly bracelet and a “Let’s Get Lippy” t-shirt.

Download Kelly’s interview with Carson Daly here, “Walk Away” here, “How I Feel” here, “Never Again” here,”Sober” here, “Since U Been Gone” here. All the videos are in .WMV format. Thanks so much, Rick!

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Kelly Clarkson gets interviewed by TV personality Aamer Haleem ahead of her performance at Giants Stadium in New Jersey for Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis. She talks about how everyone can pitch to “go green” without having to break the bank.

The Idol valedictorian joins Keith Urban, Fall Out Boy, Akon, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Kanye West and many others. (The stage is made of all recycled material.)

Kelly will tentatively perform a 20-minute song set at 7:28PM ET/PT. Dave Matthews Band will precede her and Kanye West will follow her. You can catch Kelly’s performance live on Bravo TV or via the world feed at LiveEarth.MSN.com.

Kelly Clarkson gives a very candid and hilarious interview in the August 2007 issue of Blender.

On what she does in her free time: “You know, I never go out. If I’m in L.A., I’m usually at my house playing Guitar Hero.”

On her lying music label, BMG: “Everyone keeps saying how hard this record because be because of all the crap surrounding it, but that last one was really hard to make. I literally got told to my face that it wouldn’t sell more than 600,000 copies. And I got lied to. One reason I don’t like working with people at the label is that they like. They told me, ‘We really want you to go to Sweden. These people really want to write with you.’ So I flew to Sweden with lyrics I’d written to this track I’d been sent, ‘Since U Been Gone.’ I get there, and the writers are like, ‘Oh, we already have lyrics. We just want you to sing it.’ It was really awkward. It was mean. That’s why there’s no relationship with them. Because I don’t like to be lied to.

On ex-boyfriend David Hodges, former Evanescence keyboardist: “I didn’t even really like the guy. I’m more mad at myself for being so blding. Why would I pick someone like him to date? What’s wrong with me? … It’s fine in the end. Maybe I had to go through that and learn more about myself. Maybe that’s why I don’t date much, either.”

On how many boys she’s made out with: “Four? No, wait. Oh my God, five! I have major trust issues. [laughs] I just don’t make out with people. That’s a waste of my kisses and time. And it’s so personal. It’s like, my face. Plus, I’m afraid of mouth herpes.”

On her face-to-face meeting with music exec Clive Davis: “It was nice. IT was just the two of us, and his dog. I was like, I don’t know you very well, and I am not a bulls******. I get you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album. I said, ‘Clive, I’m going to make tons of albums. It doesn’t have to be mainstream every time. Then he kept bringing up people he’s worked with. ‘You’re a Whitney! You’re a Mariah!’ ‘First of all, Mariah writes a lot of her stuff. Secondly, I dont’ want a career like either of those singers. That’s why it’s hard for us to make an album. You don’t know me! You don’t know what I like, and you don’t know what my fans like.”

Kelly Clarkson recently spoke out about David Hodges, her cheating boyfriend from last year.

“My standards were low because I was lonely,” she said. “I met this musician, not a famous musician–he doesn’t even deserved to be named–and I thought he was totally into me. And then you find out, oh God, that he had this whole other relationship on the side, and that he is only dating you to get into pictures and to become famous.”

Kelly had penned the song “Never Again” about Hodges on her latest album, My December.

Now Hodges is fighting back with his own song called “Just a Little Girl”, which according to his website us “a rebuttal to a single by a former idol currently on the radio.” (You can listen to it here.)

Hodges is best known for his work with the band Evanescence, which he left in 2002. He now fronts his own band, Trading Yesterday. Check out the lyrics to “Just a Little Girl” below.

DAVID HODGES - “JUST A LITTLE GIRL” LYRICS

You never cared to hear the other side
So why would you care to keep this thing alive
You paint me into a memory of all your pain
But i will not be drawn into the past again

[Chorus]
Cause all of this is all that I can take
And you could never understand the demons that I face
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
For in everything you are, you’re just a little girl

I never meant for you to feel this way
but Decembers were never meant to be our graves
It’s not a question of who was wrong and what is right
But time cannot heal what you will never recognize

(Chorus)

So go ahead and cry
Go ahead believe that you were right
To keep away the dark to help you sleep tonight

Go on and decide
Who is wrong what is right
If you know inside

(Chorus x2)

Kelly Clarkson dresses casual in an orange tee and jeans as she arrives at the airport in New York City on Thursday night.

The American Idol champ recently opened up to USA weekend in their July 13-15, 2007 issue.

On her boyfriend cheating on her last year: “My standards were low because I was lonely. I met this musician, not a famous musician–he doesn’t even deserved to be named–and I thought he was totally into me. And then you find out, oh God, that he had this whole other relationship on the side, and that he is only dating you to get into pictures and to become famous.”

On the stress of her second album and two bouts of pneumonia: “Everything caught up with me in a bad way. My body was wearing down, and my emotions were wearing down. I was trying to get over someone. I hadn’t seen my friends and family for a while, and it was becoming a nuisance [to see them] because I was so busy. I was traveling, and then there was more added to the schedule. It just got chaotic. I was 24, and that is pretty young to be the boss of so much. And it caught up with me. I couldn’t smile. I couldn’t do anything. I broke down. I cried so much I couldn’t speak. I was that tired. I was drained. I didn’t want to act, didn’t want to smile–I didn’t want to pretend. I just broke. …It was the lowest point of my life and my career.”

On having tried marijuana once: “It was in Amsterdam. It is legal there, and it is not legal here. I don’t ever do anything illegal here. I have never smoked anything in my life. I’ve never tried any drugs. I wouldn’t do anything that would cause holes in your brain or your nasal cavity. Call me Texan, but I don’t think of marijuana like that. I don’t understand people who drink too much. I think, ‘Why do you drink so much? It just adds calories.’”

On her weight issues: “I have never been to a point where I have been so unhappy that I have said to myself: ‘Oh God, you are fat!’ I don’t allow myself to go there. I know when I am unhappy with myself–and then I am like, ‘Wow, stop eating so many cookies [and her other favorites, cake and pumpkin pie] and get on the treadmill!”

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Kelly Clarkson arrives at CBS’ The Early Show on Tuesday to perform her three-song set: “Never Again,” “Sober,” and “Since You Been Gone.”

The original American Idol winner dressed in head-to-toe black including a minidress with metallic geometric shapes up top and suede thigh-high boots.

Kelly’s latest album My December drops TODAY, so be sure to pick up your copy!

You’re gonna have to wait to catch Kelly’s performances on The Early Show though. They won’t air until Monday, July 9!

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Kelly Clarkson rocks out to a four-song set during ABC’s Good Morning America summer concert series in NYC’s Lincoln Center on Tuesday morning.

Dressed in a slightly belly-baring top, the American Idol champ performed “Never Again,” “Sober,” and oldies-but-goodies “Behind These Hazel Eyes” and “Since You Been Gone.” Kelly’s latest album My December drops TODAY!!

You can download Kelly’s GMA performances here, here, here and here.

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