"The Kelly Clarkson Show," launching on Comcast
Corp's NBC, on Monday as a daily afternoon show, will add to a
resume of the "Because of You" singer that has included actress,
Grammy-winning singer, mentor on "The Voice" and children's book
author.
"I just want everybody to be here and having a good time and it
to be an hour of television that isn't depressing, like the
news," Clarkson said.
Clarkson, who worked as a cocktail waitress before shooting to
fame in 2002 after winning the first season of the singing show
"American Voice," admits she is not a traditional choice to host
a talk show but hopes that is what will make the show unique.
"Although I am of pop culture, I'm not really in it a lot. I
lead a very normal life outside of work," the 37-year-old mother
of two said.
"I'd like to see some actors sitting next to some baking
champion sitting next to some artists. ... So it's gonna be a
mix of celebrity and real people," she added.
Clarkson plans to open every show by singing a cover version of
a song by an artist she admires, "everyone from Aretha Franklin
to Cardi B."
Clarkson has not forgotten her roots. She hopes to reunite the
original "American Idol" panel of judges Simon Cowell, Paula
Abdul and Randy Jackson for her show.
"I love all of them. They've always been very supportive of me.
Look at all four of us. Nobody knew where we would all be
now."Life is so weird, where it leads you, you never know. And I
just think it'd be a really interesting show," she said.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Leslie Adler
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