Kelly Clarkson Forgets Her Own Lyrics Again
Kelly Clarkson may have an impressive “Kellyoke” catalog and a pretty big discography, but even she has a weakness. During the talk show host’s Tuesday episode (April 30), we learned that her weakness happens to be Anne Hathaway.
Kelly Clarkson Forgets Everything When Anne Hathaway Is Involved
This is the second time Hathaway has appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show. The first time Hathaway was a guest was in 2022, and the two played a game called “Name That Tune.” Clarkson embarrassingly couldn’t recognize her own smash hit, “Since U Been Gone,” while Hathaway rocked the vocals. Adding insult to injury, Clarkson begged the band, “Can you play a frickin’ song I know?!”
In a different game this time, the duo played “Pop Pop Quiz,” a game where they had to guess songs based on partial lyrics. Realizing she’s bound to beat Clarkson yet again, the Idea of You star shyly says while smiling, “Oh no, it’s happening again.” In response, Clarkson joked, “Anne Hathaway is never invited back,” as she pounded her fist on the podium. Admitting her losing streak against the actress, Clarkson says it’s become a schtick between them now and completely welcomes it.
Then, game host Ambur Ruffin read a question that referenced Clarkson forgetting the lyrics to her own music, ending with a line from her song “Stronger.” Clarkson beat Hathaway to the punch this time, completing the lyrics with the word “lighter” before announcing, “That’s Christina Aguilera!” Hathaway still beat Clarkson with a final score of 13 to 2.
Clarkson later revealed to the camera, “So, you’ll notice, America, if you know my catalog at all—’cause I don’t—I thought I was singing Christina Aguilera’s song ‘Fighter,’ and I was singing mine, ‘Stronger,’ she said. “It’s one of those days. Anyway, Anne Hathaway is my kryptonite. It’s fine.”
During Hathaway’s appearance, the two talked about how iconic her last appearance on the show was. Kelly said that Hathaway’s hack for cupcake-eating is the single-most-watched video from her show of all time. Not the singing or revelations, but the cupcake hack.
Asking if Anne had any more dessert hacks, she told the crowd that if a restaurant’s bread was bad, they shouldn’t bother with their dessert. She also loves dessert so much that she orders one of everything when she goes out to eat — something she and Clarkson have in common.
Kelly Clarkson's Best Kellyoke Performances Of 2024 (So Far)
It seems that Kelly Clarkson’s Kellyoke performances get better and better with each passing year. The daily segment on her talk show features the powerhouse singer playing a live rendition of popular songs spanning all genres and decades.
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Kelly Clarkson’s Best Kellyoke’s
From Christina Aguilera to Chris Stapleton to Måneskin, you don’t know what song she will put her own spin on next. Since we started doing this list ranking her best Kellyoke performances back in 2022, some of our favorite covers that year include a Jennifer Lopez ballad rendition of “Waiting For Tonight,” Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” Anita Bell’s disco track “Ring My Bell,” Adele’s “Rumor Has It,” and even Radiohead’s “Exit Music (For A Film).”
In 2023, Clarkson kept fans on her toes with even more breathtaking covers. Our picks of the standout Kellyoke’s from 2023 include Taylor Swift’s version of “Better Man,” Destiny’s Child’s 2001 hit song, “Survivor,” Cher’s “Strong Enough,” Daniel Bedingfield’s pop anthem “Gotta Get Through This,” and Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey.”
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Clarkson previously released an album of six of her covers from 2022 after “singing over 500” on The Kelly Clarkson Show, which she said was “near-impossible” to choose. The Kellyoke album was released in June of 2022 and features the following songs:
- “Blue Bayou” by Linda Ronstadt
- “Call Out My Name” by The Weeknd
- “Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish
- “Queen Of The Night” by Whitney Houston
- “Trampoline” by SHAED and Zayn
- “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead
Her latest album was 2022’s Chemistry. When announcing her 10th studio album ahead of its release, the singer-songwriter said she didn’t want “everybody” to think that her emotions could just be simplified as angry or sad. She explained in a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), “This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship, and a whole relationship shouldn’t be just brought down to one thing. So there’s the good, the bad, the ugly thing kinda going on in it.”
With hundreds of Kellyoke performances under her belt and the number growing by the day, we conducted a list of her best performances of 2024 so far.
Take a look below at Kelly Clarkson’s best Kellyoke performances of 2024:
