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According to Us Weekly (via MSNBC), “a source close to the star” says Kelly Clarkson loves walking around her house in the nude. It doesn’t matter if she’s alone, her friends are around or even if her home “filled with strangers for photo shoots or fittings.”

Why? “I just really like being naked,” the “American Idol” star tells visitors with an apologetic shrug, according to the magazine.

Um… If I was her friend and she did this (especially if she decided to bend over and load the dishwasher in front of me), I would run out of her house screaming hysterically and crying like I was just raped. And you could argue that technically, I was. Visually.

Source: theblemish.com

Years of research has led me to this shocking realization. Kelly Clarkson’s Since You’ve Been Gone isn’t about a guy. It’s about a donut.

And all you’d ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That’s all you’d ever hear me say

But since you’ve been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so movin’ on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
What I want
Since you’ve been gone

How much you want to bet that Kelly “can breathe for the first time” because pieces of the deep fried dough no longer get lodged in her throat?

Here she is singing in Sydney lamenting over her jelly donut.

Source: www.celebitchy.com

It appears that the year-long battle of creative differences between legendary producer Clive Davis and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is diffusing. Clarkson, who has been quite vocal over her disagreement with Davis regarding her album, “My December,” has been added to the bill of select performers for Davis’ prestigious pre-Grammy bash.

Kelly Clarkson had a bad year last year, you may recall. Her album, called “My December,” was a dud. But before it was released, she wound up in an unfortunate war of words with legendary J Records label chief Clive Davis, who’s also the head of BMG North America.

But time heals all wounds. The magnanimous Davis has held out a very key olive branch to Clarkson by including her photo among just a few select acts in the glittery invite to his annual pre-Grammy dinner gala.

The swanky black and gold square-shaped invitation has four pages of past dinner performers. The book opens with Alicia Keys, and continues with such Davis stalwarts as Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, Annie Lennox, Barry Manilow, Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson.

But it’s the fourth page that’s most interesting. Diana Ross in the upper left hand corner. Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana are next to her. Below that pair is Clarkson, by herself. And to Clarkson’s left is the duo of Usher and Kanye West.

[From Fox News]

Sharing the same bill with Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross is a sign of being accepted back into the fold? No wonder the music industry is in trouble.

Davis reportedly held the release of Clarkson’s album because he felt that that the material, which she wrote herself following a bad breakup and some bad experiences during her “Breakaway” tour, was too dark and not pop enough. Clarkson shot back with the infamous reply, “You don’t have to like my album. You’re 80– you’re not supposed to like my album.” Some felt that Clarkson was shunned by Davis during his appearance on the finale show of American Idol season 6, when he proceeded to promote other Idol contestant’s current singles or albums, but failed to mention Clarkson’s album, or its first single, “Never Again.”

While “My December” didn’t live up to the expectations set by her previous album, it wasn’t exactly a flop, either. The album received mixed reviews and debuted at #2 in the U.S., with sales of approximately 291,000 copies - a mere 6,000 copies less than Clarkson’s debut hit “Thankful” sold in its first week. It came behind “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus,” which sold about 326,000 copies that week.

Hopefully, Davis and Clarkson can renew their relationship and get back to making music. Kelly deserves kudos for standing her ground — even at the risk of selling fewer albums and canceling a few tour dates. Clive’s label has supported Alicia Keys in her quest to take more creative control, so why should Kelly be penalized for trying to do the same thing?

Source: www.celebritysmackblog.com

I like Kelly Clarkson. She’s low-key, down to earth and talented. People make a fuss about her weight, but give a girl a break. She’s a breath of fresh air.

*Photos Provided to Celebrity Smack by © Adam Bielawski/PR Photos*

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Source: www.evilbeetgossip.com

Manager Jeff Kwatinez may have been frustrated by Kelly Clarkson’s refusal to listen to the advice of Clive Davis, but at least Kelly doesn’t have a reputation for cleaning up her dog’s poop with Chanel dresses, urinating on-set with the bathroom door open, flaking out on her commitments, and, you know, doing cocaine all the time.

But, for whatever reason, Mr. Kwatinez, who was fired by Kelly last month, feels he’s prepared to take on Britney Spears, and has recently agreed to sign on as her manager. Britney’s been without any formal management for several months now — some say because no one’s willing to work with her — and her career has spiraled even further downward, with the recently divorced popstar getting into screaming matches with the paparazzi and walking out on interviews.

Jeff has been tasked with resurrecting Britney’s career, but he’s going to have to resurrect her life first.

Source: www.celebritysmackblog.com

“I have major trust issues. 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.”

-Kelly Clarkson on why she has only kissed 5 guys in her lifetime

Source: www.celebitchy.com

The drama between Kelly Clarkson and RCA head Clive Davis will not settle down. The two got into a pretty public feud (well Clarkson said a lot of stuff that Davis said and no one denied it) about the quality of Kelly’s most recent album “My December.” Kelly stood her ground, and the reviews have been mixed at best, with many critics siding with Davis. Kelly revealed to Blender exactly what she said to legendary Clive Davis.

It was nice,” Clarkson told Blender of a “face-to-face” Beverly Hills Hotel meeting she and Davis had to discuss his “My December” issues. “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**tter. 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.’”

[From Reality TV World]

Well it turns out that wasn’t really a smart thing to do for a lot of reasons. Clive Davis is a pretty powerful guy. And he’s her boss. So there’s two good ones right there. But more importantly, he’s been in the business forever, and he’s stayed relevant. In some way, shape, or form, he’s responsible for about half of what you hear on the radio. And it turns out he has a pretty good ear, since the record hasn’t been selling well compared to her old albums. Blender noted, “Clarkson has never sounded this depressive or spiteful.”

Simon Cowell decided to chime in and tell Kelly to STFU. Don’t worry, he’s got an accent so it sounds prettier when he says it. But it’s Simon Cowell so it actually sounds mean no matter what.

They just need to kiss and make up…Clive Davis at 80 is better than 99 percent of the people in the music business in their 20s, 30s and 40s…and he’s not 80….(Davis) is the boss of the record company, and it’s his job to advise.’”

[From Reality TV World]

I really like Kelly Clarkson, though I don’t care for any of her music. I like that she’s spunky and doesn’t follow the wasteland mentality that most celebrities her age seem to indulge in. I can really see where she’s coming from, and especially why she wouldn’t want to do something so mainstream after the last two albums. But on the other hand, Clive Davis is… Clive Davis. He’s legendary, and he knows what he’s doing. And he is her boss. If nothing else, if I were Kelly I would have kept quiet about it and not blabbed about it in every single interview. Either way, there are many measures of success. This album definitely isn’t selling like her last ones, and it probably isn’t going to produce the chart-dominating singles of her previous efforts. However it does seem to have more of an honesty to it, and there’s certainly something to be said for sticking to your guns, especially on something so personal.

Source: www.evilbeetgossip.com

And, frankly, it’s not a bad album.

My December was released in the U.S. on Tuesday, and I finally had some time tonight to sit down and give it a listen. I had that time because I was waiting for utorrent to finish downloading Live Free or Die Hard onto my computer baking a cake for my grandma. Anyway, despite the heavily publicized battle between Clarkson and RCA crypt-keeper Clive Davis, the album is already #1 on the U.S. and Canadian iTunes charts (in fact, the NY Post even suggests that battle was just “manufactured edge”) and will probably debut at #1 on the U.S. charts next week.

So the album? It’s not my favorite of the Clarkson offerings, and it’s certainly less catchy than most of what you’ll find on Breakaway or Thankful, but it’s angry, it’s empowered, and it’s grown-up, and I’ll take that Kelly Clarkson over the one who was singing “I hate myself for losing you” on the previous album. I liked “Never Again” from the start, “Sober,” is, ironically, quite addictive, and the bonus track “Irvine” is both chilling and warm. Critical response has been lukewarm, and rightly so, but Kelly has a strong fan base and a good reputation in the industry, and I hope she ends up on top.

Source: theblemish.com

Uh-uh sista, ‘dem my nachos!

25-year-old Kelly Clarkson reveals to CosmoGirl! magazine her struggle with weight after being passed up for a play in high school. Because of this, she became bulimic, but stopped after 6 months because she’s a quitter.

“I thought…If I came back and I’m cuter and thinner…then I’ll get the role.”

For six months, Clarkson was bulimic, until a friend discovered her problem. “One of my guy friends caught on to it, and I just felt so ashamed and embarrassed,” she tells the mag. “I literally went cold turkey and snapped out of it.”

As you can clearly see here, weight is no longer an issue for Kelly. Whew. Crisis averted.