We decided that she would be a great talk show host
and I want her to be a talk show host.
We didn't.
But OK.
Yes, we did.
And so we thought we would give you,
especially because you're so nervous about The Billboard
Awards.
This is prep.
That we would give you a desk and you're
going to interview me.
It's your own show, it's the Kelly Clarkson Show.
I get a desk?
All right?
Oh, I'm moving.
Yeah.
I get a desk!
Yeah.
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With a button.
With a red button.
And you have your own cup, look it's The Kelly Show.
[LAUGHTER]
Look at that.
Wait.
I wish this button, like if you didn't like a guest,
you could push it and they just got ejected or something.
I've wished that many times.
Or like down a hole.
You could do that if you have your own show.
OK.
Hey what's up y'all, welcome to The Kelly Show.
[MUSIC - KELLY CLARKSON, "HEARTBEAT SONG"] This is
my heartbeat song and I'm going to play it.
Turned it on but I know you can take it up,
up, up, up all night long.
Oh, up, up, up all night long.
Here she is now.
Kelly Clarkson.
[APPLAUSE]
Y'all!
I am so excited to welcome my first guest.
She's the queen of daytime, the queen of kindness,
the queen in my life.
I love her.
She loves to scare people, that part sucks.
But please welcome Ellen DeGeneres.
No, thank you everybody.
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I have wine.
What are you having?
I'm having some water.
Some water?
Water and wine, we're like Jesus.
Water and wine like Jesus.
Yes.
I have to take a sip to calm down because I'm nervous.
OK so I have--
I don't know much about you.
I don't know you at all, Ellen.
So my first question is, if you had
to pick your favorite person that's ever come on this show,
who would it be?
Oh, god, there's so many people.
Are there?
Yeah, I mean, there's P!nk, there's Alicia Keys,
there's god, Scarlett Johansson, there's, I mean,
Chris Hemsworth is--
Seriously!
[LAUGHTER]
OK.
You.
Good job.
[APPLAUSE]
No, I love all those people.
I think our love of P!nk is similar, I love her.
I love her too.
I think she's so rad, as a human and a performer.
OK, so now when did you know that you wanted to be,
I know you've probably been asked this question,
but when did you know that you wanted to be a talk show host?
Because it's very different from just standing up and doing
comedy.
Right.
When they offered it to me, I was like, that's a good idea.
[LAUGHTER]
I was like, that sounds like fun.
No, no, no, I've always loved them, I mean, when I was,
you know, growing up as a kid, I loved talk shows.
I watched, you know, Johnny Carson and I watched, you know,
all the talk shows that were on David Letterman.
And so I always thought it would be a fun job,
but I never thought I would do it until I ran out of jobs.
[LAUGHTER]
OK, before we go.
You know my classic bit.
You know it from The Kelly Show.
It's time for Kelly's Karaoke.
Oh, OK.
I'm going to press this button, the magical button.
And when it lands on a song, we'll
sing it together because we sing beautifully together.
We sure do.
Are we going to harmonize again?
Yes.
OK.
Here we go.
Oh, wait.
Here we go.
OK.
Oh, I love that song.
I will be offended if you don't know this song.
OK.
All right.
Just kidding.
OK when-- is it going to start?
I guess it'll start.
It'll start.
[MUSIC - KELLY CLARKSON, "SINCE U BEEN GONE"]
So tough.
Angst.
Here's the thing.
We started out friends.
It was cool but it was all pretend.
Yeah, yeah.
Come on.
[AUDIENCE] Since you been gone.
Dang!
[LAUGHTER]
You dedicated, you took the time.
You're good at this.
Wasn't long until I called you mine.
Yeah, yeah.
Since you been gone.
Come on!
And all you'd ever hear me say is how I pictured me with you.
You know the words.
Because all you'd ever hear me say.
Sing it!
[AUDIENCE] But since u been gone.
What!
I can breath for the first time.
I'm so moving. on.
Yeah, yeah.
Thanks to you now I get what I want.
Wine.
Since you been gone.
The whole song.
Yeah, we do the whole song here.
OK.
How can I put it?
Let's go.
You put me on.
I even fell for that stupid love song.
Yeah, yeah.
Since you been gone.
Here we go.
How come I'd never hear you say.
I just wanna be with you.
I guess you never felt that way.
But since you've been gone I can breathe for the first time.
I'm so moving on.
Yeah, yeah.
Thanks to you--
The bridge is coming.
--now I get--
This is tough.
--what I want.
Are you ready?
Since you been gone.
You had the chance you blew it.
Out of sight, out of mind.
More angst!
Shut your mouth I just can't take it again, and again,
and again, and again.
I don't-- No.
No.
[APPLAUSE]
Kelly Clarkson!
[APPLAUSE]