Kelly Clarkson: Stronger | 256

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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With the holiday season in full swing, we’re talking about one of the reigning queens of Christmas, Kelly Clarkson. (Relax, Mariah Carey fans, we said ""one of..."") The road to stardom for the OG “American Idol” hitmaker has not been easy. From surviving a broken home, to navigating the treacherous waters of the music industry, the “Since U Been Gone” singer has proven that no matter what life throws at her, she’ll be able to deal with it. Not only that, but Kelly Clarkson will always come back “stronger.”

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:11.0	Okay, Richies, we're jumping in the way back machine today.
0:20.4	Arecia, do you remember a real defining moment that changed the direction of your career?
0:26.1	Well, I didn't know it at the time, but joining the Facebook group for like comedy women in L.A.
0:33.1	Yeah.
0:33.6	Because that's where this job was posted.
0:37.1	Yeah.
0:48.7	And I mean, I was in it for years before this post came up. And it's just one of those things where you and I have talked about where it's like one decision we've made let us hear.
0:54.8	Yeah. Yeah. It's crazy to think about. It's the butterfly effect. It really is. Well, I got to say, it's crazy how just like one interview or audition can completely blow up someone's life and sometimes in a good way.
1:01.2	Yeah. I mean, these are the stories we hear. We don't hear about the people that have had bad audition after bad audition and never get anywhere.
1:07.7	True. Well, one audition totally changed the life of Kelly Clarkson,
1:11.6	she was young and broke, but still fearless. So when one of her friends told her she should show
1:16.5	up with that amazing voice and try to get on a show that nobody ever heard of, she figured
1:21.5	why not? And the rest is music, reality TV, and talk show history. Today, we're talking about Kelly Clarkson.
1:39.2	It's May 2002, and 20-year-old Kelly Clarkson is sitting in the sons of Herman Hall on Elm Street in Dallas,
1:45.9	Texas. As she waits to be called for her audition in front of celebrity judges Simon Cowell,
1:50.8	Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson, she witnesses one singer after another walk excitedly into the room
1:56.7	and then walk out in tears. Dressed in a strapless shirt,
2:03.9	she sewed herself by cutting up a pair of tie-died denim jeans,
2:05.3	shanters the room,
2:07.9	and wows the judges with her infectious charm.
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