First of all, I want to praise Kelly Clarkson for absolutely killing it at the Grammys. She did a medley of Teneesee Waltz and Natural Woman that was just amazing. Also, Kelly won Best Pop Vocal Album, for Stronger, and her exuberant acceptance speech was so cute.

Kelly may be on top of the charts now but she’s had her trials and setbacks since shooting to fame as the first winner of Idol in 2002. She’s also had a longstanding feud with record producer Clive Davis, in which they’ve butted heads over the direction Kelly wanted to take with her music. Davis was CEO of Kelly’s label, RCA records, up until April, 2008. He then moved to head up Sony records. So Kelly worked under him for her first three CDs, up until 2007′s My December.

In his new memoir, Clive tells some stories about professional disagreements with Kelly, but Kelly wants us to know that he’s getting the details wrong. She also includes some additional information she claims Clive left out, in which it sounds like he demeaned and bullied her and did not give her credit for her successes. Kelly posted this on WhoSay:

So I just heard Clive Davis is releasing a memoir and spreading false information about me and my music. I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses and misinformation for myself and for my fans. It feels like a violation. Growing up is awesome because you learn you don’t have to cower to anyone – even Clive Davis.

First, he says I burst into “hysterical sobbing” in his office when he demanded Since You Been Gone be on my album. Not true at all. His stories and songs are mixed up. I did want more guitars added to the original demo and Clive did not. Max, Luke and I still fought for the bigger sound and we prevailed and I couldn’t be more proud of the life of that song. I resent him dampening that song in any way.

But, yes, I did cry in his office once. I cried after I played him a song I had written about my life called “Because Of You.” I cried because he hated it and told me verbatim that I was a “sh*tty writer who should be grateful for the gifts that he bestows upon me.” He continued on about how the song didn’t rhyme and how I should just shut up and sing. This was devastating coming from a man who I, as a young girl, considered a musical hero and was so honored to work with. But I continued to fight for the song and the label relented. And it became a worldwide hit. He didn’t include that in the book.

He also goes on to say My December wasn’t successful because I co-penned the album and it didn’t have “pop hits”. Well, first let me say, I’ve co-penned many of my “pop hits.” Secondly, My December went platinum (It sold 20,000 less than All I Ever Wanted which followed My December.) Hardly a huge failure. Never Again, the ONLY single they released in the US from that record was a Top 10 hit. I am very proud of that and I have my fans to thank. But, again, what’s most interesting about his story is what he leaves out: He doesn’t mention how he stood up in front of his company at a convention and belittled me and my music and completely sabotaged the entire project. It never had a chance to reach it’s full potential. My December was an album I needed to make for myself for many reasons and the fact that I was so completely disregarded and disrespected was so disheartening, there really aren’t words to explain….

Anyway, I love my job. I love my music. I love my fans. I love my label and all of my professional relationships… now. And I am grateful for Clive for teaching me to know the difference.

Cheers to another amazing year! And, as always, thanks for listening!

[From WhoSay]

Damn I love how she just smacks those stories down and makes her case bluntly. She is one tough cookie and she will stand up for herself and for her music. It really shows in her songs, and her industry and the marketplace have recognized that. Kelly is so talented and I love that she isn’t taking this laying down.

Update: Clive has responded to Kelly’s criticism of his book. He apologized but says his claims are accurate. He said, in part “I am truly very sorry that she has decided to take issue with what I know to be an accurate depiction of our time together. Before the book was published, I had every fact checked with five independent individuals who were present on a daily basis throughout it all.” You can read his whole statement here.

Kelly is shown on 12-5-12 and on 2-9-13, when she was the Grand Marshal at the Krewe Of Endymion Mardi Gras Parade. Credit: Pompo/FameFlynet

Is anyone else starting to get a little worried about Kelly Clarkson or is it just me? Kelly is talking up her fiance so much, and it’s so uncharacteristic of her, that it bothers me a little. It just seems like something Drew Barrymore would do, not Kelly. Maybe Kelly is so overwhelmingly happy and enthusiastic about her new relationship, and the feeling is so new to her, that she can’t help gushing about it.

Anyway Kelly took the cover of People Magazine this week, which is excellent! So I get why she’s being more open, since she wants to give us some juicy details that she hasn’t revealed before. In her People interview, Kelly revealed something controversial, especially for her. She admitted that she fell for her new man when he was married, and that she was so comfortable with him at the time that she just knew she would end up with him! There’s no cheating involved, though, this isn’t some Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton type situation. Supposedly Kelly’s fiance, Brandon Blackstock, was divorced for a year before they found each other again and ended up together. That’s kind of romantic. Here’s more:

Kelly Clarkson has admitted she fell for fiancé Brandon Blackstock when he was still married, six years before they eventually got together, claiming it was love at first sight.

The ‘Breakaway’ star became engaged to Brandon in December less than a year after they began dating, though the American Idol winner claims she’d fancied him for a lot longer.

Referring to their first meeting, she told People magazine: ”This guy walks by and I said, ‘Like that guy – hot, normal, funny, because he was making everybody laugh. I said, I’m gonna end up with him, I know it.’ ”

“For the next six years I’d go on dates and be like, ‘Man I didn’t get that feeling I got that first time with Brandon.”

The couple met up at last year’s Super Bowl and with Brandon now divorced, love blossomed.

“He’d been divorced for a year and it was kind of like ‘Is this too soon?’ But it just worked,” she explained. ”He is everything I ever wanted in a guy.”

Kelly insisted that she won’t be a Bridezilla when it comes to tying the knot, joking that she’s probably the opposite of a normal bride.

She said: “I’m going to be like, ‘Oh, the cake fell off the porch, that’s fine. Cool, something’s on fire, cool, whatever, we’ll move it. We’ll get married over there.’ I’m going to be that girl.”

But will the star slim down for the wedding like so many brides? She has certainly been flaunting a slimmer figure of late.

[From Entertainmentwise]

There’s more on People’s website, including a nice video with Kelly. You can see her giant engagement ring too! I love that someone as likable and down-to-earth as Kelly scored the cover of People, and that it’s a happy “I found love” story instead of a weight loss one, you know? Hopefully this People issue will be a high seller for them. Sometimes the non-controversial celebrities don’t get as much publicity and it’s a shame. We’re just as guilty of it as anyone, since I knew that what she said about just “knowing” she would be with her man, when he was married, would be the most comment-worthy. Is there something a little wrong with that, to think that a married guy will be with you someday? Or is that just hindsight for Kelly and not how she really felt? When I was single and met an attractive married guy I would think it was a shame, but I never held out hope that he would be mine someday. In those cases you just kind of shrug, think his wife is a lucky bitch, and move on.

Candid photos credit: Optic Photos, PacificCoastNews.com

Since we cover celebrities and gossip and fashion, let’s talk about the inaugural performances yesterday! Everybody is talking about Beyonce, who closed out the public inaugural events when she sang the National Anthem. Beyonce decided to go full-on show-stopper by wearing a long Christian Dior coat, a Pucci gown and absolutely gigantic Lorraine Schwartz earrings. And yes, those were real emeralds. 80 CARATS WORTH! She also wore a 50 carat ring. And a special orange manicure. Because… you know, the day was about Beyonce. It was HER day. Jay-Z was there too – he escorted his wife to the inauguration, and Jay wore head-to-toe Tom Ford. Here’s video of her performance:

I actually thought Kelly Clarkson’s performance of “My Country Tis of Thee” was just… cuter, you know? She’s so bubbly and she seemed so nervous, but her voice was strong. And I was wrong when I said several weeks ago that Kelly had probably gotten the invite because of Pres. Obama’s daughters – as it turns out, Kelly was invited because Sen. Chuck Schumer (chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, which overseas inaugurations) is a HUGE Kelly Clarkson fan. Truly.

I hate to say it, but I thought James Taylor was the weakest performance. Right?

And just because I liked him, here’s Richard Blanco a gay, Cuban-American poet who was the youngest poet ever selected to read an inaugural poem.

Screencaps from the videos.

I’ve admired Kelly Clarkson’s approach to the press for some time. I mean I’m not a huge fan of her music other than enjoying it when it’s playing at the gym, but I like her. Kelly has faced criticism over gaining weight, and she never played the victim when the press covered it, nor did she crow about how content she was, like some other celebrities who will remain unnamed. When Kelly lost weight earlier this year, she was equally nonchalant about it and she didn’t get preachy or anything. She just remained very matter-of-fact and low key about the whole thing. So I shouldn’t be surprised that this is the same way she deals with longstanding rumors that’s she’s gay. In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, Kelly reveals that she’s not insulted when women hit on her and finds it flattering, but that she’s straight. I really like how she handles the question.

On people assuming she’s gay
“People think, ‘Oh, she’s been single for too long.’ That’s kind of an insult to the gay community. Being single doesn’t mean you’re gay. But I’m never insulted by it, obviously.”

On getting hit on
“I mean, I get hit on by the hottest girls ever. Oh, my god, if I were a lesbian, I would be so in luck. But it’s not just my thing. I’ve always battled for the boys’ team.”

“But usually the guys who hit on me are tools. It’s the ones that don’t hit on you that make you like ‘Why didn’t you ask me out?’ It’s like American Idol auditions: The guys who are the most confident are the horrible ones, and the ones who are good have no confidence at all.”

On her weight loss
“I lost 18 pounds. And I think that happens when you fall in love or date someone. If I’m going to be messing around, I gotta look good.”

“There’s not a fad diet. I was working with a trainer. You’d be amazed the amount of weight you can drop by halving your portions. I know it sounds crazy, but do it for two weeks and watch what happens.’ I just cut back my portions, I stopped eating late at night, and I work out a little more than I used to, and I literally dropped 18 pounds in a month. I think it happens when you get really busy. But when I’m on my off-time – girl, those 18 might come back.”

On extreme diets and exercise
“I’m not willing to do that. I’m willing to work a little bit because I want to be a healthy individual – which I always have been. I’ve put on weight, but that’s just what I’m happy with at that moment.”

“Brandon and I both have bikes on the back of the bus, and we both love the outdoors. Once your lifestyle becomes more active, obviously you drop weight.”

[From Cosmopolitan via Radar Online]

Last month Kelly got engaged to her boyfriend of about a year, Brandon Blackstock, and Radar reminds us that she was single for almost six years before she hooked up with Brandon! That’s a long time to wait for the right guy, but it’s obviously paid off for her. I love how she lost weight so sensibly and how she’s swearing off fad diets. She didn’t get some massive contract to lose weight, either, and she could have easily scored one. She’s a class act.

Kelly is shown on London on 12-6-12. Credit: Optic Photos, PacificCoastNews.com

Kelly Clarkson is engaged to her boyfriend of about a year, Brandon Blackstock! I’ve looked all around, but we don’t have access to any photos of her fiancé, but you can see one here. He’s nice looking. He looks “normal” – as in, he looks like an attractive non-celebrity dude. This is the same guy who she “lost weight for” – as soon as they got together, she went on a diet and she started talking to the tabloids about her weight loss. The past few months, I kept seeing interviews or quotes from Kelly where it seemed like she was actually pressuring Brandon to propose… so I guess it worked!

In late November, Kelly Clarkson told Ellen DeGeneres she planned to marry Brandon Blackstock, and now her dream is coming true!

Clarkson, 30, accepted Blackstock’s proposal Dec. 14. “I’m engaged!” she tweeted the following day. “I wanted y’all to know! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever.”

This will be the American Idol winner’s first trip down the aisle. Blackstock, who’s the son of Clarkson’s longtime manager Narvel Blackstock, and the stepson of Reba McEntire, has two children from a previous marriage. The two currently live together in Nashville.

While chatting with DeGeneres last month, the “Catch My Breath” singer joked that her beau would have to “put it a ring at some point.”

“Honestly, I’ve never been the girl to plan a wedding,” she added. “We will totally, probably elope.”

Us Weekly was first to break news of Clarkson’s romance with Blackstock earlier this year.

[From Us Weekly]

Well, congrats to Kelly and Brandon. I kind of like her in a general sense. I don’t know much about her other than she seems like a really upbeat, positive person, she’s from Texas (I think?) and I like her song “Stronger”. So, what do you think? Babies for Kelly and Brandon? Will it happen sooner rather than later? I think she’s probably a “babies sooner” kind of person, although her career is going pretty well and she probably doesn’t want to stop touring and being a pop star while she’s still working so steadily. So… we’ll see.

Oh, and Kelly showed off her massive canary yellow diamond too. She posted a photo on Who Say, writing: “It’s a yellow canary diamond with diamonds around it. Brandon designed it with Johnathon Arndt! They did an amazing job! I can’t wait to make Brandon’s ring with Johnathon as well!”

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Singer Kelly Clarkson has been criticized about her weight for years. She’s always been very nonchalant about it, and hasn’t gotten mad or defensive. (Not that she wouldn’t have had the right to, you know?)

Kelly just lost 30 pounds, thanks in part to a new relationship that lifted her spirits and helped her feel better about the weight she was at. When I first read that she had lost weight due to a new boyfriend I got the impression that the guy was pressuring her to lose weight, but that’s not the case. Kelly takes the cover of the new issue of US Weekly, and the way “an insider” tells it she made the decision herself, bolstered by a guy who loved her at the size she was. It was a really nice weight loss story, one of the best that I’ve read. Just as you’d expect from Kelly, she doesn’t get a big head or sound sanctimonious when she’s describing how she lost weight. In fact, US Weekly uses some quotes I’ve already heard from her, so it doesn’t even look like they have a new interview with Kelly. They don’t have any new photos or anything either.

Here’s more, including how she lost weight: through portion controlled meals and by working with a trainer five days a week.

After enduring constant weight scrutiny ever since she nabbed the inaugural American Idol crown in 2002, the 30 year-old has revealed her healthiest figure yet. Thanks to a five days a week training schedule and a portion-control diet, the 5-foot-4 singer has shed a remarkable 30 pounds in the last six months. “She feels better about herself than she ever has,” a source says of Clarkson, now just 10 pounds away from her ultimate goal weight.

And [Clarkson] has someone to celebrity with when her scale hits that dream number: her Nashville-based beau, Brandon Blackstock, 35. Clarkson credits the talent manager (son of her own longtime manager, Navel, and stepson of Reba McEntire) with inspiring her slimdown. “No one likes to be not toned when you are dating someone,” she says. And when that someone is as encouraging as Blackstock, who manages Blake Shelton, staying motivated is a snap. Says the insider, “Brandon is the first guy ever who tells her how beautiful and sexy she is. She wants to look good for him…”

And Blackstock’s fitness-loving attitude has rubbed off on Clarkson, who once told Us, “I only run when I feel like I need to get destressed.” Says the insider “He motivates her. She says she can’t just lie there watching TV when he’s at the gym.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, June 11, 2012]

Well congratulations to Kelly. I was inspired by her weight loss story and how matter-of-fact this whole article was. I like her a lot, and I’ll probably catch a few episodes of the new singing reality show she’s co-starring on, “Duets.” It premiered last week on ABC, and is on again tonight, Thursday May 31. You can also watch it on ABC.com.

Kelly on 5-15-12. (With Lana Parilla of “One Upon a Time”)

Kelly in 2010:

Kelly in 2011:

Photo credit: PCNPhotos and WENN.com

Hayden Panettiere rocked a tight red vintage Moschino Couture sheath dress and a ton of cleavage at an Entertainment Weekly party celebrating the ABC upfronts this week. At first I thought that the bottom just featured some diagonal stripes, but The Fashion Patrol clued me in that it’s actually a “wraparound devil’s tail appliqué!”She looked hot, if a little cookie cutter with her new blonde extensions and boobs busting out. There’s been speculation in the past that Hayden had a boob job, but I think she just uses push up bras and/or chicken cutlet. Those things look boosted to high heaven.

I’m also wondering how long she’s had those extensions in, and it’s hard to tell because she often wears her hair up. Here’s a link to a photo of one of the last times she wore it down, in October of last year. What a difference in her look this is! I thought she was cuter before, but she’s sexier now that’s for sure. Hayden will star in “Nashville,” along with Connie Britton. This photo of her getting hugged by Britton is so cute.

Here’s Connie working a simple sparkly LBD with a mesh hemline. I just love her. She’s going to sing in Nashville! She plays Hayden’s country music rival. It seems like Connie and Hayden get along very well off screen, though. Hayden told E! that she’s a huge fan of Connie’s and that she loved her on “American Horror Story” and “Friday Night Lights.”

Does it look like Kelly Clarkson lost weight recently? It does to me. The last photos we saw of her were from just a month ago. I would bet she’s lost 10 to 15 pounds in the interim, although it could be just a more flattering dress. Kelly will be a mentor on a new ABC show called “Duets.” We only have this photo of her with Lana Parilla of “Once Upon a Time.” I can’t stand her character on that show, which probably means she’s a good actress considering that she plays the evil queen.

“Once Upon a Time’s” Jennifer Morrison was there with her new auburn hair in a black and white formfitting dress. This is how you do a peplum dust ruffle. It’s a great look for her.

Jennifer’s co-star Ginnifer Goodwin was in a fashion-forward Jonathan Saunders dress featuring a bizarre empire waist, a leather or PVC-looking pink-red top and a busy checked skirt. This isn’t cute. Ginnifer often wears contemporary styles and sometimes she takes too much of a risk.

Alyssa Milano stars in the new show “Mistresses.” She wore a black sleeveless flutter top and a black and white striped skirt with a large split up the front. I really like her and am happy she’s still working on TV. She usually doesn’t nail her red carpet looks, and I’ll leave it at that.

Here’s a link to ABC’s announced fall lineup.

Photo credit: WENN.com

Kelly Clarkson appeared on the cover of the September issue of Self in a photo that was so altered it looked nothing like her. She was very obviously Photoshopped thinner, and Self editor Lucy Danzinger wrote a haughty blog entry in response to the criticism saying that they’d only made Clarkson “look her personal best.” Danzinger also offered an anecdote about how she even had her own hips Photoshopped thinner – after running the marathon for goodness sake! Well if even you needed to get some airbrushing help, Lucy, we’ll forgive you for having your graphic artists make Clarkson look like a different person.

Clarkson talked to UK’s Heat magazine, and said that the controversy didn’t bother her exactly, but that she thought the photo looked like someone else. I’ve read Heat and they do run celebrity interviews that are legitimate and not cobbled-together pieces from other sources, as British magazine occasionally do. These look like new quotes, although without seeing the original article it’s hard to tell:

Now Clarkson has opened up about the controversy, admitting she was shocked by the pictures, but accepts all photo shoots inevitably involve the airbrush.

She tells Britain’s Heat magazine, “The whole airbrushing thing has gone crazy. I was like, ‘Who is that on the cover of the magazine?’ They were obviously not happy with what I look like. I’m not being mean about myself, but I just found it funny. I think it’s just one of those things that people have got so used to doing that they don’t even think twice about it.”

[From SFGate]

Kelly is right – they usually just make everyone look homogeneous and think that’s what the public expects. At least Self was forced to think twice about it when it became such a controversy in the media. Do you think Self will take some of the criticism to heart at all and start to feature larger models, as Glamour has done with size 12 model Lizzie Miller? I would bet that all Self does is decide never to use a cover model again that isn’t a thin, super-fit woman that they still airbrush to Barbie-level proportions. Editor Danzinger said that the Clarkson issue “the truest we have ever put out there on the newsstand.” Self’s idea of “true” is having to use a few extra keystrokes to achieve the illusion of perfection.

Self Magazine editor Lucy Danziger, who counts J.Lo among her best buddies, has issued a cringe-inducing statement in response to the outcry over how much thinner Kelly Clarkson looks on the cover of Self this month. Without outright admitting that Clarkson was Photoshopped to look thinner, Danzinger claims that the picture was retouched to “make her look her personal best,” adding “I think this photo is the truest we have ever put out there on the newsstand.” Give me a break. If that’s the case, it shows how “true” Self normally is.

Kelly Clarkson may not have an issue with her weight, but a digitally slimmed-down image of the singer on the cover of Self magazine is causing waves online.

Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of the women’s health magazine, is speaking out in defense of “retouching” the 27-year-old singer in order to make her “look her personal best” on the September issue.

“Yes. Of course we do retouching,” Danziger writes in a post on Self.com. “Did we alter her appearance? Only to make her look her personal best.”

Calling Clarkson “the picture of confidence,” Danzinger writes, “I think this photo is the truest we have ever put out there on the newsstand.”

But many readers have expressed disappointment and outrage over the digitally slim Clarkson. “Hey, hi, Self ladies: None this changes or explains the fact that YOU ALTERED THE BONE STRUCTURE OF HER FACE,” write one reader on jezebel.com where the controversy is stewing.

Adds another reader: “Taking out red eye and airbrushing a pimple would be making her look her personal best. You completely changed the way her body looked. Why even bother asking Kelly Clarkson to pose in your magazine if you didn’t think her body fit into your idea of what was best?”

In the Self article, Clarkson defends her figure. “When people talk about my weight, I’m like, ‘You seem to have a problem with it; I don’t. I’m fine!,’ ” Clarkson says. “I’m never trying to lose weight – or gain it,” she added. “I’m just being!”

This is not the first photo flap the singer has been involved with: In January Clarkson wrote on her blog that “they Photoshopped the crap out of me!” on her All I Ever Wanted album cover image.

[From People.com]

How haughty was that statement from Danziger? It’s like she’s saying “Yes, we photoshopped the crap out of Clarkson, but she needed it and still isn’t up to the Barbie standard we usually present.” What the hell is that “truest” photo crap? That just makes me angry. If they didn’t think Clarkson was worthy of the cover, they shouldn’t have put her on it. Clarkson is lovely as she is, and it’s not fair to her to Photoshop her so much slimmer and then present quotes from her inside the magazine that contradict the image they’re presenting. Self’s cover this month reveals their priorities. All the large text is about “Slim Down,” “Foods that Fight Fat,” “Body Confidence… Reach Your Goal Weight,” and then – way up in the corner in much smaller font it says “Kelly Clarkson: Stay True to You and Everyone Else Will Love you Too!” Everyone except snotty fitness magazine editors who think you need a lot of help looking your “personal best” and still remain their “truest” cover ever.

Update: I read Danzinger’s entire blog entry on this issue, and I stand by my original assessment: it was bitchy. Here’s an excerpt where she says she even Photoshopped herself – after she ran the marathon for goodness sake!

When I ran the marathon five years ago, I was so proud of myself for completing it in under five hours and not walking a single step. But my hips looked big in some of the photos (I was heavier then), so when I wanted to put one of them on the editor’s letter in SELF, I asked the art department to shave off a little. I am confident in my body, proud of what it can accomplish, but it just didn’t look the way I wanted in every picture.

[From Self.com]

Here is Lucy Danziger with J.Lo last August. She helped train Lopez for that mini-triathalon she did at the time. Credit: WENN.com

She’ll always be known as the first (and arguably best) winner of the hit talent show American Idol, but there was a time when Kelly Clarkson wanted nothing to do with the show that made her famous. But when Kelly wanted to appear on American Idol a few weeks ago to perform her new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” it came with a condition: she had to apologize to AI judge Simon Cowell, along with other show executives, for dissing the show in the past.

Kelly Clarkson has come crawling back to Simon Cowell.

The Season 1 American Idol winner performed her new single “My Life Would Suck Without You” on the March 11 show – but Simon and other AI execs wouldn’t approve her appearance until she apologized for slighting them in the past.

“American Idol made Kelly a star, but she’s tried to distance herself from the show,” said a source close to the show. “Kelly has appeared on Idol when she’s needed to promote her music, but has acted embarrassed to be associated with the show when she didn’t need a career boost.

“Because of Kelly’s lack of loyalty, Simon has always felt that Kelly bit the hand that fed her.”

Simon called out the former Texas cocktail waitress for refusing to let Season 5 contestants sing her songs.

“No matter how talented Kelly Clarkson is, she would not be in the position she’s in now without winning this show,” Simon complained in an interview. “It’s a shame.”

Kelly, 26, returned to Idol two seasons after that bitter controversy, but Simon continued to hold a grudge, say sources.

“After her last controversial album, My December, Kelly felt she needed to return to Idol to promote her new album, All I Ever Wanted. Kelly went with hat in hand and apologized for her part in the differences they had,” the source said.

[From The National Enquirer print version, April 6, 2009]

I can see why Kelly Clarkson and other artists would want to appear on the show, as American Idol continues to pull in monster ratings, even in its 7th season. And I can also understand why Idol producers would want to clear the air with Kelly. Like it or not, Idol made her a superstar. I think the show’s producers have learned their lesson since their conflict with Kelly- more recent winners and contestants such as Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry and David Cook have all fallen in line with Idol and if they do have any negative thought about their time on the show, they’ve learned to keep them quiet.

Here’s Kelly in New York City on March 12th. Images thanks to INF News and Features.