Saturday 11 October 2003

Thankful idol

"I think I'm gonna puke," was the only thing Kelly Clarkson could say when she met Mariah Carey face-to-face. While the American Idol star could have easily been misconstrued by a "lesser individual", her more famous counterpart just smiled and replied, "You're so funny!"

Ever since Clarkson won the hearts of the American public - along with a US$1 million recording contract in the hit reality TV talent show last year - she has become a bona fide artiste with the release of her debut album, Thankful.

"I've met the likes of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Reba McIntyre, T-Boz and Aerosmith. While I have this surreal feeling like, 'Hey, I know all your music, and you know my name', I kept my cool most of the time. But Mariah was one person I really flipped out over. Randy Jackson (Grammy-winning producer and American Idol judge) had introduced us during a show. Mariah was in her dressing room and was very obliging... so I just lost it."

Kelly's immediate response was to gasp in horror. "I went like, 'I didn't just say that. I really should stop thinking aloud'," she laughed. Clarkson is excited over her successful venture into the pop world. Her debut single sold over 600,000 copies back home even before her album was conceived.

(NST.Com)



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