If there’s one thing Kelly Clarkson remembers about the very first season of “American Idol,” it’s how much some of her fellow contestants got beaten down by online backlash. According to the singer and talk show host, she watched several people “break their spirit” on the show.During Thursday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the host welcomed fellow musical icon Seal, who made a point to praise her for having the “courage” to put herself on a stage to be judged not only by the actual judges, but the entire audience around the country.But, for Clarkson, the experience was “a good boot camp.” What was harder was seeing other people struggle with nationwide input.“It was more hard, not for me, but to watch other people — I’m always that person, like, it’s hard for me to watch other people go through something,” Clarkson said.
Kelly Clarkson Addresses The ‘Toxic’ Workplace Allegations From Her The Kelly Clarkson Show Staffers
13.05.2023 - 15:37 / perezhilton.com
Kelly Clarkson is speaking out about the allegations against her daytime talk show.
After eleven of her current and former staff members accused The Kelly Clarkson Show series of being a “toxic” work environment, the 41-year-old singer took to Instagram on Saturday morning to address the situation, saying:
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Kelly added that with the show’s move to New York City soon, she is “more committed than ever” to making sure her staff – both old and new – is made up of the “best and kindest in the business.” One way she plans to make sure that happens? There will be “leadership training” for the senior staff members – including her. She wrote:
Wow. You can read the entire statement from Kelly (below):
As we mentioned before, this message comes after a new report from Rolling Stone revealed that many employees from The Kelly Clarkson Show feel “overworked, underpaid” and often “bullied and intimidated” to the point where the show has been “traumatizing to their mental health.” One person even called the show “by far the worst experience I’ve ever had in my entire life.” Yikes!!
According to the bombshell exposé, though, the staffers insisted Kelly was not responsible for the “toxic” workplace conditions on the popular show. In fact, one former employee swore she “has no clue how unhappy her staff is,” noting that “NBC is protecting the show because it’s their new moneymaker.” Another ex-worker backed these claims, telling the outlet:
Instead, the negative environment was blamed on the higher-ups on the show, specifically calling out executive producer Alex Duda, who allegedly hid how unhappy many staff members were from Kelly. A former employee
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Kelly Clarkson has addressed recent allegations of a toxic work environment on her daytime talk show.The claims were made in a report by Rolling Stone last week (May 12), in which numerous staff members working on The Kelly Clarkson Show came forward — accusing the producers of “overworking” and “underpaying” employees.In the report, one current employee and 10 former members of staff spoke anonymously about the workplace environment behind the scenes of the chat show. “I remember going up on the roof of the stage to cry,” one said, describing the emotional impact the job took on them.
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she said.Earlier Friday, Rolling Stone reported that employees feel overworked and underpaid, and mired in a “toxic” environment. The report cited on employee who said that working on she show is “traumatizing to their mental health.”According to the report, Clarkson herself is not blamed for the workplace conditions.
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