Kelly Clarkson, the Grammy Award-winning singer and decide of NBC’s “The Voice,” is talking out after a bombshell report depicting a hostile, “poisonous” workers surroundings at her namesake discuss present, “The Kelly Clarkson Present.”
Within the report, which was initially printed by Rolling Stone final week, former staff allege they had been overworked and underpaid, calling the surroundings “traumatizing to their psychological well being” and famous that Clarkson “was clueless” about the whole lot that went on behind closed doorways.
The information rattled followers and, it seems, Clarkson herself.
“Kelly [Clarkson] is implausible. She is an individual who by no means treats anybody with something however dignity and is extremely appreciative,” one former worker of the present, who selected to stay nameless, instructed the outlet. “I might be shocked if she knew. I would be floored if she knew the workers wasn’t getting paid for 2 weeks of Christmas hiatus. The Kelly that I interacted with and that everybody is aware of would most likely be fairly aghast to study that.”
Different nameless staff blamed increased administration and government producer Alex Duda for allegedly fostering an surroundings that had direct detriments to staff’ psychological well being.
“It deterred me from eager to work in daytime ever once more,” one worker stated frankly. “After I say I used to be traumatized, I used to be actually traumatized … [It was] by far the worst expertise I’ve ever had in my whole life.”
Clarkson responded swiftly to the accusations on her private social media accounts in a sequence of notes on Instagram to her 6.6 million followers.
“I’ve all the time led with my coronary heart and what I imagine to be proper,” Clarkson wrote about her present which first aired in 2019. “To seek out out that anybody is feeling unheard and or disrespected on this present is unacceptable.”
Clarkson went on to reveal that the present might be transferring its filming location to the East Coast from the Common Studios Lot in California. The subsequent season of the present is ready to movie at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York Metropolis.
She went on to say that senior workers, together with herself, will bear management coaching and made clear that “any notion of toxicity might be eradicated.”
“I’m extra dedicated than ever to creating certain that not solely our workforce that’s transferring but in addition our new workforce in NY, is compromised of one of the best and kindest within the enterprise,” she penned.
Clarkson’s put up had obtained over 289,619 likes as of Monday afternoon.
“The Kelly Clarkson Present” was lately renewed by way of 2025. The present is at the moment on hiatus as a result of ongoing strikes organized by the Writers’ Guild of America.
The present has gained 13 Daytime Emmy Awards thus far. Clarkson’s internet value is an estimated $45 million.
