A slimmed-down Kelly Clarkson is spotted on the first-ever music cover of Lucky, rocking out a Rachel Comey blazer, a Michael Stars top, and Diesel jeans.
The 30-year-old songstress and Duets judge told the mag:
On her new boyfriend:
“Oh, there’s all these rumors that I’m a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock, my manager Narvel’s son, Reba McEntire’s stepson?” She added, “I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It’s what I wanted to do, so we went.”
On how she gets going in the morning:
“Even though I’m a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer,” Clarkson says,explaining, “I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl—I’m not trying to be some cool indie – rock person, I just love the way it sounds—and throw on a t-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans. I just blow-dry my hair and put on mascara and lip gloss, and I’m ready to go. I really don’t get long nails. They’re so Edward Scissorhands.”On mentoring her Duets contestants:
“Last week, one of the Duets contestants was crying. She said, ‘I gave everything up to come here, and I’m scared.’ I thought back to Idol and how I didn’t know much except that I was scared, and that I had nothing left to lose. I told her, ‘That fear? It’s your power in this situation. Use it, because it’s your fire.’”