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Blast From The Past #2March, 22, 2004:
St. Louis Z107.7 Radio Interview Audio Length:
5:24 File Size: 2.16 mb Audio Format: mp3 Summary: The
interview discusses what’s different about this tour than the previous
AI tours (No Janet Jackson Bra Issues for them!) , who’s the messiest
on the bus (Raleigh gets the honors), what it’s like going out in
public with Clay (includes the story about eating dinner in St. Louis)
and what they do on the bus for fun (Clay tells the story about when
Kelly threw the scrabble board across the room when she played with her
brother last year). And finally, it’s learned what it REALLY takes to
get Kelly to say I do! Transcript: DJ: Z1077
it’s the hit music channel, it’s me Jeff Black and we are hanging
out with two of the biggest pop stars in music right now. And look at
Kelly, she’s giving me that look like ‘are you sure?’ Kelly: yeah Clay: I’m
gonna turn around and try to find ‘em! DJ: Kelly
Clarkson and Clay Aiken, how are you guys doing? Kelly: I’m
doing good. Clay: I’m
ok. DJ: So how’s
the tour going so far? Kelly:
(laughing) It’s going good, it’s going good. We get a long. The fans
have been cool, so.. DJ: You guys
are on the same bus, right? How’s that going? Kelly: Yes Clay: Oh lord
yes. Kelly: Don’t
‘oh lord, yes!’ I am such a cool (unintelligible) DJ: Who’s
the cleaner of the two? Kelly: That
would be…oh, I’m not clean! Well, I guess we’re both messy. DJ: Oh, well
that’s alright. That works for … Kelly: You
aren’t very messy. Clay: Well my
dog took a boo in the floor the other day. Kelly: Ok, dog
is the messiest .. DJ: What kind
of dog do you have? That you carry around with you? Clay: A border
terrier. She’s CUTE! But she had a dirty bum the other day. Kelly: Yeah,
it was disgusting. She was rubbing her butt on the seats… Clay: And on
Kelly. DJ: So what
can we expect on tour. How does it compare to the American Idol way when
you guys did that a couple of years ago? Kelly: Well,
we both have our own shows, it’s not like the American Idol thing
anymore ..that’s why he actually thought of the idea, Independent,
that’s why our tour’s called that..We kinda have very separate
shows. Clay: We do.
And, you know, no Janet Jackson bra for all DJ: Oh so
there’s not going to be any wardrobe.. Kelly: believe
me honey, there wouldn’t be much to see. … no plastic. Clay: I’ll
second that. (He says this at the same time Kelly proclaims “no
plastic” so he’s seconding the “nothing much to see” not the
“no plastic” part. LOL. Figured that was an important distinction to
make) DJ: How was it
starting off in Charlotte and getting started in .. Clay: That was
cool. We actually … it was a good city because … people always look
at me and ask me that question because it’s where I went to school but
the truth is, Kelly’s mom lives 45 minutes away from Charlotte .. all
of her family lives there. Both of our families were there. Kelly: yeah
but believe me, those were my only fans there. (laughter) Clay: what? DJ: The only
five people there. Kelly: Well
not that people didn’t like coming but mainly .. I mean it’s
Charlotte Clay: big
hometown Kelly: so
it’s his hometown. It was a little rough opening up in Charlotte for
Kelly. I was like .. I would say Clay’s name every once in a while. Clay: Ok and
last night we did a little Dallas action Kelly: yeah,
no, same thing. Clay: and
Kelly had the same thing. DJ: SO not
only did you have all of your family and all of your friends at your
show last night in Dallas … Kelly: Oh it
was basically all of Burleson. I actually knew most of the audience. I
mean, I was saying hi throughout the whole show. DJ: Hey
girlfriend, what’s up girl, how ya doing? Kelly: yeah. DJ: What’s
this rumor I hear about you maybe doing a movie after this tour thing is
over. Kelly: No,
actually. You’re like the second interviewer to say that, but no… Clay: I
hadn’t heard about that either. Kelly: no, no.
I have a song that’s going to be in a movie, Ella Enchanted, but
that’s about it. I’ve had movie roles and Broadway and stuff like
that happen but, you know, the opportunities come up, but I dunno, I’m
already focused on my second CD, I’ve already written it and right
after my break I’m going to write the whole thing and get it out at
the end of this year. DJ: And Clay I
know there was some talk also about you coming out with an album after
the whole tour thing is over. Clay: well
actually Kelly is going to start on her album and I’m going to do a
Christmas album next. DJ: Oh ok. So
Clay, I do have to ask one question…I get told a lot that I look like
you. As a matter of fact I was told that five minutes ago before we even
walked out here. Everyone was like, “you look like..” Clay: Poor
Jeff has to called..said he looks like me. How sad. Kelly: Oh
whatever! DJ: No ok,
see, I’d much rather someone say “hey you look like clay rather than
saying, ‘ you look like Kelly.’ So you know, that would work out
better for me. Kelly: It’s
because I’m a girl, not because of what I look like. BUT Clay: many
things are going through my head right now. Kelly: Just
keep them all inside, keep them all inside. NO one wants to hear.. DJ: Where are
you shopping? I mean, I personally need to know, where are you shopping
for your clothes.. Clay:
actually, at this point, this sounds really bad..say it for me (in a
tiny whisper) I don’t shop Kelly: He
doesn’t shop, he doesn’t do it, he gets other people to do it. But
you know WHY? Ok, I used to be one of the people who was like, “Oh my
gosh go shopping, Oh my gosh do this and that, you’re so..funny.”
And then, I went out in public with Clay and it’s a lot
different than going out in public with me. People..it’s like..MOBS.
Like, women, knock us down. Clay: we were
in a restaurant yesterday, here in St. Louis (pronounces it St. Louie)
and uh (laughter) Kelly: Like we
hadn’t even gotten our food or anything. Clay: We
hadn’t gotten our food and we were talking..having a conversation
about something that’s been happening on tour. I turn around and look
at Kelly and look over her shoulder and the waitresses are peering..
like there’s two of them, peering through the bushes. Kelly: peering
through the plants. Clay: the
plants. And I was like.. Kelly: just
staring Clay:
…”Can I help you with something?”
And she was like “Shhhh.. we’re just listening.” And I was
like, “well, that’s the problem!” DJ: Isn’t it
supposed to be…did she tip you afterwards? Because isn’t it supposed
to be the other way around? Kelly: It was
funny. It’s hard going out in public with him though. I get away with
the incognito thing, but once people notice him they notice me. DJ: Just gotta
know..you guys are riding on the same bus, living on the same bus
through the whole tour, what kind of stuff do you guys do? Do you hang
out with the dog, do you play playstation..what’s the deal? Clay: Kelly
enjoys..a good scrabble competition. And.. Kelly: He
won’t play me. Clay: I
won’t play her Kelly: because
he’ll LOSE Clay: because
I don’t want to feed that, really. It’s unhealthy that..uhm.. Kelly: It’s
not unhealthy! It’s not unhealthy to be competitive sometimes. Clay: well
tell them about the time ..she got upset one time because she almost
lost, so she threw the scrabble board across the room. Kelly: Ok that
was with my brother and because my brother used some stupid word, I
can’t even remember it right now, but it wasn’t even a word.. Clay: see, and
this has been seven years ago and she’s
(unintelligible) Kelly: It
wasn’t seven years ago it was like last year (laughter) Clay:
(laughter) but she’s still upset about it, clearly DJ: So what
you’re saying is that you get physical..you know, there are pills for
that. Kelly: No! You
know what, I don’t appreciate cheaters! Ok, if you’re gonna win,
then that’s cool if you beat me, but you gotta win fair and square. Clay: And
that’s fair enough, but, she just gets a little passionate so, usually
actually what Kelly and I have done is we have..like we have..we just
talk until 3 in the morning Kelly: heated
arguments because he usually presses my buttons. …we’re looking at
what you’ve got. DJ: I’ve
just got little notes here. Uhm, someone would like to know if you would
marry me. Kelly: Uhm,
well, uhm, kinda have to buy me dinner first. Clay: But
that’s ALL you have to do, which is really ironic! DJ: Well how
much time do you got after the show? Kelly: I’m
going to kill him after this interview! |