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DARKNESSBALL · 04-20-2006, 12:14 PM

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Kevin: Bahama Bound with Kelly Clarkson
April 20, 2006

By Kevin Frazier

So last week, my boss LINDA BELL BLUE walks up to me and says, "Hey, can you handle going to the Bahamas to interview KELLY CLARKSON?" She always does that when she is sending me some place sweet -- she starts with, "Hey can you handle..." It's sort of a ritual now because she knows I love to travel and get so geeked when I get assignments in exotic locations. By the way, to me, even Winnipeg is an exotic location! Anyway, Kelly is on vacation with her friends in the Bahamas, taking one last break before she finishes her album and hits the road. She wanted to promote those things and lucky for me, she didn't want to cut her vacation short to do it. So that's how I ended up going for work, to a place where everybody else goes for vacation.

Kelly has been hanging with her girls, soaking up the sun and playing lots of cards -- yeah cards! Apparently she loves to play gin rummy and things get pretty competitive amongst the Clarkson crew. That's one of the things I really like about Kelly, she is this ridiculously monsterous pop star but at the same time as regular as it gets.

In a way, I feel bad for her, because fame is starting to rob her of her "kinda" normal life. During our interview, which was done in a somewhat remote spot, fans were everywhere. The great thing is that Kelly's girlfriends try to run interference so that she doesn't get swamped, but people love the girl.

Besides lots of gin rummy, Kelly also loves to hit the hot tub, and they also plan on doing some snorkling. She is also doing some writing. Kelly takes her laptop with her everywhere and considers it relaxing to knock out a few lyrics. Even though it isn't done, Kelly says the new album will have a more rock and roll flavor. She says she gets bored easily and that's why this album will sound nothing like the last. She wants to keep evolving, so get ready. After the album is done its on the road again for what Kelly claims is like her 9th tour, so that's one of the reasons they are calling this the "Addicted Tour," because apparently she is addicted to touring.

Now when she first hit the road Kelly was rolling in a very average tour bus. Apparently, she didn't know about the "star" buses that have a large bedroom in the back. For her first couple of tours she had a bus that just had bunks and she slept in one like all of the other band members. That has changed. She finally got the hooked up "star" bus and is diggin' it. That's one of the reasons she doesn't mind being on the road. She gets her meals cooked, she gets to see her fans and she loves to perform.

One last thing about the interview, we had a real laugh about the fact that I had to come "all the way" to the Bahamas, I thanked her for hooking me up. Then she stood up, and the little silk jumper she was wearing (hey, we were on the beach!) had a bunch of sweat stains on it. She looked at it, laughed and we took the next shot. That's what makes Kelly so cool, she's the real deal. A real star, who is real down to earth.