{"id":450580,"date":"2026-05-29T05:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450580\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:22:08","slug":"kelly-clarkson-in-tears-over-end-of-hit-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450580\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson in tears over end of hit talk show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1404018_094015_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson in tears over end of hit talk show\"\/>Rita Wilson delivers heartfelt tribute to Kelly Clarkson<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Clarkson is set to end her hit, long-running daytime talk show this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, emotions are already at fever pitch ahead of her farewell.<\/p>\n<p>On her latest show, Rita Wilson was featured as a guest.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, in turn, delivered an emotional tribute, which led Clarkson to break down in tears.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to say one thing before we go,&#8221; the 1883 star said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank you for the years that you&#8217;ve been doing your show.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank you for literally changing the game when it came to daytime television,&#8221; Wilson noted.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Hanks&#8217; wife did not stop there.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;The fact that you love music, that you have brought so much music to daytime.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That you have shared with us your voice, your gifts, and everyone else&#8217;s and your incredible band.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the touching tribute, Clarkson was visibly emotional.<\/p>\n<p>Though fighting back tears, the host joked, &#8220;I&#8217;m not crying,&#8221; before saying, &#8220;That&#8217;s so nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The heartfelt moment comes as Clarkson is set to end The Kelly Clarkson Show after running for seven seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rita Wilson delivers heartfelt tribute to Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson is set to end her hit, long-running daytime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-450580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}