Cher and Kelly Clarkson revealed anecdotes about Willie Nelson’s wild tour bus, filled with entertaining tales of a legendary cannabis icon traversing the country.
On Monday, NBC posted an additional video from Cher’s recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, during which the “Believe” singer discussed her four-piece Decades Eau de Parfum Collection with Clarkson.
The ’70s scent, created to reflect the aroma of the decades between the 1960 and ’90, contains notes of saffron wrapped in plush suede and musk. But, according to Clarkson, she was surprised that it “didn’t smell like marijuana.”
“I was like, ‘Oh, this one will obviously smell like Willie Nelson’s bus,'” Clarkson stated, pushing her guest to say, “Oh my God. I’ve been on Willie Nelson’s bus. It smells exactly like marijuana.”
Adding that Nelson had enough drugs to fill a store, Clarkson said she once “had a contact high” while riding on his bus.
“It was a terrible old bus, but he was great,” Cher recounted of her own encounters. “And just… drugs everywhere.”
Clarkson jokes: “When you walked out, you were definitely hungry.”
Marijuana Decriminalizing
Nelson, 89, a longstanding proponent of decriminalizing marijuana, established the cannabis business Willie’s Reserve in 2015 and discussed how the herb had helped him.
“I wouldn’t be alive. It saved my life, really,” the country star said in an interview with Rolling Stone in 2019.
“I wouldn’t have lived 85 years if I’d have kept drinking and smoking like I was when I was 30, 40 years old. I think that weed kept me from wanting to kill people. And probably kept a lot of people from wanting to kill me, too — out there drunk, running around.”
Later that year, he would admit that he had given up smoking because of his health.
“I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days, and I have to be careful,” Nelson shared with San Antonio’s KSAT.
“I started smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to whatever. And that almost killed me. I don’t smoke anymore – take better care of myself.”
The Kelly Clarkson Show visit by Cher is available to watch here.
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Kelly Clarkson Show Replaces Who?
Thank you very much, but Kelly Clarkson isn’t aiming to succeed Ellen DeGeneres.
When The Kelly Clarkson Show returns for its fourth season in the autumn, it will replace the long-running Ellen DeGeneres Show in the afternoon time period (3 p.m. in most areas).
While it could be frightening for some to succeed in a talk show veteran like DeGeneres, Clarkson recently told Variety that she is not aiming to fill those iconic white sneakers.
“Nobody is going to fill Ellen’s shoes,” Clarkson stated. “I hold the Oprahs and the Ellens in such high regard. Very few people can conquer what they conquered. My team is very stoked, and I believe in my team. But by no means am I filling anyone’s shoes — I don’t want that pressure.”
She recognizes that the time slot is “coveted,” but she also sees it as “an opportunity to reach more people.”
When asked if she felt pressured to accept the position, Clarkson shared this pearl of talk show knowledge.
“I remember Oprah had that spot forever. And then Ellen came in. And I think what’s helpful for me is that those two women are very different — how they did their shows was very different, how they connected with people was different, their humor was different,” she stated.
She even added: “To fill that slot doesn’t mean you have to do one thing — it’s important that we all stand out, and that we’re all different.”
No Pitting
And don’t even try to compare Jennifer Hudson or Sherri Shepherd, two other American Idol alumni who are now getting their own daytime TV series. Everyone has a place, Clarkson reassured.
“I am so excited for Sherri Shepherd. I’m so stoked for her. She’s one of my favorite guests,” she stated.
“And I’m so excited for Jennifer Hudson. Who would have thought two girls from Idol would be doing this type of thing? There’s room for everyone. I just wanted to say that because I don’t like how people pit us against each other. I want to be sure that everyone knows that we are supportive of each other.”
The Kelly Clarkson Show, which debuted in 2019, includes parts on ordinary people, segments with celebrity guests, and of course, music, such as the crowd-pleaser Kellyoke, which features covers by the Grammy winner.
Furthermore, 13 Daytime Emmy Awards have been earned by the program.
In addition to Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Kenan Thompson, Garth Brooks, and others, Season 4 premiered last September 12.
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Clarkson Proves
Fans of Radiohead, get out of bed because Kelly Clarkson served you a rendition of their dramatic dirge “Exit Music (For a Film).”
In April, Clarkson gave the song a pop-octave makeover in an episode of her “Kellyoke” segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve been listening to “Exit Music” since it played over the credits of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet or if this is your first time hearing it; it’s guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
Both songs, “Exit Music” and “Karma Police,” are taken from Radiohead’s groundbreaking 1997 album OK Computer. “Exit Music” isn’t the first Radiohead tune to appear in “Kellyoke”; Clarkson also covered Karma Police in October.
Before performing a cover of Radiohead’s breakthrough song “Creep” in front of a crowd in 2012, Clarkson introduced herself as a “big Radiohead fan” and said she found leader Thom Yorke’s voice seductive.
“I’m not going to sound as sexy,” Clarkson said, “but I’m going to try my damndest.”
