Kelly Clarkson | with Trump's Media Ban Backfires, Arch Gets Drones & Snipers & Seth Recaps a Crazy Summer: A Closer Look

0:02Well, speaking earlier this month at Republicans' first ever midterm convention, President Trump told voters, quote, pretend that I am running. Oh, buddy, I don't think that's going to help. The only thing that's gotten more affordable since you've been back is Ed Sheeran tickets.

0:23From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. But first, Seth catches up on all the news from summer hiatus in A Closer Look.

0:41We're finally back from a long summer break, and I'm thrilled to report that while we were gone, nothing happened. And I know I've said this before, and it's turned out to be nothing more than a comic faint ruse, if you will. But this time, I'm not joking. There was no news, no chaos, nothing for us to talk about. In fact, there's so little to recap, we're going to spend the rest of the show doing a cooking demo. I can't tell you who the celebrity chef is, but let's just say he's best known for a little restaurant called Casa de Brainwurm. We won't have aprons, but we will have blue jeans. Thank you.

1:19Could have been a lot crueler, but thank you. Anyway, we'll get to all that and more in our recurring segment, Everything's Great. Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen So tonight we'll be making RFK Jr.'s signature smoothies Made with recalled contaminated lettuce and dead bear Found on the side of the highway And hold on, I'm sorry My producer's over there waving his arms around What's that? Gas prices rose again on Friday And diesel hit an all-time high Iran attacked more tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Trump threatened to annihilate the regime And told Fox News he might blow up the entire nation Alright, well, he said stuff like that before I'm sure that'll get straightened out.

1:56Okay, so for tonight's smoothie, you will, of course, need a blender. I'm sorry, what's that? An AI researcher warned that AI could kill all humans, but then Trump called it a hoax, but then CNN reported that intelligence generated by AI almost started a war between the U.S. and China before it turned out to be false. Oh, man, I'm starting to think we're not gonna get to the smoothies, guys. What's that? Ted Cruz said he'd rather have American killer robots than Chinese killer robots, overlooking the third option of no killer robots, But then Trump said the only guardrails that AI needs is a strong and smart parentheses high IQ president.

2:29And the rest of us said, okay, can we have one of those? And then he said, I'm talking about myself. And the rest of us said, oh, no. Then J.D. Vance told AI companies if you're building Frankenstein, stop, even though, first of all, it's Frankenstein's monster. Gotcha, you burn. And second of all, we already have a Frankenstein? As you can tell from the way President Trump walks, President Frankenstein, which explains his hands and ankles, those aren't his. He's sewn together from dead body parts. What's that? What's that? Trump banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House. Trump was photographed looking at a poster on Air Force One that said Kennedy Center demolished.

3:01Cash Patel defended the FBI's decision to change its rules to allow applicants who participated in bestiality, which makes sense because Cash Patel always looks like he was just caught by a farm's floodlight having sex with a chicken, which would be so embarrassing for the chicken. And what's that? Trump started a trade war with Canada, and Canada retaliated, then Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Trump to kiss his ass and said, I have a lot of real estate on my ass, so he has a lot of room to kiss my ass. Essentially bragging for no apparent reason that he has a big old ass. Then Trump changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America and Google and Apple went along with it, but MapQuest said, we're not changing it, which makes sense because MapQuest is so old it's still listed as Prussia.

3:43Nevertheless, a million people downloaded MapQuest and then Ford changed the name of his ass to Mount Tushmore and MapQuest said, okay, that one will do. What's that? The Department of Justice dropped all the charges against the so-called reflecting pool vandals and admitted there was no vandalism and the pool turned green because of a botched installation, which everyone already knew, but Trump insisted it was vandalism, but then the contractor himself admitted that they botched the installation. What's that? Trump held a midterm convention in Dallas where he made his supporters promise to cheat and said if they didn't vote, they would go to hell and promised a$5 ,000 check to every adult in America, but only if Republicans win, even though Republicans already control everything and they could do it right now, but it would cost a trillion dollars and it's an obvious scam and Trump is only doing it because he has the worst poll numbers of every president of the century and prices are soaring and the only thing he cares about is making money and putting his name on stuff like the ballroom or the Kennedy Center or Doug Ford's big old ass.

4:33What's that? Don Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas was partially funded by a Russian oligarch named Umar Kremlev who was close to Vladimir Putin and who was apparently such good friends with Don Jr. that a spokesperson for his brother Eric said of Kremlev, Eric has absolutely no clue who the person is nor has never heard his name. What's that? Kremlin paid for fireworks in an island, and Don Junior was so excited he underwent treatment to better define his jawline for the occasion. But it turns out there's no way to change someone's jawline without building Frankenstein. Sorry, what's that? What's that?

5:08What's that? Mitch McConnell disappeared for 13 weeks, then reappeared looking like an animatronic pumpkin from Disney's Haunted Mansion. Trump was met with protests in Ireland and said he reached a deal to control Greenland and said he would take over Venezuela's oil and said he would build a triumphal arch in Washington filled with snipers and drones and members of Congress introduced articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and gathered enough signatures to force another vote in the Epstein file so Mike Johnson sent everyone home and Senator Chuck Grassley posted a photo of himself at the Iowa State Fair but when you zoomed in you could see a guy in the background wearing a shirt that said, I love sluts laughter laughter applause applause applause

5:52And even worse, it turns out he stole that shirt from a sheep who applied to work at the FBI.

6:02All right, well, I take it back. I guess a lot did happen. I just don't understand why you chose now to tell me all this. You know, you know, everyone who works here knows I don't read the newspaper. Anyway, this has been A Closer Look. What? We haven't even started yet. Oh, my God. To quote Cash Patel talking to a member of the FBI's K-9 unit, me.

6:28For more on this, it's time for a closer look.

6:37We've had our fun, but you know what? Maybe I'm being too harsh, too cynical. Maybe all that stuff just sounds bad when a crooked left-wing fake news Trump hater like myself puts it all together in a big list and says it all out loud. I'm sure I'm just being biased. Things can't be that bad. So to make up for it, let's watch this very short montage of other people talking about how great everything is. Diesel prices making history this morning, hitting another all-time high. Oil executives say the great fuel crisis is here. Saudi Arabia says Houthi rebels targeted its capital with a ballistic missile.

7:09Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S. bases. This week, mortgage rates jumped to above 7 percent. Medicare premiums are expected to rise. Prescription drug coverage could cost much more next year. The escalating trade war with Canada. Canada now firing back. Steel, aluminum, dairy and apparel. Two by four went from five dollars up to I think I'm now at 12 to 14 dollars for one two by four. Tariffs and toilet paper. It's the latest tug of war between the U.S. and Canada. And soon this may cost you a lot more of these. The United States is facing its largest measles outbreak in decades.

7:47FDA now warning that eating some frozen blueberries could potentially kill you. Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapenos. Six hand soaps are now being recalled because they might be contaminated with bacteria. Nearly 30 ,000 pounds of Argentinian beef sold here in Texas and Florida is under recall. The cost of beef is up 25 percent beef that comes from well we don't really know which countries did you make that deal with what are the sources of the beef deal i don't want to say which countries an ai researcher warning the technology could quote kill us all within the next 10 years the president saying the only control or guardrails that ai needs is a strong and smart high iq president You know, grass has a life like humans have a life.

8:34He just shut his eyes and dozed off in front of the cameras. Looking over plans to demolish the Kennedy Center. FBI Director Cash Patel defending a recent policy change in hiring to not automatically disqualify some job applicants at the bureau who participated in, yes, previous prostitution or even bestiality. Why would you even get into bestiality? We are not in to be reality. Construction is set to begin on a 260-foot-tall triumphal arch nicknamed the Arc de Trump. I could have banned fishing. I'll tell you what, the power of this office is crazy. I could have banned fishing. Yes. Now, you might be surprised that I'm psyched, despite what I just showed you, but I am psyched because I recently bought a case of this.

9:26Check it out, baby That's pure Canadian two-ply White as snow in Alberta Woo! You know the street value of the f***? I can sell these for 30 bucks a pop And you know what? I do Just look for Seth Meyers toilet paper in the NBC store Right next to the Tonight Show hoodies And the Central Perk mugs But back to the clips I have so many questions Why the f***, sir, would you ban fishing? We can't eat anything else What's the problem you have with fish? Are people having sex with them And then applying to work at the FBI? Oh, are the fish already working at the FBI? This is how bad things are. Gas is too expensive to drive to the grocery store, and even if you do, you can't eat anything because the food costs too much.

10:05It might make you sick, and if it does make you sick, the soap you use to clean your hands has just been recalled, while the toilet paper you need will be too expensive because of a trade war with Canada no one asked for. Don't worry, it's not all bad because, you guys, we're getting a arch. We're getting a arch, baby!

10:24Arch! And according to Trump, it has large numbers of drones plus snipers. You know, like all good guy arches. What else is going to have? Lasers, missiles, and an eye of Sauron? What's Trump building next? A presidential library that's just a volcano in the shape of a skull? But hey, this is cool. If you ignore all that stuff and vote for Republicans, Trump will definitely send you a check for$5 ,000. He'll even throw in a free T-shirt that says, I love sluts. We love our sluts, don't we, folks? The boy ones and the girl ones, we love the sluts. It's one job AI will never take away. There's a real future in sluts.

11:12A slut came up to me once, big slut, strong slut. Tears pouring down their slutty eyes onto their funny novelty T-shirt. And they said to me, they said to me, Mr. Trump, sir Bah! But if the news sounds bad to you, don't worry The president is on it You guys, he has a plan Just ban the media from reporting on any of it And we'll talk about that when we come back Welcome back to Late Night, everybody So as we just explained, things might not be going great But don't worry, the president has a plan Just ban anyone who reports on it Tonight, in an unprecedented and escalating challenge to a free press President Trump declared a ban on three news organizations, CNN, MSNOW and Politico, saying he's unhappy with their coverage.

11:58He also threatened other media outlets to follow in a social media post. Because they're fake news. You get so tired of reading and seeing fake news. You know how fake their reporting is. It's one-sided. It's never good. Where's the good news? What are we supposed to do? Talk about how business is booming at Crazy Al's discount arch and drone emporium. Yeah, we were about to go out of business, but then we got a call from, let's see here, President Trump. I'm not sure why I needed to write that down. Yeah, I guess he got my number from the guy who f***ed up the reflecting pool and figured lightning can't strike twice.

12:37But at least when Trump was asked about his press ban, he gave a thoughtful answer and wasn't a pissy little bitch about it. Every president takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment. I do, too. How do you justify... Much more so than you. Mr. President, the veil of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment. Thank you for telling me that. Are you trying to intimidate the press from doing its job? No, no, no, no. I dislike dishonest press, like you. I think you're terrible. Well, I certainly can't imagine why you're so unpopular. He sounds like an aging Hollywood starlet chewing out a director for cutting her line.

13:14I think you're terrible. I think you're a disgrace, and if you weren't my third favorite ex-husband, I would poison your food. Now, if you need me, I'll be in my trailer pretending to listen to my agent while I doze off. Trump was asked if he's concerned about the similarities to repressive states like China, and short answer, he's not. We've got President Xi coming here next week. Great honor. China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world. What signal is extending that you are trying to... I think we're repressive also. We get fake news. We don't repress, but they write fake news.

13:49Classic Trump response where he tries out all the answers at once. I don't know about that. Followed by, I think we're repressive too. Followed by, we don't repress. And then settling on, I think I'm actually the one who's being repressed. Not only am I the most repressed person in the world, you could argue I'm also the most depressed person in the world. Not that any of you care. I mean, have you seen me lately? I'm all the signs are there. I'm lashing out. I'm falling asleep during the day. The only people I hang out with either eat or have sex with wildlife. And now Republicans are going on TV to defend Trump's ban the only way they can by lying about it.

14:26Do you support him banning these news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? First of all, I don't think we've had a president that's been more open to the press. Look, I've been at you go to a bill signing with President Trump. And the first thing he does before he even signs the bill is he brings in the press. Go look at Joe Biden. Joe Biden removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies. That's actually not true about Biden. The 400 individual reporters who had credentials did not reapply. They were not banned from the White House. That did not happen.

15:00Yeah, there's a big difference between getting banned and choosing not to reapply. For example, if I told you I chose not to reapply for a job at Chuck E. Cheese, you'd just assume I was switching careers. but if I told you I was banned from Chuck E. Cheese, you'd say, what did you do to Chuck E. Cheese? And I would tell you, I can't say, but good news, I got a job at the FBI. And look, you guys, are we overdoing the FBI bestiality stuff? Yeah, but it has a short shelf life, so we're getting it while the getting is good. But the ban might be backfiring because members of the White House press pool refused to cover Trump in solidarity.

15:34And even when Newsmax managed to get a camera in for ribbon cutting, they were missing something crucial, the audio. Let's see if we can pick up some of the sound from President Trump here in that new helipad.

15:57Yeah, there.

16:05Okay, so there is no microphone because there's no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there. So maybe, Tim, this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit. The best is that sound is always the substance of what Trump is saying.

16:29Trump can't stomach anything that intrudes on the delicate cocoon of validation and praise he's constructed for himself by stalking his administration with sycophants who will print out flattering memes for him whenever his self-esteem is low. He doesn't want Politico or CNN or MSNOW or anyone else around him who will state obvious facts like the war in Iran is going badly or gas prices are skyrocketing or you have the worst poll numbers of any president this century or you do not have a high IQ just because you think... Grass has a life like humans have a life. If anyone else said that, I'd say, I think you've had enough grass, bud.

17:04Trump doesn't want to live in our reality. He wants to live in his reality, a reality where the only information he gets is information like this. He tells Natalie Harp, who is his ever-present aide who sits on the side of the wall in the Oval Office in almost every meeting, go get the printouts. And then he says, do you know who Gary Player is? And we weren't really sure where this was going. because Gary Player is a golfer. And so she comes back with these sheets of paper, and she hands each of us a two-pager. And he tells this story about how Gary Player introduced him to a historian, and a historian had this theory of the case about Trump.

17:40And this paper begins that Donald Trump is the most powerful person who has ever walked the earth. And Trump is just sort of reveling in this. It turned out that this was not a historian. He was Gary Player's business associate and caddy. First of all, if you're someone's business associate, do anything possible to never add the qualifier and caddy. And caddy immediately erases everything that comes before it. Hello, I'm Dr. Michael Willingsworth. I'm Count Gasper's cardiologist and caddy. Now, let's take a look at that heart. Second, this is the world Trump inhabits, It's a world where he is all-powerful as long as one caddy agrees.

18:22A world where he not only deserves to put his name on a memorial to a different president, but where he deserves praise for doing so. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday at a recent closed-door meeting in the Oval Office, the president expressed deep frustration to advisers. The prominent figures in Washington hadn't publicly thanked him for trying to overhaul the Kennedy Center. No one asked you to do that. You want thanks for something no one wants. Nobody thought a good person to overhaul an art center that hosts operas was the same guy who hangs out with Kid Rock. But Trump thinks he deserves it the same way he thinks he deserves an arch, an arch he's so obsessed with, he is now claiming that, much like the ballroom, it will also be used as a military center.

19:01And, by the way, as you'll see from this clip, there is no way for news anchors to read the president's words out loud without sounding insane. In a new social media post, the president says it may now feature a national security facility featuring drones and snipers. Quote, at the strong request of the United States military and for national security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch planned since the Civil War era many years ago at the receptive circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge into a top-grade military complex, Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones plus snipers on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.

19:50And we will continue to follow that one.

19:57That's it. I mean, that's all they can say. They just read the president's demented ramblings on national TV, and then they're like, we'll get back to you on that. It's like when you visit your gammy in the nursing home and you ask her how she's doing, and she says, we went to see Desi Arnaz at the COPA last night. And then all you can say is, well, that must have been fun I have so many doubts about this story But here's my first one There's no way this has been planned since the Civil War era And not just any Civil War era The one from many years ago Who told you that? Arnold Palmer's ball washer?

20:34I could be wrong, but I don't remember any letters from the Civil War That read like this, dearest Elizabeth I have just returned to camp from the battles of Gettysburg Which will surely go down as one of the most infamous battles in the history of this hallowed nation The whores I witness will stay with me until my dying days As I stood there watching brothers take up arms against one another gasping their last breaths Face down in the mud I could not help but think to myself I hope someone builds an arch one day Preferably with drones and snipers And I hope it has large quantities of ammunition inside Gold, lots and lots of gold.

21:11Lastly, I don't think sex with animals should eliminate one's chances for future employment in the field of criminal investigation. Sincerely, Jebediah, your true love, and caddy.

21:26Trump lied. I know it's shocking, but Trump lied. When he said he would end wars and bring down prices and fix everything that was broken in America, all he cared about was making money, building monuments to himself, and now Republicans are going to voters saying, give us another chance. Like a guy crawling back to his girlfriend saying, babe, you gotta believe me. I'm not in to bestiality. This has been A Closer Look.

22:00Our guest tonight is a Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter who recently wrapped her seven-year run on the Emmy Award-winning Kelly Clarkson show. You can see her now on The Voice, which celebrated its 30th season premiere earlier tonight. Please welcome back to the show one of our favorites, Kelly Clarkson, everybody!

22:24Thank you! I'm going to pull my skirt. Oh, my God. And thank you. No extensions. I just got... Actually, yeah, I chopped my hair off recently. It looks great. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sure you have to have here There was a really lovely seven year period Where we were basically office mates We worked in the same building I know, it's weird So yeah, coming back today And like not, I couldn't It took me forever to get upstairs Because I don't have a pass anymore Yeah, they take your pass away right away We were just waiting And I was like, oh, this is interesting Yes, it was weird Congratulations on an incredible seven year run Thank you On the Kelly Clarkson show I know It hasn't been that long, but is there anything you're surprised that you miss about it?

23:09The people. I would say that. Yeah. You're surprised you miss the people. No. You heard it here first. She didn't think she'd miss them. It sounds like such a pageant answer, but it is true because those are the people you spend your life with these people. Yeah, I know. It is amazing. I feel the same way. Yeah. It's just wonderful. Yeah. It was such a fun show. I love being a guest on it. Yeah. I cannot believe what you put yourself through of doing Kelly Oki every day. Yeah. It was my decision from the jump. Yeah. But again, right, you can't phone that in. Not into commitment anymore. Right.

23:43But you are. I mean, there were incredible performances of songs. I became obsessed with this when you did Golden as your... Yeah. Was it your final song? That was my final song. It was the most requested, so we saved it for the last one. But, like, that is... That song is basically like humans against AI. It's so... I will say... I mean, I'd listen to that song. I'd love that song, right? My kids are obsessed with that album. With that said, until I watched you sing it live, I was like, oh. Oh. I don't usually... Because I don't really understand the inner workings of music. But I was like, oh, I think this is very hard.

24:22Oh, you know who understands it really well are my children. because I would, I had never practiced that hard on a song. Usually I'm just like a fan of music. We can even show up and it's like, oh, we have to change song last minute. And I can just, we can do it on the fly a lot. But that one is very high and hard. Like, you know, you're singing hard. It keeps getting higher. And you feel like, like when I first started singing it, my son who cannot help but be honest, just kept coming. He kept doing a walk by in the house and being like, that sounds real high. I was like it is Remington I'm working on placement It took me forever to place it to where it didn't sound like a dying cat Yeah There's a moment during it where I feel like I sound like a dying cat No no no I feel like you physically touch yourself I don't know I feel like I'm watching somebody Literally play yourself like an instrument Be careful here I do do things That's funny I don't know if you really caught that But I do think certain times with my hands just to place things in my mind because I'm crazy.

25:24But it literally, that's a, yeah, it's a really weird song to sing live. And not to feel like you're just offending everyone. It was wonderful. And I feel like. I love that song, though. It's incredible. And you did an incredible tribute to it. And I feel like after the fact, the amount of people who do know music, who are on social media, being like, this one's no joke. This is. I'm going to be really honest with you here. I was so proud when people liked it it was like I worked really hard and like I even tried it one day and I was sick and I was like oh I can't mute and I came back and then God's Honest Truth No One Knows This I tried to do it twice just for insurance you know just as a backup and it did not sound as good so I just stopped I was like that song was I don't know if you can say this but it made me its bitch a little bit Yeah, I don't know if you can say that on here You probably can't, you're welcome NBC Yeah You know what, I think you made that song Yeah It was Your bitch Okay, thank you You also, because again Nobody would accuse you of stopping your talk show Because you were lazy and you don't like work Oh, I love work Because you immediately went to Vegas You did a residency there, studio session Yeah, yeah, yeah How have you enjoyed your Vegas residency?

26:50I love it so much. It's my favorite show we've put together because everything, I know this is going to sound really funny, but most of the time when you see shows now, there's a lot of tracks going on as well. Not only, like, I mean, people are probably singing live. I just mean, or sometimes it might not be, I don't know. But there's usually a bunch of guitars, and there's so many things you do in the studio you can't cover in a live setting. Well, since we're, like, placed in Vegas, you don't travel to all of that, so it's less expensive, right? Right. to put together so you can actually afford like a bigger show so i spend it all on musicians and singers and everything is live like there's nothing there's no click check there's no nothing going on except for what you're hearing even when we mess up which is hysterical because it's real noticeable i mean i've got to imagine right like your audience any audience that's there to see you live like when you mess up nobody thinks it's right from a lack of effort or like trying it must be so delightful when you screw up because i'm sure you just share it with the audience and knowing how authentic you are they must do it to eat it up i just took my extensions off on national television i won't really do anything for a joke i will i will go i don't take myself too seriously like i mean i rehearse i try and do my best obviously but we're all human so yeah no when you do mess up it's really funny but i was gonna say i think we missed that though that like raw feeling of actual it's just a different feeling when everything is live like literally you feel it differently like and i love it it's my favorite show so well uh i'm so uh Happy you doing that.

28:13I'm so happy you're doing The Voice. We're going to talk about that right after this break. We'll be back. Come on. From Kelly Carson.

28:23Hello,

28:26everybody. We're here with Kelly Carson. Season 30 of The Voice. Yes. Season 30. It's unbelievable. If you notice at home, I changed position because all of my people flew out here and were like, why are you sitting like that? Do you often get criticized for the way you sit? Yes, because I'm a total tomboy. I'd forget And they didn't want me to like Share in Stone America You know So You know I'm keeping it so classy Okay Go ahead What were you saying Season 30 The Voice guys Yeah It was great And they say They say tune in this year Because you don't know How Kelly will sit Exactly My sister's Adam Levine Obviously You know a stalwart of the show Yeah OG And then Riley You got Riley this year Riley Green Queen Latifah And Queen Latifah Yeah Very exciting How are your new cohort?

29:14I love it because I've done the show with people, you know, being their first time a lot. And not everybody's that comfortable. It was very seamless. Oh, that's great. Yeah, Adam and I were, I mean, what do you expect? Especially from like Queen. She's been on TV for so many times, obviously. But like it was just an interesting dynamic because we didn't all really know each other that well. So it was really cool how seamless it was. That's great. Yeah. It's an exciting time for you as well. New music. Yeah. Are you excited every time you put out a new song? Do you get nervous about it? Here's my problem.

29:44So I put... Thank you for sharing your problem. Let's get into it. Let's dive in. And then I'm going to tell you what I think your problem is. Okay. We'll see if they match. Okay. This is like the worst therapy. No. So, no, I love it and I adore it and I work on it. And then by the time it's out, I'm working on another song. So you can't even enjoy the moment. It's very hard. Yeah. Yeah. I love it, though. I'd be lying. It's been really fun. We've been promoting that when we did the Vegas shows. But, you know, I'd already been working on the next song So I'm excited about that, too That's great I want to talk about Obviously, as a singer-songwriter, I would imagine Because I'm not a singer-songwriter And Dolly Parton meant a great deal to me I can only imagine What she meant to you Especially as a woman in this field Yes Like, if she was just a talent She was a businesswoman as well And such a heart, yeah I would imagine you are We're both lucky enough, right?

30:35To have a moment This period of time before we actually met her in person and then after we met her in person. Like, what did she mean to you when you were sort of young and upcoming before you actually crossed paths with her? I think whenever I was little, it was just hearing her voice. And, you know, she has that character kind of quality, right? Like, it's so, like, there's few singers that have that. When you hear them and you're like, oh, my gosh. You're, like, almost like a character in life. And she's being her. But it just sounded like she was almost like a movie star playing a role, like, her whole life.

31:05Right, like she was like, oh, she lived that song. Yeah, it just felt like real and it felt raw and it felt honest. And she was just such a great songwriter. And then also, like I said, for women in this industry, especially in her time, like that's, I'm so glad I wasn't there, man. Like that was hard. And just hearing those stories. It came out of it and certainly, you know, the public facing Valley Burton and it seems like the private as well. Like never jaded, never sort of beat down by it. Just this light for everybody. Yeah, and every time you run into her, literally, it's like you were friends from childhood.

31:38Like, she just had this very great spirit about her in that sense. It made you feel, like, really comfortable. And we had, like, very, we had a very serious conversation this one time when we were together. And it was just, she took the time in that moment to be so sweet with me and, like, didn't need to. And it was a big event that we were at. And it was just very cool. It was a good lesson. It was like, I need to pay attention to this. Yeah. You know, make sure I'm like this as well. It was very cool. She was a very cool person Yeah And this is also cool You're doing Country Music Festival A stagecoach A stagecoach For the first time Yeah I'm opening for Garth You're opening for Garth?

32:12Yeah If you would have told me If you would have told me At 10 years old That I'm opening a show For Garth Brooks Shut up I'm so excited How now And I know Trisha's Going to be there too Probably And I love her Oh my god And now Is your preparation for this Different than a normal show? Just be as badass As you possibly could be Because Garth Brooks is listening Right Yeah Are you gonna dress different at stagecoach? Probably not Man, my people really You know Because again, like you can't, right You can't do your first stagecoach And like try too hard And like come out Like dress like, you know In a way that seems inauthentic, right?

32:45I'm kind of the person that could show up In like sequins And like bedazzled out Or I could show up in jeans and a t-shirt I don't know Yeah You haven't decided yet I don't know where I'm at that day, Seth I don't know where I feel Oh, is this something you just decide on the day? You're just gonna roll into stagecoach With your whole closet? We roll it, no. We roll in with like maybe five outfits. Interesting. And they're very different. And then is it a situation where Kelly just stands with your arms crossed and you just look at the five outfits and then just very slowly you're like, lose that one.

33:16Lose that one. That's all. Yeah. No. No, I'm, I'm, I don't know. I usually, I go off whatever. I'm a mood person. That's fantastic. Follow the roller coaster. Had you, when was, how old were you the first time you met Garth in person? Oh, like an adult. I didn't meet anyone cool when I was a kid. Yeah, I was very poor. And if I got in, it was not, I didn't pay. And I stood at the rack. Were you worried when Garth met you? You'd be like, I saw you sneaking through a fence. No. Well, one of the worst fun times, but it was, I was recording with Tricia. And there's another Garth in their camp that is also a part of the camp.

33:53So I thought it was him that was going to be producing. and I showed up to do a vocal and Garth Brooks was producing my vocal and I was like, I feel like someone should be warned about that. Oh, so you were expecting the other Garth. I was terrified. I thought it was, I don't know. I didn't, yeah, but it was so cool. I loved it as well. And we've recorded in the studio since then too. He's so nice and he makes you feel like you're the greatest thing on the planet. It's awesome. Well, it's going to be a very hot ticket. I'm looking forward to hearing all about that. Thank you so much for being here.

34:24We miss you in the building. We love having you back. Kelly Carson, everyone. The 30th season of The Boys for Sons this week with a three-part season premiere airing Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights with 8 a.m. here in Missouri.

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