Justin And Kelly On TRL Friday

‘American Idol’ finalists Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini stopped by MTV’s Total Request Live on Friday to talk about the show, being at the VMAs, and what’s up for the two after the show wraps up next week. Read on for a transcript.

Carson: This is justin and kelly from american idol.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Carson: Nice to see you.

>> Thank you.

Carson: Hey, justin. Welcome to the show. Thanks for making time for
us.

>> Thank you.

Carson: Know you guys were there last night. We’ll talk about that in
a second. May I say congratulions, the whole american idol phenomenon,
this cra,, your life has become somethingyou can explain us, but you made
to I the fine two and that’s just remarkable. Congratulations.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

Carson: For doing a great job.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Carson: Let’s start with you, kelly. What do you think it is about yourself
in general that enabled y t to go this far?

>> Hopefully it’s a little of the vocal talweren’t, hopefully. I hope
hopefully people can relate to me. I’m not fake on camera. I’m real.

Carson: Justin, how about you?

>> I like to go out this and have fun. Vocal.

>> That had something to do with it.

Carson: But there’s so much media spotlight, so much pressure now. It
has to be a little bit more than just your choice to not break town and
to just remain composed when you’re on. How are you handling all the pressure?

>> Kind of what you sign up for and this is part of our dream and we
really love it, which we do, we’re going to invest as much time and energy
in it as we can.

>> Yeah. Good answer

>> Thanks.

Carson: Yeah, what he said.

>> Ditto.

Carson: You guys live together now, two? Let’s talk about the two of
you. You spend a tremendous amount of time together. We saw you last night.
Here you are today. Do you guys live together?

>> We lived in the house together.

>> We’ve moved out.

Carson: How was the tension between you two, because it comes dow to

>> So many people ask us, you guys competitors.

Carson: I didn’t ask that. I said the tension

>> No, no tension.

>> We’re just good friends. We’ve known each other from like the previous,
previous auditions. Like we’ve known each other throughout the whole audition
process.

Carson: Good. And the hair, the girls love the hair, justin.

>> They do.

Carson: I know you get that all the type, too.

>> Thanks, guys. Just my hair.

Carson: I know. I know. 6 is good charlotte. Let’s talk about that for
a bit. I talked to these guys last night. Good charlotte, “lifestyles of
the rich and the famous”. They’ll be in portland oregon if you’re there
this sunday. The video debuted when they were here ball game on august
2 2nd. Glass to see this one on trl.It’s been to 5. Today it’s at 6. Good
charlotte. Let’s talk about last night. Was that a thrill to be in the
room with all your favorite people? Who did you see that you were just
like wow?

>> I loved shakira. We got to meet –.

Carson: who did you meet?

>> T-boz from tlc and shewas like, hi, and she new my name. And i was
like, oh, god.

>> That was weird.

Carson: You guys gave the award for the best newcomer. Was maybe next
year, this is where I want to be.

>> Of course you hope for that, of course, yeah.

Carson: Good. Just making sure. Quddus, where are you? You’re outside.
You have a couple questions?

Quddus: Yeah, I’m here with grace actually and i want to know what you
thought of the vmas last night.

>> I thought they were great, especially P.Diddy’s performance when
pharrell came t that made the night.

>> Big pharrell fan.

>> Definitely.

>> He just jumped up on stage.

>> That was enough.

>> You came from britain where the american idol craze started.

>> Yeah, that finished in february and I’ve been missing it, so I had
to come and see american idol.

Quddus: Right, you got a question for justin and kelly.

Fan: Yeah, hi, guys. First of all, i want to say good luck for tuesday.

>> Thank you.

>> Thanks.

>> I know you’ve got a single and a video coming out. Well, the winner
of the competition does. And I’m just wondering, can you tell us anything
about the song, like what kind of music it’s going to be, what direction
you’re going in?

>> Well, i can tell you, it’s going to drop on the 17th.

>> Of september. And that’s really all we can say a now.

>> Gotta watch the show.

Fan: You can’t even tell us a little bit?

>>Reatively, where you go with it.

>>Tin –

>> Just recaptures the moments of the show.

>> That sums up the song. It’s a good closure song.

>> Okay. Thank you. And good luck.

>> You got it. You got it.

>> Thank you.

Carson: Hey, thank you.

>> No, thank you.


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| Posted on August 30, 2002 at 10:15 pm in Transcript

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