Stern Weighs In On ‘American Idol’ & Kelly Clarkson

Howard Stern checked out the new Kelly Clarkson CD, ‘Thankful’, and doesn’t recognize the person on the cover. He said on his morning show on Wednesday that he knows what she really looks like and she knows what she looks like, and that’s not what she looks like. He said that picture is what she’d look like if she could stop eating for five minutes. He read through some of the thank-yous in the CD cover and ended up talking about ‘American Idol’ for a couple of minutes. He said Simon Cowell told Clay last night that he sounded better to him if he closed his eyes. Howard said he was basically saying to stop making those gay faces and stuff while he was singing. Howard figured he was trying to tell him that he was acting in a bizarre way while he was singing. Robin Quivers said it’s almost like he’s singing like Mark Harris. That led to Fred playing a Mark Harris song. Gary Dell’Abate asked if Howard would be surprised if Clay came out dressed as Cher on next weeks show to perform. Howard said he wouldn’t be surprised at all. Gary talked about how Clay bats his eyes when he sings like Marilyn Monroe. Howard figures there’s no women in the audience yelling out for Clay. They also talked about the big fat guy on the show and how big he really is.