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What Happened At ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show?’ Ex-Employees Claim Toxic Culture
12.05.2023 - 23:59 / stylecaster.com
If you love daytime talk shows and scoured the Internet today, you might be wondering: what happened to The Kelly Clarkson Show?
On Friday, May 12, 2023, Rolling Stone published an exposé about an alleged toxic workplace environment fostered behind the scenes. The report comes days after Variety reported that The Kelly Clarkson Show would be moving production locations from Los Angeles to New York City. What are the details behind what happened at The Kelly Clarkson Show? Read more below to find out.
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What happened at The Kelly Clarkson Show? 10 former employees and one current employee talked to the music and culture magazine claiming that multiple executive producers and production managers did not treat them professionally or respectfully when they were working at the show.
In their allegations, the employees emphasized that Kelly Clarkson herself wasn’t aware of the toxic work life that was going on and that their issues with the show has nothing to do with her personally. “Kelly is fantastic. She is a person who never treats anyone with anything but dignity and is incredibly appreciative,” one employee said. “I would be shocked if she knew. I’d be floored if she knew the staff wasn’t getting paid for two weeks of Christmas hiatus. The Kelly that I interacted with and that everyone knows would probably be pretty aghast to learn that.”
The employees also alleged that they were “overworked, underpaid” and “working on the show deteriorated my mental health.” One employee claimed that “NBC is protecting the show because it’s their new money maker, but Kelly has no clue how unhappy her staff is.” Other former employees offered
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