Kelly Clarkson Surprises Fans with Major Career News

 

Kelly Clarkson has the opportunity of a lifetime this summer. She’s heading to Paris to co-host the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympic Games! Clarkson will host alongside NFL superstar Peyton Manning and NBC sportscaster, and four-time opening ceremony host, Mike Tirico.

The trio announced their hosting status on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, March 12. “It’s an honor to be able to announce for the first time anywhere that, this year at the summer Olympics in Paris, the opening ceremony will be hosted by yours truly, Peyton Manning, and Kelly Clarkson!” Tirico announced. “I’m so glad we can say it! We’ve been holding this for, I’m not a vault. I hate secrets,” Clarkson chimed in.

Fans ran to the comments to show their support for Clarkson’s big news. “KELLY IS THRIVING IM HERE FOR IT” and “Will watch for Kelly!” fans wrote. “Will watch for Kelly!” and “queen Kelly in Paris ,” others commented.

Fans also got a sneak peek at the medals for the Olympic and Paralympic summer games. Tirico explained that each gold, silver, and bronze medal has a small piece of Paris’s iconic Eiffel Tower inside.

The opening ceremony will take place on July 26 in Paris, and will look a lot different than ceremonies in previous Olympic years. For starters, these are the first celebrities, and not news anchors, will host alongside the sportscaster. Second, the ceremony itself will be unconventional, taking place along the River Seine instead of inside a stadium. “The opening ceremony is going to be different and unique. Down the Seine, down the river with the athletes on a boat, so it’s not the stadium where they walk in,” Tricio explained.

NBC is using Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning to bring more celebrity star power to the broadcast, in an attempt to increase viewership, per Variety. After all, NBC’s exclusive Olympic broadcast rights didn’t come cheap! Looking at fan reactions after the announcement, it seems unlikely this trio will do just that (we’ll definitely be watching for Kelly). Fans can tune in to watch Kelly Clarkson host the opening ceremony this summer on NBC or Peacock.

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Maggie Horton is the Associate News Editor at Country Living. She covers all things entertainment from celebrity news to TV shows and movies. When she’s not posting to social media, researching the latest celebrity gossip or binging the hottest new TV series, you can find her at a local concert or outside enjoying nature.