Kelly Clarkson caused panic on Tuesday’s episode of the Halloween talk show of the same name.
While other daytime shows featured entertainment and pop culture favorites, the Grammy and Emmy winner decided to go dark as a blood-drinking vampire.
PEOPLE peeked into her appearance. For the costume, she wore a tight-fitting black long-sleeved dress with a matching necklace. Her face was painted to look eerily pale, and drops of colored blood dripped from her smoky eyes.
The mother of two wore her hair down and pulled back. Elongated false fangs descended from her teeth to complete the look.
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Kelly Clarkson.
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“I love Halloween so much,” Clarkson said at the top of the show, after singing a cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s hit son, “Vampire.”
“We are all different versions of vampires,” she added. “I’m a rock and roll vampire. That’s what I claim, ’cause we just started with it!”
Jason Halbert, from her house band My Band Y’all, dressed as Nosferatu, the “OG” vampire. All the other band members created equally unique characters and looks for themselves, with the help of wardrobe supervisor Earl J. Nicholson and his team.
“We should all get out after this, just to freak people out,” Clarkson joked.
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Kelly Clarkson.
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The Kelly Clarkson ShowThe set was also dressed up for the occasion, with various Halloween decorations scattered around. New, darker colors with orange toppings highlighted the space.
Guest Kyle Richards also appeared in costume The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star who transforms into a black cat in a leather-like bodysuit.
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This is Clarkson’s fifth episode of her Halloween talk show and the first since she moved the popular daytime series from Los Angeles and across the country to New York. She came out with another spooky Stevie Nicks-inspired look last season, but the first three seasons were more relaxed fun: Ghostbusters (Season 3), Marilyn Monroe (Season 2), and Winifred Sanderson from Hocus pocus (Season 1).
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Kyle Richards and Kelly Clarkson.
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Meanwhile, Clarkson will celebrate Christmas in a big way next month, as host of the NBC show Christmas at Rockefeller Center holiday special and tree lighting ceremony. .
“I’m so excited to call this city and Rockefeller Center my new home, and I can’t think of a better way to start Christmas this year than to be a part of this wonderful New York tradition with the lighting of the tree! ” she said in a statement last week.
The American Idol champ — who released two holiday albums, 2021 When Christmas comes… and in 2013 Wrapped in red — will take the stage at Rockefeller Center in New York to perform a set full of festive songs. Her appearance on the nine-decade-long tradition marks 20 years since she first appeared on the holiday special.
“I love Christmas very much,” she said on her talk show. “It’s so magical. My whole family will be here. We’re very excited about Christmas in New York.”
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The two-hour TV event will air live on NBC and be televised on Peacock on Nov. 29 (8:00 p.m. ET/PT).
The Kelly Clarkson Show airs weekdays on NBC (check local listings).
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