Um, So, Here‘s Kelly Clarkson Completely Forgetting Meghan Markle’s Name

Photo credit: Ellen
Photo credit: Ellen

From Cosmopolitan

  • Kelly Clarkson showed up on Ellen to play a game and failed to recognize a picture of Duchess Meghan Markle.

  • Kelly iconically couldn’t remember Meghan’s name and had to be reminded by Ellen.


Here, a brief list of people who know who Meghan Markle is: me, you, and literally every human on this earth. Except, apparently, Kelly Clarkson. For reasons that remain mysterious, Kelly doesn’t seem to be as single-mindedly obsessed with the British royal family as the rest of us nerds are and completely failed to remember Meghan’s name while on Ellen. Here’s some exclusive footage of the moment:

Photo credit: Giphy
Photo credit: Giphy

Kidding, but this is what actually happened: Kelly showed up for an interview with Ellen, who tested her on how well she knows celebrities who might pop up on her show this year. Kelly managed to recognize literally everyone on the list and come up with a question to ask them, but then she hit a picture of Meghan.

“I know this one...she’s a princess,” a confused Kelly said, prompting Ellen to walk TF over and tell her who it was. It got even more iconic from there, with Kelly being all “I love Suits. I don’t know why she doesn’t look like a Meghan to me. Maybe I’d ask her about that.”

Truly, even my 95-year-old grandmother would be able to recognize a picture of Meghan Markle. But mad respect that Kelly’s question of choice for Meghan would be “why don’t you look like a Meghan?”

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