More than a month after Kelly Clarkson left Sapphics and straight women alike in shambles, the singer-turned-talk show host is finally explaining the wink people couldn’t stop talking about.
On Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, guest Whitney Cummings playfully took over hosting duties when she grilled Clarkson on her drool-worthy rendition of The Outfield's “Your Love,” which had lesbians weak in the knees and straight women questioning their sexuality.
In the Kellyoke moment that went viral on TikTok back in February, Clarkson sings the lyrics, “You know I like my girls a little bit older,” and offers the audience a flirty wink.
If you somehow missed the moment, we suggest checking it out pronto! Don’t worry, we’ll wait.
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Taking over Clarkson’s role on the show, Cummings pointed out just how earth-shattering her rendition of the song was to women on social media, “Do you know that your cover of ‘Lose Your Love’ has broken the internet?”
When Clarkson admits she found out it “blew up” from her show’s musical director.
“Blew up? No, no women are leaving their husbands,” Cummings announced to a cheering audience.
“So I heard it’s because of the wink,” Clarkson said while playfully winking at the comedian.
“Don’t wink at me Kelly! She just winked at me. I’m not strong enough!” Cummings responded before explaining the viral moment to the audience by saying, “She winks at the camera like a home-wrecker!”
Clarkson said she started adding winks into performances to “be cute and playful with the audience” so she started more and more.
“So now I incorporate like a wink here and there. But I happened to do it on a line that — it was on purpose. It was cute,” she explained.
“It was a cute line and if I was a lesbian, I would shoot for an older woman, I’m just saying,” Clarkson said, giving sapphics everywhere hope.
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