Kelly Clarkson’s embarrassing meeting with President Obama
Kelly Clarkson nearly "died" from embarrassment when she got President Obama’s name wrong.
The ‘Breakaway’ hitmaker first met the US leader at an event when he was just a junior senator but was left red faced when she stumbled over his name.
Speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, she said: "I get up there, complete panic sets in because I can’t remember what that fake Grammy is called, I can’t remember what the book is because it had just come out … And I can’t remember his name, but I am pretty sure it rhymes with ‘sama’.
"I completely butchered it, I literally had the mic, after I just nailed it, and I’m like … [mumbles nonsensical words]. I swear to God, I wanted to die. I wanted to fall down and pretend I had a stroke – I would’ve faked some horrible thing."
And the 34-year-old singer is not the only celebrity to be left embarrassed following a meeting with the world leader.
Blake Lively recalled: "I met Obama and I had my whole speech planned. He was introducing himself to everyone and they were talking about the way that they were gonna change the world. He came to me and I was just like ‘I … Hope!’ It was just like me summoning hope for myself, it was awful.
"The only thing I could think of was that he’d left my husband a voicemail when he was running for president. So I said, ‘You left my husband a voicemail!’ And he was like, ‘…Cool!’ And I said, ‘And he deleted it!’ It was just like, why did I say that? It got worse! I was like, ‘He deleted it cause you were just a senator then!’ And then I was like, ‘That was bad.’ So I was like, ‘Well, he didn’t know you would be president. I mean, who thought that … you would … be pres … ummm … Can you leave my husband a voicemail?’ It was just getting worse."
