‘Kelly Clarkson Show’ Calls Toxicity Allegations ‘Untrue’ After Former Staffers Speak Out

Nearly 3 years aft allegations of maltreatment and toxicity rocked The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a caller Rolling Stone report claims employees of The Kelly Clarkson Show are “overworked, underpaid” and moving connected Kelly Clarkson‘s talk amusement has been “traumatizing to their intelligence health.” Rolling Stone claims it spoke with 1 existent and 10 erstwhile employees astir the conditions connected the show, with 1 ex-employee saying that NBC, the location of the daytime deed program, is “protecting the amusement due to the fact that it’s their caller wealth maker, but Kelly has nary hint however unhappy her unit is.” HollywoodLife has reached retired to Kelly and NBC for comment.

We are committed to a harmless and respectful enactment situation and instrumentality workplace complaints precise earnestly and to insinuate different is untrue,” a spokesperson for NBCU told Us Weekly after the archetypal Rolling Stone report was published. “When issues are reported they are promptly reviewed, investigated, and acted upon arsenic appropriate. The Kelly Clarkson Show strives to physique a safe, respectful, and equitable workplace that nurtures a culture of inclusivity and creativity.”

Kelly, 41, is allegedly unaware of the conditions her staffers assertion to face. “Kelly is fantastic. She is simply a idiosyncratic who ne'er treats anyone with thing but dignity and is incredibly appreciative,” a erstwhile worker told RS. “I would beryllium shocked if she knew. I’d beryllium floored if she knew the unit wasn’t getting paid for 2 weeks of Christmas hiatus. The Kelly that I interacted with and that everyone knows would astir apt beryllium beauteous aghast to larn that.”

Rolling Stone’s report claims that lower-level staffers are truthful underpaid that they had to instrumentality connected 2nd jobs arsenic “jobs arsenic babysitters, canine walkers, and Uber Eats drivers to wage their bills.” The study besides claims that higher-ups person created a toxic atmosphere. The study besides claims that 1 erstwhile worker discontinue aft a amusement producer, who reports straight to enforcement producer, Alex Duda, “yelled and cursed astatine them aggregate times onstage.” Another staffer, who reportedly worked successful the amusement manufacture for years, took a permission of lack from the occupation to consult a psychiatrist due to the fact that they were truthful “bullied and intimidated by producers who went retired of their mode to marque staffers consciousness frightened to inquire questions and get their enactment done.” HollywoodLife also contacted Alex Duda’s manager for comment.

Another alleged ex-employee claims that their accumulation manager was “verbally abusive to them and others,” claiming that the shaper would “speak successful a mode that you’re not expected to successful a nonrecreational situation — cursing, raising his voice, and throwing a immense temper tantrum.”

One erstwhile worker claims they felt “bullied, picked on, and enactment successful uncomfortable positions” by Duda. The alleged illustration cited was erstwhile Duda reportedly asked the staffer, who is white, astir “Why don’t Black radical privation to travel to the show? Why don’t Black radical privation to spot Kelly?”

The Rolling Stone report has different erstwhile worker claiming Duda reprimanded them for asking however the producers would person the amusement code the emergence of anti-Asian hatred crimes. “They accidental aft they reported the incidental to HR, they were subsequently bullied, yelled at, and near retired of aboriginal meetings by the enforcement producers they complained about,” reports Rolling Stone. “The erstwhile worker yet near the amusement due to the fact that they felt retaliated against and forced retired without immoderate different options.”

One erstwhile worker called Duda “a monster…I person a person who’s an enforcement shaper who warned maine astir taking this occupation because, apparently, she has done this connected each amusement she’s worked on.”

Rolling Stone’s study notes that 7 of the erstwhile staffers utilized their exit interviews with NBCUniversal to item the antagonistic experiences. The study states they contacted HR astir these alleged behaviors, but “nothing of effect happened.”

Rolling Stone besides reports that the Writers Guild of America has launched an probe into the show. Due to the WGA’s Minimum Basic Agreement, lone writers are permitted to constitute connected the show, but producers allegedly wrote episodes.

The study comes days after Variety confirmed that The Kelly Clarkson Show will relocate to New York City adjacent season. Kelly reportedly spoke with unit members successful a gathering backmost successful January, revealing her tendency to determination eastbound to beryllium adjacent her household and to prosecute Broadway and different passions. Afterward, Duda reportedly met with radical individually to gauge if they would beryllium funny successful relocating. Rolling Stone noted that staffers accidental they were unaware of the factual details of the determination until they received an email from Duda 2 minutes earlier Variety broke the news.

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