--- description: The "Heartbeat Song" singer talks body image in 'Redbook' title: Kelly Clarkson: 'I Don't Obsess About My Weight' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eaec6e2359c4860/6987eb1c3c163924274557ed/kelly-clarkson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kelly Clarkson: 'I Don't Obsess About My Weight'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2015 12:09 PM CUT  Singer Kelly Clarkson performs during the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on NBC from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29, 2015. Singer Kelly Clarkson performs during the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on NBC from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29, 2015.Kevin Winter—Getty Images for iHeartMedia  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2015 12:09 PM CUT The conversation about Kelly Clarkson’s figure has almost eclipsed her music. The original _American Idol_ released her[ new album](http://time.com/3725769/kelly-clarkson-piece-by-piece-interview/ "undefined") _Piece by Piece_ last month, but you might not know it from how much time the singer has spent defending her weight: first [on Twitter](http://time.com/3734007/kelly-clarkson-body-shaming-tweets-response/ "undefined"), then [with Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/3771201/kelly-clarkson-talks-weight-criticism-with-ellen-degeneres/ "undefined") and now [in _Redbook_](http://www.redbookmag.com/life/news/a21410/kelly-clarkson/?visibilityoverride&src=spr%5FFBPAGE&spr%5Fid=1441%5F167719783 "undefined"), just a few days after a Fox News host apologized for [making comments about her weight](http://time.com/3772050/chris-wallace-apologies-kelly-clarkson/ "undefined"). “I don’t obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it,” Clarkson says in the May issue she covers. “There are just some people who are born skinny and with a great metabolism—that is not me. I wish I had a better metabolism. But someone else probably wishes they could walk into a room and make friends with everyone like I can. You always want what someone else has.” _Read Next:_ [_Kelly Clarkson: I Will Never Tell My Daughter About ‘From Justin to Kelly’_](http://time.com/3725769/kelly-clarkson-piece-by-piece-interview/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/"},"headline":"Kelly Clarkson: 'I Don't Obsess About My Weight'","datePublished":"2015-04-15T12:09:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:24:33.022Z","description":"The \"Heartbeat Song\" singer talks body image in Redbook","url":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","kelly clarkson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eaec6e2359c4860/6987eb1c3c163924274557ed/kelly-clarkson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eaec6e2359c4860/6987eb1c3c163924274557ed/kelly-clarkson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kelly Clarkson","caption":"Singer Kelly Clarkson performs during the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on NBC from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29, 2015.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images for iHeartMedia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/","name":"Kelly Clarkson: 'I Don't Obsess About My Weight'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Beyonce on Her Biggest Influence","description":"Beyonce speaks about how her mother and daughter have inspired her.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bwiqhP86/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-24T10:24:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bwiqhP86.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/","duration":"PT55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3822458/kelly-clarkson-weight-comments/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```