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Kelly Clarkson talks to TIME's Belinda Luscombe about bidding on Jane Austen's ring and the replica ring from her husband that she now wears._ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:53 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Kelly Clarkson: I'm Not a Feminist](/video/vderEUYm/) ### Kelly Clarkson: I'm Not a Feminist [Kelly Clarkson: Country Stars Are Nicer Than Pop Stars](/video/47mbUI3M/) ### Kelly Clarkson: Country Stars Are Nicer Than Pop Stars [10 Questions for Kelly Clarkson](/video/okJ4mxzy/) ### 10 Questions for Kelly Clarkson --- ## Transcript >> So, you recently bought Jane Austen's ring. Man-- >> I did. >> That is-- that was such a cool thing to do. >> I actually bought it-- >> I knew it. >> a while back. I've actually owned it for a while but-- >> But you had to-- >> Right whenever I want it at the auction, it set to be's in London they claimed it a national treasure which I feel like maybe we should've done that before putting it up for auction but whatever. Anyway, they-- I'd tried to get a, you know, export license and it didn't happen. And so, Brandon, my fiancé, made me a replica. And this one though, he embellished with diamonds, the original >> isn't. And all these-- >> So, it's a little more-- >> The original-- >> fancy than Jane's. >> The original one looks just way older, you know, >> Right. >> and cool and antique [ unk ]. So, but yeah, but it's still-- I mean, at the end of the day I got my Mr. Darcy so I'm cool about it but. And it's at the Jane Austen Museum now. That's where it ended up, so that's cool. >> Did you-- did you have a favorite Austen? >> Persuasion. >> Persuasion which [ unk ] Pride and Prejudice? >> Yeah, no, I mean, that's a classic obviously, but no, Persuasion's my favorite. 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