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Celebrity Feuds7/23/2007 3:30 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Kelly Backtracks on Clive Comments

Kelly Clarkson, Clive DavisAs stars are now prone to do, Kelly Clarkson took to her website to clear up her recent feud with record exec Clive Davis.

"I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisors [sic], those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family," Clarkson wrote. "Like any family we will disagree and argue sometimes but, in the end, it's respect and admiration that will keep us together."

In this case, it looks like mommy and daddy have been fighting a lot and the kids are now in therapy!

The former Idol went on to say, "Contrary to recent characterizations in the press, I'm well aware that Clive is one of the great record men of all time." And by "recent characterizations in the press" perhaps she means the time she told USA Weekend, "I'm going to be real honest with you: I am not a fan [of Davis] ... I do respect him, but I don't want to barbecue with him. We don't braid each other's hair. And, despite the rumors, he is nowhere near a father figure."

And the press misconstrued that -- how?

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Get a Clue:  1666 days ago

I'd tap her. Big is beautiful! I'd tap Clive too.

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Lisa:  1666 days ago

You need to have more respect for Clive Davis and listen a little more to his advice. He has been in the music business longer than you Kelly. Listen and learn.

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Britney's Lawyer:  1666 days ago

Kelly just keeps diggin the hole deeper. She's an idiot. Her album sucks. She should get over it and beg Clive for another chance before he moves on to promote the next American Idol.

In three years, she'll be singing at the Holiday Inn and workin the drive thru.

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miss k:  1666 days ago

This apology is just too little too late. I don't believe a word of it.

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you are entitled to my opinion:  1666 days ago

she's right tho -- an 80-year-old grampa is not supposed to like or even get her music.
and Johnny SoCal, sounds like you'd crawl over your dead momma to tap your own uncle, so your sexual preferences don't count -- keep'em to yourself, beyatch.

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Buster:  1666 days ago

I have not hear your album, no one will because it is not being promoted or played. Even if it sucks, proper promotion will make it sell. Hell, look at Paris's album. The old fart will not budge so leave as soon as you get a chance.

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mistysmom:  1666 days ago

She can sing.She can perform.But she can't think.Even Britney is smarter then that.

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Machelle:  1666 days ago

Too late to listen now, her music sounds too angry. We like to listen to music that makes us happy. That sad crap is for country music fans. She should have gone to therapy BEFORE she made this album.

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hello, it:  1666 days ago

Love kelly! Love her new CD! Love that she had the backbone to get her music out there!

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stutzey:  1666 days ago

I love her new CD! It has sold almost 500,000 copies since it was released over 3 weeks ago. It isn't going to be big like Breakaway, but it will go platinum.

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huh:  1666 days ago


Another mildly talented mass of humanity that believes her own press clippings.

Forgetting the fact that Clive and her "handlers" wrote those press clippings.

Hey, Kelly you were on a show that grandizes guys like Sanjia!!

Clive Davis MADE YOU, and Clive Davis can BREAK YOU!!

Shut the F* up and fade away.....your 15 minutes has EXPIRED!!

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The Shoparazzi:  1666 days ago

Kelly is a skank-ho in the making. She thinks she's "arrived?" She's got a long damn way to go before she can throw 'tude at Clive Davis! Clive could see to it that she never works again.

By the way, nobody likes Kelly anymore. It's all about Jennifer Hudson, Daughtry and Carrie Underwood (who is about to outsell Kelly very soon) --- real American Idols!!!!!!!!!!!

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get a grip:  1666 days ago

I picked up Kellys album two weeks ago.I love it!!!

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kimberly stewart:  1666 days ago

wow... Give a girl a free ride to fame and then she expects to call all the shots... riiight.. KELLY STOP SINGING ABOUT THE SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME S* IN EVERY SOOOONG! Get over it! "Sing you been gone", "Behind this Hazel eyes" blah blah blah sing about something else OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JEWISH PRINCESS:  1666 days ago

Someone ought to remind Kelly, age has nothing to do with the type of music one listens to. And Clive was in the business waaayyy before she was an itch in her daddy's pants, and he's still gonna be there long after she fades away. He has more knowledge about the music industry in his pinky than everyone else combined!!

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