On Wednesday, Kelly Clarkson surprised fans while appearing on her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, sporting an eyepatch after hurting it while filming for The Voice.
Talking to her guest, rapper Common, she said, “I’m sorry I look like a pirate. I hurt my eye and I have to wear it. And, so, it’s ridiculous. You’re being interviewed by a pirate today.”
The 38-year-old actress then joked she would be using the eyepatch for her next album, much like that of Madame X.
She said, “I think I’m gonna just make it my thing. This is my whole album, my next album cycle is this.”
Common reassured her “You look fly with your pirate.”
Later, Clarkson spoke to NBC Los Angeles and revealed how she hurt her eye. She said she is allergic to dust and something got in her eye while shooting for The Voice.
Referring to Will Smith’s movie Hitch, she said, “Something got in there, maybe cut it, did something. It got infected. It looked like Hitch, you know that movie?”
“When it first happened, it was so puffy and I was like, ‘What am I supposed to do?’ I had to shoot The Voice, a full day for, I think it was ‘Battle Realities,’ in a patch and I was wearing all black ‘cause it was already the outfit that was chosen and I looked like an assassin,” she added.
The three-time Grammy winner said, “We did six shows total because we did two shows a day. Three days I had to wear a patch.” “Those are not consecutive, man. I’m gonna randomly be wearing a patch, like on a random Tuesday and people are going to be like, ‘She needs to figure out her eye situation,’” she added.
