Kelly Clarkson is headed to Paris this summer season. The singer and daytime talker introduced on Tuesday evening (March 12) that she might be becoming a member of NFL corridor of famer Peyton Manning and veteran NBC sportscaster Mike Tirico as hosts of the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer time Olympics.
“, Peyton hosted the Nation Music Awards, Kelly’s one of many biggest of all time, so the three of us are going to do an album,” Tirico joked to Tonight Present host Jimmy Fallon in introducing the three-headed internet hosting crew for the primary time.
“I’m so glad we will say it. We’ve been holding this perpetually,” Clarkson mentioned concerning the thrilling information that the trio will anchor the dwell protection of the kick-off to the summer season spectacular that may air on NBC and Peacock at midday ET on July 26 and discover greater than 10,000 athletes parading by way of the center of the French capital. The hosts introduced alongside examples of the gold medals that might be handed out at each the Olympics and Paralympics, every of which has a tiny piece of the Eiffel Tower embedded in them.
“The opening ceremony goes to be so totally different and distinctive. Down the Seine, down the river with the athletes on a ship, so it’s not the stadium the place they stroll in,” mentioned four-time opening ceremony host Tirico, who was additionally requested which athletes or groups followers must be looking for. “It’ll incorporate Paris. And the video games are going to be superb as you recognize, swimming, gymnastics … Simon Biles, Katie Ledecky, Staff USA in monitor and discipline might be extremely sturdy, the Dream Staff, the U.S. soccer group, the ladies’s basketball group.”
Fallon requested every host what they may win a gold medal for, with two-time NFL champ Manning leaping in with a most sudden ability: occasion planning. “It’s type of my true calling,” Manning mentioned. Tirico weighed in together with his ability, which is being an professional packer and travel-planner, whereas Clarkson mentioned she is “not like that in any respect,” and hates planning holidays. If, nevertheless, you need assistance constructing one thing out of LEGO, she’s your woman. “I’m the Simone Biles of LEGOs,” she mentioned. “I’m unbelievable at LEGOs.”
The gold medal trio had been again after a break for a recreation of “Olympictionary,” with Clarkson up first within the recreation with Olympics-inspired clues. It is best to look ahead to your self, however suffice it to say that Clarkson clearly must bone up on her badminton data given her very NSFW drawing that made teammate Fallon’s cheeks as pink as a rooster’s waddle.
Watch Clarkson’s announcement and her not-ready-for-prime-time recreation present clue beneath.
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