Kelly Clarkson Says Taylor Swift Sent Her a ‘Cute’ Gift After 1989 Re-Release: ‘She’s So Nice’

Kelly Clarkson Says Taylor Swift Sent Her a ‘Cute’ Gift After 1989 Re-Release: ‘She’s So Nice’

“She’s a very smart businesswoman,” the singer said of her fellow performer

Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift

On Thursday, the “Breakaway” singer, 41, gushed to E! News about how she’s received sweet surprises from her fellow hitmaker, 33.

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The talk show host was promoting the launch of her SiriusXM channel, the Kelly Clarkson Connection, when she revealed Swift sent her tokens of her appreciation.

“You know what’s so funny? She just sent me flowers,” the television personality said. “She’s so nice. She did. She was like, ‘Every time I release something’ — ‘cause she just did 1989. I got that really cute cardigan, too.”

Clarkson was responding to E!’s reporter referencing the American Idol winner’s 2019 tweet suggesting that the “Shake It Off” singer re-record her songs after Scooter Braun acquired Swift’s musical catalog in a $300 million sale.

Kelly Clarkson, Rockefeller Center 2020

“@taylorswift13 just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. I’d buy all of the new versions just to prove a point,” Clarkson tweeted at the time.

Fast forward to October, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), a re-recorded version of her 2014 album was released. Swift has also released re-recorded versions of Fearless, Red and Speak Now.

While Clarkson was happy to show her support, she believes Swift would have eventually resolved the situation on her own.

“I love how kind she is though,” Clarkson continued. “She’s a very smart businesswoman. So, she would have thought of that. But it just sucks when you see artists that you admire and you respect really wanting something and it’s special to them. You know if they’re going to find a loophole, you find a loophole. And she did it and literally is, like, the best-selling artist I feel like of all-time now.”

Taylor Swift, 2010 Grammys

The “Since U Been Gone” hitmaker is absolutely correct.

Swift’s re-recording became her 13th No. 1 on the Billboard chart, and sold 1.6 million units in the U.S. (and over 3.5 million units worldwide) in the first week alone — thus, breaking her own record she’d previously set with the 2014 album, at 1.287 million.

The effort was announced on Aug. 9 as she wrapped the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour in Los Angeles.

“There’s something that I’ve been planning for a really, really, really ridiculously, embarrassingly long time, and instead of telling you about it, I think I’ll just sort of show you,” she said as she debuted the cover art on the screen behind her.

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Swift is currently back on the road for her Eras Tour, this time in South America.