Kelly Clarkson - Reader's Digest Interview

Reader's Digest talked to Kelly Clarkson recently before she begins the busiest part of her tour in its latest issue:

Q. You have taken your share of lumps, especially around your weight. Does it mean a lot to you to show girls that you don't have to be skinny to be successful?

A. I recently gave a self-esteem workshop for Girl Scouts in Nashville, and I told the girls that I wasn't a role model for my weight, because I change. Sometimes I'm thicker when I'm around my family and I'm eating more. Sometimes I'm thinner because I'm on the road and that takes a lot out of me. But I do feel it's important to talk to girls about weight. They see these images, and there's no way they'll ever live up to them. I want them to see someone who is real and know they don't have to live up to anything.

Read it at Reader's Digest