- What's up, everybody,
I'm here with 14 year old contortionist Emerald,
as we celebrate super talented kids.
When I was 10, I had no idea what I'd be when I grew up,
but there are kids out there already sure
of the path they want to take.
Earlier this year I met a little girl
who knows exactly what she wants to be,
and she's well on her way.
Let's look back at when we had Ani-yah on the show.
- Hi Kelly, I'm Ani'yah (mumbling)
and I have my own talk show on YouTube.
I study your show every day
and I love how you have rad humans,
good neighbors, and embrace Christmas.
I love Christmas.
I want you to give me some advice
of how to be a great talk show host, just like you.
(applause and cheering)
- Oh my god, say hi to 9-year-old Ani'yah, y'all!
Stand up for us, Ani'yah!
(loud cheering)
Well, I understand you really do study the hosts, right?
And how they work.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. What's your- how do you study them?
What do you really pay attention to?
I really pay attention to how you interview your guests
and how you always interact with them,
and they're always smiling.
- Well, Ani'yah wanted some pointers to sharpen her skills,
So I invited her to be my intern for the day.
Check this out.
Come on down here like a game show. Come on.
(cheering)
- Oh my gosh. I'm meeting Kelly!
This is like a really big thing for me
because I watch her show every day.
- Okay. So you're going to shadow me the rest of the day.
Does that sound fun?
- Yes!
- Okay, I'm crazy, but just lean in.
- It was a big, big, big surprise.
Like my mom didn't tell me (mumbling).
She was like, go up there and do your thing.
(rock music)
Like, I always wanted to go behind the scenes.
Like, what's going on behind the scenes?
Like, is it a secret?
(rock music)
They get to write the cue card.
I didn't know they had cue cards.
I thought she just memorizes it
because I have to memorize things on my show.
- Thank you to all my guests: Liv Tyler, Kamora Lee Simmons,
and Ani'yah.
Have a great day, y'all, and if it's not great,
just change it!
All right, we're about to do the second show of the day.
- I did not know they shot two shows in a day.
I'm like, is that what you have to do on the show?
- Do you want to sit next to Tricia?
- Now I'm heading to Kelly's briefing for the second show.
- All right. Welcome to the Kelly Clarkson show,
Where's Jimmy.
Comedian Joel McHale is here,
then from the hit show Empire, Grace Byers
is joining us.
- When Kelly was reading her script
there were like thirty-three pages.
And it was like, geez, that's a lot.
- You could- and sometimes when they write questions,
I always kind of put my spin on it.
So would you do- I think naturally just watching
your videos.
- That Kelly, she works really hard.
- So I'm going to go to hair and makeup,
you're gonna go to hair and makeup
and then we're going to meet up.
I'll see you in a bit!
- Okay.
- Okay, bye!
- I just got out of the briefing and it was amazing.
I'm going to go get my hair and makeup done.
This has definitely been the greatest day ever.
When you walked through the halls of Kelly Clarkson Show,
this is like a very big, big place.
Like on my talk show, there's just like
about three rooms, but this place has about- a elevator!
How do you juggle all these careers and being a mom?
- With a team of people. Meet Trisha.
(Kelly laughs)
- Hi.
- But I will say this, and if you talk to any host ever,
they'd probably give you this answer.
You literally have to rely on a team
of people around you to get the job done.
[Ani'yah] Being on the stage for this whole show was like,
ah, this is one of my dreams.
I get to see what's happening behind the scenes.
I can see what Kelly does.
And it's like so amazing for me
because I feel like a celebrity.
[Announcer] This is Ani'yah, she is our host in training,
give her a big round of applause.
(loud cheering and applause)
- Thank you, Kelly
for making all my dreams come true today.
- It's time to see how those pointers have paid off.
Ani'yah, you there?
- Hi, Kelly, how are you?
- I am so good.
So I want to introduce you to another talented kid.
This is Emerald, she's a contortionist.
- Hello.
- Hi, Emerald, you're so talented!
- Thank you, you too!
- Oh my gosh, so I know, she's just sitting here
on the sofa acting like that's normal.
Ani'yah, I'm just saying.
So, so tell us where you are right now.
- I'm in my living room.
I have to make a set in my living room
because of COVID-19 just like you did this summer!
- I did with my summer sessions! You're so cute.
So let's go back to your internship.
What was that day like for you?
That was very cool because your studio
is very different from mine.
Because in my studio, it's very small
and I just speak in front of a camera.
But in your studios, it's very huge,
and you have a live audience.
And I also had butterflies in my stomach
but obviously I did not mess up
because the audience was clapping and cheering me on.
I did not expect that.
Oh my God, amazing.
- You, you have such a great energy about you.
Do you get butterflies when you perform?
- I definitely do.
[Kelly] You do?
- Yes, because I love to do contortion so much,
I don't want to mess up.
- Oh my gosh.
I mean, but here's the thing though, just so you know,
if you mess up, we don't know.
(Kelly laughs)
- Thank you.
- So hold on to that.
Anytime you're nervous, anything you do,
I'm gonna to be like, oh my gosh!
Like, well, did you- Ani'yah, did you take notes?
I remember you said you were gonna take notes
whenever we were together, did you end up taking any?
- Yes, with the notebook and pen you gave me,
I really did take notes.
I took notes on, you had the teleprompter.
With the words inside of the camera.
I mean, who makes technology like that?
That's so amazing.
And I also love how you had the opening doors.
When the guests come out.
I also wrote down that.
And the most important advice you gave me was
to make the guests feel like they're at home
and don't make them feel shy.
I love that advice.
- Yeah. I like people to feel like, comfortable.
'Cause it's going to be a nerve wrecking environment
for people that aren't, you know, used to this kind
of environment.
Oh my gosh. I just hit up on you.
And I just saw it. So I need a minute.
Okay. So Ani'yah, you and your show,
y'all faced some hard times, right?
In the age of COVID?
- Yes, I really did because
my parents had got COVID and that made me really sad
because I was afraid that I wasn't going to be
doing my talk show anymore.
I was afraid I wouldn't have the same energy
because I was going to be so sad, but I prayed and I prayed
and my parents got better and that made me so happy.
And I was so happy that I would be doing my talk show again.
But the sad part is that I can not see my guests.
I can't hug them or shake their hands, but I mean,
it's okay.
We have to have positive vibes during COVID-19
or else your show would be not too good
or wouldn't be like, enthusiastic, how it would be,
or because your vibes are not too good during COVID.
So that's why we should have good vibes
and keep God in your prayers and we will get through this.
- Oh my gosh (mumbling) Oh my God.
And you know, what's interesting too, though,
is because I had to shoot during COVID as well.
And I'm so sorry about your parents.
I didn't know that, that must have been really hard.
But what, what's, you know, interesting
is people didn't mind if I wasn't as bubbly sometimes
or if I was, you know, a little, you know,
kind of down sometimes because that's real, like, you know,
I think people, you know, like the fact
that you're being you, and it's relatable
that everybody's kind of going through our time.
I love that you continue to do your show
and try and lift people up.
That's not easy when, you know
you might not be feeling it, so good on you for that.
Your show is usually pretty playful
but recently you tackled a pretty serious issue.
Do you want to talk about it?
- Yes. I had to make a video
about black lives matter because I'm not just a kid.
I know what's going on.
And my grandmother wrote me a poem to express my feelings
and it really broke my heart to see what's going on.
And so, yeah, I want to say, we can get through this.
All we have to do is just love each other.
All we gotta do. Just love one another.
- Man. I had this conversation with my six-year-old too,
and she- it's so interesting.
I really wish we would take the perspective
of children sometimes because it's so simple to them.
They're like, well, just that's mean.
And you can't be mean, and you shouldn't do that.
And you should want people to be happy and
and everybody should love each other.
And it's so simple how she says it
and how her heart and mind think and the same for you.
But Ani'yah, you have a special, a special message, right?
When you end your show, what is it?
- Dream big, nothing's impossible.
And why I say this is because when I wasn't here
for where I'm in air, where I am now, I'm sorry.
I always didn't believe in my dream.
I didn't think I'll make it here to where I am now.
But once a wise someone once told me to dream big
as possible, because some of my friends
and a lot of people do not believe in their dreams.
They think, why should they believe in it,
it's not gonna happen.
At the end of my show, I always say that
so I can inspire people to believe
in their dreams and that little message
at the end of my shows can change someone's life forever.
So that's why I say dream big, nothing's impossible.
- I love it.
It's such a beautiful thing that you're doing. So.