Clay Aiken has a confession to make. He admits he used to arrange his fridge like a "serial killer." However because of Kelly Clarkson, he guarantees he's modified his methods.

On Wednesday's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the host and O.G. American Idol winner recalled as soon as getting a peek contained in the Idol season 2 runner-ups fridge, and being shocked by the impeccable organizational scheme. "He appeared like a serial killer together with his fridge. I went to his home and I used to be like, 'The hell?'" Clarkson mentioned, including, "Then simply to f— with him, I simply moved all the things. And it did mess him up."

Aiken owned as much as the revelation in an announcement shared with Leisure Weekly. "It's true. I was a bit intense concerning the group of my treasured perishables," the 46-year-old, North Carolina-born singer and activist wrote. "Fortunately, my expensive good friend, Kelly, helped treatment me of this obsession by often breaking into my home whereas I used to be out of city and fully dismantling my fridge group system!"

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Aiken humorously continued, "Because of her (lower than authorized) efforts, I'm glad to say I'm cured, and my fridge at this time appears like an episode of Hoarders… I didn't even notice extreme kitchen group was a gateway to serial killing, simply consider what number of lives Kelly might have saved!"

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The previous actuality stars have identified one another for over 20 years, first assembly when Clarkson was introduced again for a number of episodes of Idol season 2 to sing songs like her debut album singles "Anytime" and "Miss Impartial," and Barry Manilow's "One Voice," for which she was joined by the season's high 12 contestants.

The yr after Ruben Studdard took residence the gold on Aiken's season of Idol, Clarkson invited Aiken to hitch her on the "Impartial Tour" in assist of her debut album, Grateful, and his debut album, Measure of a Man.

When requested how they've realized to lean on each-other in a mid-tour interview on TRL in 2004, Aiken joked, "The tired-er I get, the grumpier I get, the extra I decide on Kelly." Clarkson agreed, laughing, "We don't lean on one another, we decide on one another."

Each Aiken and Clarkson have returned to their Idol roots through the years, with Aiken performing a duet together with his season 2 co-finalist Ruben Studdard on 2023's season 21 finale, and Clarkson making appearances on seasons 14 and 15 of the long-running actuality competitors sequence.

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