Lionel Richie said he wants Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson to replace Katy Perry as a judge for ‘American Idol’ season 23
Now that Katy Perry has announced she is leaving American Idol, Lionel Richie has two superstars in mind to replace her: Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson.
Swift, 34, is dominating the charts once again with her 11th full-length studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which shattered numerous records upon release on Friday, April 19. It achieved over 300 million streams on that day, becoming the first in Spotify history to surpass 200 and 300 million streams in one day.Richie knows that Swift is busy, so if she is not able to join him on American Idol, he would love to work with Clarkson, 42, who won the first Idol competition in 2002.
The two stars were scheduled to work together as mentors on the Duets reality series in 2012. However, Richie left the show due to a schedule conflict and was replaced by John Legend. 'Finding someone to replace Katy with a sense of humor, it's gotta be fun but no ego because we're gonna insult each other so much,' he quipped.“I gotta say Jelly Roll was crazy when he came on the show,” she told E! News on Monday, April 15. “I was convinced at anything he said. He could run for president, he could be my pastor, I might go back to church for him. He could sell me anything.
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