Idol's Justin Guarini on Kelly Clarkson Memories and Going to JUNIOR HIGH With Pink! | ET Then & Now // TRAIN BRAIN

Idol's Justin Guarini on Kelly Clarkson Memories and Going to JUNIOR HIGH With Pink! | ET Then & Now

Justin Guarini chats with ET's Nischelle Turner and reveals behind-the-scenes moments with Kelly Clarkson and Pink, plus the live TV moment he says brought his post-'American Idol' career crashing down. More than 20 years after coming in second on season 1 of 'American Idol,' Guarini looks back on his close bond with Clarkson, and the 'extra weird' moment he reunited with his junior-high classmate, Alecia Moore (aka Pink). He also recalls discovering he’d been dropped by his record label through an 'SNL' skit featuring Tina Fey, which helped reshape his perspective on fame and failure. Now 47, Guarini is channeling those lessons into his new book, 'Center Stage Confidence,' out now.
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