Steve Harvey's "Happy" For Kelly Clarkson Since She Took Over His Talk Show Time Slot
Steve Harvey is revealing just how he feels about the cancellation of his daytime talk show and losing the time slot to Kelly Clarkson.
On Monday, Harvey told Ellen DeGeneres he is "happy" for the musician.
"I like Kelly Clarkson," Harvey said. "I'm happy for her."
While The Kelly Clarkson Show may have replaced the long-running Steve Harvey Show on NBC, the comedian and television personality isn't harboring any hard feelings or resentments. On Monday, Harvey told Ellen DeGeneres he is "happy" for the powerhouse musician.
"I’m back on TV,” Harvey said—referencing his new show, Steve on Watch, for Facebook Watch. “Everybody thought I was gone. But I’m happy for people. You know, I’m a person of faith, so when a door closes for me, I just walk up the hall. It’s more doors!"
"You’ve just got to keep going up the hall," he added. "So I open other doors and I’m back on TV and I’m happy for everybody. I like Kelly Clarkson, I’m happy for her."
Harvey's support of Clarkson may seem surprising. After all, the 37-year-old (more or less) was technically his replacement. But Harvey, 62, believes in a power greater than himself, and said that power humbles him and keeps him positive.
"I made a t-shirt one time that said 'Faith doesn’t make it easy, faith makes it possible,'" Harvey said on Steve Harvey—and he applies this mantra to all aspects of his life."If you want to be happy or successful, you've got to ask God for it... if you up your ask, he will up his give."
That said, it's unlikely he'll be tuning in to Clarkson's program. "One of my friends said, 'Man, that’s really big of you to be happy for somebody who replaced your show.' I said, 'I’m happy for her.' He said, 'So you watch [her show]?' I said... ‘I ain’t that happy!"
The Kelly Clarkson Show airs weekdays ahead of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and STEVE on Watch can be seen on Facebook Watch.
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