Keith Urban Describes Emotional Reaction to Kelly Clarkson’s ‘American Idol’ Performance

Written by Lauren Laffer
Keith Urban Describes Emotional Reaction to Kelly Clarkson’s ‘American Idol’ Performance

If you watched Kelly Clarkson’s performance of “Piece by Piece” on American Idol, you know there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. One person who was especially struck by the Texas native’s song was Idol judge Keith Urban.

“The song, it’s insane. I figure you’re either crying at this performance or you need to check your pulse,” Urban told ETOnline after the show. “It’s an amazing song.”

Clarkson, who won season 1 of American Idol, wrote the song when she was pregnant with her daughter River Rose and was highly emotional due to currently being pregnant with her second child, a boy.

“I was starting to wonder if maybe I was [pregnant] too,” Urban joked of his emotional reaction. “The humanity in that moment was just [incredible]. You never see that, let alone on TV, so I was so grateful to be there to witness it.”

See what else Urban said in the video below…

If you missed Clarkson’s performance, watch it HERE (and have your tissues ready!).