Some of the best moments in recent years on The Voice —or on talk shows, for that matter— played off the ongoing war of words between Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton. It's all in good nature, of course, with both singers' "I tease because I love" motive always shining through. On a January episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, its namesake reminded us that she's a secret member of Shelton's fan club with a true-to-the-original Kellyoke cover of "Honey Bee."
Aside from some pronoun changes to the lyrics, Clarkson and her band never stray too far from what made Shelton's 2011 single a country chart topper and Top 15 pop hit. Its sweet, romantic sentiments were penned by two members of the Peach Pickers songwriting team: frequent Shelton collaborator Ben Hayslip and Thomas Rhett's dad, Rhett Akins.
Clarkson's song choice might have been a nod to Shelton's recent tongue-in-cheek admission that he "stole" the Kellyoke concept for his own use.
"I like to steal from people," Shelton told Access. "I watch Kelly Clarkson's talk show every day. I never miss it. She opens every one of her episodes with a song, and I thought, 'You know, I'm going to do that. I'm going to do what Kelly does, but do it better than Kelly.' So I decided that I'm going to do a classic, like, bar karaoke theme song every episode of Barmageddon."
Another friend constantly drawn into Shelton jokes, Barmageddon co-host Carson Daly chimed in on this supposed heist.
"He came to me and he pitched this idea and he goes, 'What do you think about me opening up with a cover? We'll call it a Blakeoke," Daly said. "I say, 'Kelly has the Kellyoke. You can't call it Blakeoke."
