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Inside the ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’ Toxic Workplace Allegations: ‘Notoriously Tough’ Producer, Low Pay Complaints and More

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Trouble on set? The Kelly Clarkson Show made headlines when several staff members deemed it a toxic workplace environment, but their complaints are largely due to compensation concerns, according to one source.“It’s more about money,” the insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “A few staffers may feel it’s a toxic work environment, but it’s not the consensus. … To some degree, it’s blown out of proportion.

It’s an emotional response to a low-pay situation.”The talk show first came under fire on Friday, May 12, when Rolling Stone published an exposé in which several former employees were interviewed about their experiences on set.

According to the report, the staffers — all of whom are entertainment industry veterans — allege that they were overworked, underpaid and found the environment “traumatizing to their mental health.”The source told Us that the problems stemmed from employees learning they “were not getting paid anywhere near what others in the same positions were getting on other successful shows.”The insider explained: “When the show started, no one was sure if the show would even get picked up, so, staffers got a low rate.

But that [rate] got locked in even when the show became a huge success. Other than producers, people who started with [host] Kelly [Clarkson] didn’t have the same monetary success, including low level crew and writers.”The source also noted that one of the show’s producers is “hard to work for” and has a “notoriously tough” reputation in the industry. “She expects a certain level of work, work ethic and long hours,” the insider explained.After the exposé was published, Clarkson, 41, issued a statement addressing the allegations.“In my 20 years in the entertainment

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