Emphasizing that Carrie was an “superior choose,” the 42-year-old added, “I believe she’s going to do nice.” (For extra from Kelly, tune into E! Information tonight, Sept. 12, at 11 p.m.)
And Kelly is not the one one excited for Carrie’s new gig. Former American Idol choose Simon Cowell additionally expressed his delight in regards to the 41-year-old’s choose duties.
“I believe it is a sensible choice,” he beforehand advised E! Information. “Carrie, we return a great distance. I keep in mind her audition prefer it was yesterday. She was so good, she’s such a candy individual.”
And Carrie’s fellow choose Lionel Richie is thrilled she’ll be becoming a member of him and Luke Bryan, particularly due to her Idol background.
“What an amazing choose,” Lionel advised E! Information in August. “Now we do not have to elucidate anymore, ‘We all know how you are feeling.’ As artists, we all know how you are feeling, however we have by no means been in that oval that claims, ‘American Idol.’ She’s been there, finished that.”