Recently, a bizarre story has been circulating on social media, claiming that Kate Middleton and American singer Kelly Clarkson performed a touching duet of “Tears in Heaven” at the Royal Albert Hall. According to the tale, the song was a tribute to their fathers, with Kelly allegedly whispering, “For your dad… and for mine,” before they sang. The performance was said to be so moving that Prince William was seen wiping away a tear.
However, this heartwarming duet is nothing but a fabrication. Despite the presence of seemingly convincing AI-generated images of the two women singing together, there is no truth to the story. Aside from the fact that Kate’s father, Michael Middleton, is very much alive, there are several inconsistencies in the narrative. For one, Kelly’s father passed away in 2018, making the idea of them both singing about their fathers’ loss highly inaccurate. Additionally, there’s no record of Kate and Kelly ever meeting in person.
While many social media users quickly debunked the tale, some fell for it, with one fan humorously commenting, “She’s apparently sung with 10 different people this week.”
Despite the fictional duet, there is a real and surprising connection between Kate Middleton and Kelly Clarkson: both women have shared their personal struggles with severe morning sickness during pregnancy. Kate Middleton opened up about her experience with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) during a 2020 appearance on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast. HG is an extreme form of morning sickness that causes frequent vomiting and often requires hospital treatment. Kate was hospitalized with it during her first pregnancy in 2012, and she revealed that it affected all of her pregnancies. “It was definitely a challenge. Not just for me but also for your loved ones around you,” she shared, emphasizing the difficulty of experiencing HG while caring for a newborn.
Kelly Clarkson, too, has been open about her struggles with severe morning sickness. In a 2016 interview with CBS This Morning, Kelly described her all-day sickness as so debilitating that she needed IVs and fluids due to dehydration. “It’s really bad,” she said, adding that her first pregnancy was particularly difficult. “It was just a bad pregnancy, so I had to take off way more time than normal.”
While Kate and Kelly may not have sung together at the Royal Albert Hall, their shared experience with the challenges of pregnancy has given them an unexpected bond, one that resonates with many women who have dealt with the difficulties of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and other severe forms of morning sickness.
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