At just 16 years old, Chevel Shepherdis celebrating her Tuesday victoryonThe Voice— and a successful stint on a hit television show comes with perks around the house!
“One thing I have had to give up [to appear onThe Voice] is chores,” Shepherd said in a press conference with her coachKelly Clarksonafter her big win, admitting she was “happy for it.” “When I am home my dad makes me.”
“That won’t change probably,” Clarkson jokingly replied. “My momstillmakes me do stuff.”
Shepherd likely won’t have to return to her father’s to-do list for quite some time after beating her competition onThe Voice: Kirk Jay, Chris Kroeze andKennedy Holmes.
Chris Kroeze, Shevel Shepherd and Carson Daly duringThe Voicefinale.Tyler Golden/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“I am still hyperventilating,” Shepherd told reporters following the show. “I am very blessed. … I am super excited.”
Kelly Clarkson and Chevel Shepherd.Tyler Golden/NBC
Nobody is happier for Shepherd than Clarkson. “I am excited. I am sweating like a very naughty girl at church right now. Sorry,” Clarkson quipped to reporters.
The two have become friends. “I already text you so much,” Clarkson, who knows the reality competition ropes as anAmerican Idolwinner, told Shepherd. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I love it. I’m like, ‘Oh, Mom, Kelly texted me!'” Shepherd answered.
“You really are so awesome,” Shepherd raved to Clarkson. “You told me from the beginning to always be myself and to always show the world who Chevel really wants to be. To just put myself out there and have lots of fun and give it my best because no matter what happens in the end, like, you’re doing what you love.”
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“I just want to make sure the whole time she’s having fun. Even at 36 years old, it’s so hard sometimes — not just in this industry, in any industry — to just have fun at what you’re doing and who you’re working with,” Clarkson explained.
Chevel Shepherd’s winningVoicemoment.Tyler Golden/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Clarkson, who celebrates her second win afterclaiming the title with Brynn Cartellilast season, is planning to toast the victory — though Shepherd won’t be joining in.
“Don’t drink; you are too young,” Clarkson told Shepherd. “But I am going to have a drink. I am going to celebrateforyou. I think I am in more shock we won with a country artist. I am so happy. … Yeah, I am sweating so much. Is it hot in here? It might be the Spanx.”
source: people.com
