Kelly Clarkson Ate Mushrooms Ahead Of Inauguration: Key To Her Singing Live?

BY Amethyst Tate | January 24 2013 9:52 AM

Kelly Clarkson did not have an issue singing live during the inauguration, unlike Beyonce, and the reason may be mushrooms.

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Kelly Clarkson greets President Obama after her performance

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The night before her performance of My Country Tis of Thee at President Obamas second inauguration Monday afternoon, Clarkson and her friends ate a meal that included lasagna, chicken parmesan, and stuffed mushrooms at Washington, D.C.'s Buca di Beppo, TMZ reports.

Clarkson even took a picture with the restaurant staff after the $230 meal.

Now, it is being speculated that stuffed mushrooms was the key to her singing live as opposed to using a pre-recorded track.

Clarksons rep was quick to tell fans that the 'American Idol' sang live after it was revealed that Beyonce lip-synced the National Anthem.

Beyonce gave an outstanding performanc! e at the Presidential Inauguration, but days later, she was accused of lip-syncing after the New York Post reported that a representative for the United States Marine band said that Beyonce decided to sing using a pre-recorded track right before she took the stage.

All music is pre-recorded for the ceremony because there are so many eventualities and conditions that day, Kristin DuBois, a band representative told Page Six.

We performed, live, the band. But we received last-minute word that Beyonce was going to use the pre-recorded vocal track. Those were the instructions we were given. We dont know what the reason why.

Beyonce is not the first superstar to lip-sync during a major performance. In 2012, it was speculated that Madonna lip-synced during her 12-minute half-time performance at the Super Bowl.

In 2009, Jennifer Hudson lip-synced the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. American Idol music director Ricky Minor told the Associated Press that he asked her to lip-synch to a previously recorded track.