Eliza Reid, author and former First Lady, appears in an interview on the American talk show Kelly Clarkson Show. The occasion is an introduction to And then I became first lady which is Eliza’s latest book. In English is the title of the book The First Lady Next Door.
In the introduction to Eliza, it is stated that she fell in love with an Icelandic man, Guðna Th. Jóhannessyni, in university and moved to this country where they had a family. She became a working mother of four children and the family lived a simple and low-key life. Everything changed when Guðni decided to run for president.
“Suddenly she was first lady and traveling the world,” Clarkson says, among other things, in the presentation.
“You say you’ve often been in unreal situations, can you come up with an example?” asks Clarkson.
“There are thousands of unreal situations, many of which are in the book. But one time I was invited to the White House, then Biden was president. At the end of the event, he decided to call my mother who lives on a farm in Canada, which was a very funny event. My mother really enjoys telling friends and neighbors about this,” answers Eliza.
Eliza then says that her experience as first lady has made her more optimistic than before.
“We got to meet a lot of ordinary people, choir directors up to forty years old, the women who knit little hats for premature babies and people who collected money for new health equipment. It made me more optimistic than before because I realized that we are all trying to help each other. I didn’t change the world as first lady, but I tried to do my part to push things in the right direction,” she says.
The Kelly Clarkson Show is a popular American talk show that launched in 2019 and is hosted by singer Kelly Clarkson, who rose to fame as the first winner of American Idol in 2002.
The show combines celebrity interviews, musical performances, games and heartwarming human stories. He is known for his warm, positive and relaxed atmosphere that has appealed to a wide audience in the US and beyond.
