Kelly Clarkson has taken great pains to make sure she’ll never have to wait tables or sling drinks again.

In the new issue of Reader’s Digest, she reveals that, by the time she was 23, she had put enough money away to keep her set for the rest of her life.

Clarkson, 25, who fired her manager last month and cancelled her upcoming tour, also boldly continues to trash her label RCA and its 75-year-old CEO Clive Davis.

Kelly calls out all the haters in interview excerpts below:

On making her albums:
“There’ve been a lot of cooks in the kitchen on all three of my albums. Everybody wants a success, so that’s great. On the other hand, the kitchen gets real crowded.”

On the RCA Records haters:
“They hated Miss Independent on my first album. It was No. 1 for six weeks, then they got behind it. They hated Breakaway. The song I wrote that they hated the most was Because of You. I fought and fought for it, it became successful and they finally got behind it. I’m not complaining, I’ll just say no until I get my way, and I did.”

On rumors that Clive Davis didn’t like her new album, My December:
“I just want people to hear it, instead of 100-year old executives making decisions on what’s good for pop radio. It’s people my age who listen to it. My gut hasn’t been wrong yet, so why wouldn’t I continue to follow it?”

On American Idol:
“I did my own hair and makeup for the first half of the shows. What you saw us wearing was our stuff from home. We’d be in a magazine under the heading ‘What Was She Thinking?’ I was like, I’m thinking I ain’t got no money.”

On money:
“I have saved and saved, and I don’t have to work another day. When I won Idol and started working with a business manager, she asked, ‘What do you want?’ I was like, I don’t ever want to have to make a decision because I need money. So we accomplished that two years ago, and I’m set.”

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If I didn’t know any better, I would say that looks an awful lot like an engagement ring!

Okay, I have to admit… I was going to go see her in Portland this summer…don’t tell anyone.  Guess the album really sucks like everyone says!

Kelly released a statement on her website:

“I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to getting out there to perform for y’all. In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won’t be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.

But I promise you that we’re going to get back out there as soon as is humanly possible to give you a show that will be even better.

Thanks for all of your love and continued support.”

This is a hard one!! Answer after the jump! (more…)

Original “American Idol” Kelly Clarkson is having serious musical issues — her album is reportedly being s**tcanned after her record label’s boss, Clive Davis, decided that he hated the new tracks. According to a British tab, the Daily Star, Davis was “absolutely merciless in his criticism” of Clarkson, and it’s back to the mixing board to get new songs recorded. Clarkson has won multiple Grammys and has sold more records than any other former “Idol” winner. No word from reps as to the status of the album.

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I’m not sure if I like this song yet – or not. I’ll probably end up liking it, but at first listen, I was like… “eh”.

What do you think?