"This was the most amazing thing," she said in a video on YouTube for her talk show. "We're on the red carpet, and this woman looks at him and goes, 'And what would you like your name to be?" For the carpet. 'What was your name?'" Clarkson described the moment as a delightful surprise, revealing how her son was intrigued by the phrasing of the question that made him think about a stage name.