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Watch: Kelly Clarkson Recalls the Time Jonathan Groff Spat His 'Sauce' All Over Her
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Things got saucy on a recent episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show" when Clarkson and guest Jonathan Groff remembered a time when Groff left her a little damp.
On the May 13 episode, Clarkson recounted going to see Groff perform in "Spring Awakening" on Broadway in 2006, Entertainment Weekly relayed. Despite being in the second row, Clarkson said, she found herself being showered by Groff's spit and sweat.
"There's a term, and it's called the 'Groff sauce,'" Clarkson claimed.
Having been so baptised, Clarkson said she "felt like an inferior performer, because I was like, 'I have never worked that hard. I have never ever worked that hard,'" EW quoted.
Clarkson went on to add that her initial enthusiasm for seats so close to the stage was somewhat dampened – but only temporarily. "After a while, you get used to it!"
Groff's spit was also a topic of conversation when he was interviewed along with Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez about their sharing a stage for "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway two years ago, EW noted.
"Jonathan Groff secretes a lot of fluids from every part of his body," host Josh Horowitz said, introducing the subject and saying that "everybody knows about it."
"'Secretes' is not the right word, because they come at ya!" Radcliffe interjected.
"There's nothing gentle about it," Mendez agreed.
Groff recalled how his "Spring Awakening" co-star Lea Michele would come in for even more of a soaking during a love scene in a hayloft thanks to his profuse perspiration – especially if he had practiced yoga earlier that day. Michele, he recalled, would exclaim, "Oh my god get off of me!" as soon as the lights cut out at the end of the scene.
"I am a spitter," Groff agreed when Clarkson told her story. "I'm a huge spitter, and it's just what happens to me when I perform," he added, before explaining that audience members sometimes use their programs as umbrellas in an attempt to keep dry.
Watch Clarkson and Groff discuss his "sauce" below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
