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Kelly Clarkson called out “American Idol” for not giving her the $1 million check or car she was promised for winning the singing competition.

The singer, who won Season 1 of “American Idol” in 2002, made the declaration during Tuesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” where she warned “The Traitors” Season 4 winner Rob Rausch that he might not see his prize from Peacock.

After Rausch noted that he had yet to get his prize money, Clarkson chimed in with, “I relate to this so hardcore, ’cause whenever I won, you probably weren’t alive when I was on ‘American Idol,’ but I was literally on the show, and they were like,…

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