Kelly Clarkson found a moment of laughter and levity during a difficult conversation about grief on a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show .

The singer and talk show host was in conversation with Lionel Richie about his new memoir, Truly: The Official Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical Legend .

Though Richie's book is wide-ranging, this particular conversation centered around Richie had to process difficult emotions while writing it. Specifically, he brought up how it felt to revisit the deaths of his parents.

Richie said he'd find himself "crying" at unexpected moments, simply because he was "reliving" the hardest moments of his life.

He also joked about how he put off writing his memoir for much of his life. But at a certain point, the singer -- now

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