In 2017, Clinton Kelly released his book of essays, “I Hate Everyone, Except You.” He touched on his relationship with “What Not to Wear” co-host, Stacy London, saying that he “either adored her or despised her, and never anything in between.” Since “What Not to Wear” was a popular series that revolved around the co-host’s apparent friendship, this quote took the world by storm. London says that she hadn’t actually read Kelly’s book when she saw the headlines. 

According to Kelly, the “quote was taken out of context so many times,” and it got to London. On TODAY with Hoda and Jenna, London explained that she doesn’t “think that what he wrote was unjustified.” She added, though, “What I was more upset about was that, if it’s public, than the audiences who thought we were best friends — some people even thought we were married — that illusion was broken.” She proceeded to block him on Twitter, saying, “When I saw the clickbait, I was hurt, I was definitely hurt. And it was hard to kind of reconcile that.” 

Still, when Kelly reached out, they were able to make amends. London explained, “When you grow up a bit … there was a lot of points of pride that I don’t think either of us were willing to talk to.” When they reconciled, though, London said she sobbed and opened up about every way he hurt her and how she thought she hurt him.