Kelly Clarkson reveals she had a cancer scare on the day of her first Grammy Awards win

It was a night she would never forget, but not for reasons you would expect. 

And Kelly Clarkson is opening up for the first time about a cancer scare she received hours before she was set to attend the Grammys in 2006. 

The Grammy Award-winning artist recounted the story on Billboard's Pop Shop podcast this week. 

The Since You've Been Gone singer, who was only 23 years old at the time, received alarming news from her doctors that morning, according to the Daily Mail. 

"Well, not many people know this — not to be a Debbie Downer — but I was told that morning that I had cancerous results for something. Here's the horrible part: I went the whole day crying," said Clarkson. "They redid my makeup like four times because I was like, 'Wow, so young.' I was just completely freaking out."

Kelly Clarkson during her 2006 Grammy Award acceptance speech. Photo / Getty Images

The budding artist had a successful year and was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.

She went on to win both awards, but the success of her night was clouded in a pool of intense fear for her life. 

The pop star explains that when she went back to the doctor the next day, she found out they have "mixed up" her results and she didn't have any cancerous cells after all. 

"I was like, 'Are you for real?! You completely ruined my entire [experience]." The first time for an artist … as a kid watching the Grammys, that was a big dream!" 

She continued: "It was kind of the worst/greatest day. And the next day was also the worst/greatest day because I wanted to punch someone. I was like, 'Who mixes up results? Why wouldn't you test again?' 

"It was very much a roller coaster ride, that day, for me. So, it's kind of unfortunate, but a lot of the moments got stolen from that mishap. But hey, I didn't have cancer!"

- Daily Mail