Kelly Clarkson Shocks Willie Geist With His 6th Grade Teacher – 𝖀𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘 𝟐𝟒

Willie Geist was not prepared to be left in shock during his latest appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”

On the June 18 episode, host Kelly Clarkson left the Sunday TODAY host speechless when she surprised him with a sentimental blast from the past.

The two were first reflecting on Willie’s longtime marriage to wife Christina, sharing how they met in 6th grade at George Washington Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

“We were buddies for a long time,” Willie shared. “Then we started dating our junior year in high school.”

He and Christina attended college together, he continued, adding that they broke up in their 20’s because they lived in different cities.

“And then found each other again later,” he said, before Clarkson asked who introduced them. He replied, “It was in Mr. Kaplan’s homeroom.”

And that’s when Clarkson said, “Well, we have a little surprise.”

Turns out that Willie’s old homeroom teacher Mr. Kaplan was in the audience.

“No?! No!” a stunned Willie said, as his childhood teacher stood up from the crowd.

“Willie, you can imagine my surprise that I’m here today for ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show,’” Mr. Kaplan said, sharing how he got a call to come to the show. “And I was very happy to do it. I haven’t seen you in what? Thirty-nine years?”

Willie nodded in agreement, saying, “Yeah, it was 1986.”

Mr. Kaplan then touched on Willie’s special relationship with his wife, saying, “I don’t know whether it was kismet or karma that brought you and Christina together in my homeroom.”

As he continued, a class photo of them appeared on screen, with the teacher saying, “I had nothing to do with it.”

Willie later recalled “vividly” scanning the room, seeing his now wife and thinking, “‘Oh, she’s cute,’ and it was my wife!”

Willie and Christina have been married for 22 years and share two kids, daughter Lucie, 18, and son George, 15.