Kelly Clarkson Bruised After Grueling Video Shoot  5/2/05

American Idol Kelly Clarkson suffered for her art whilst shooting the video for her single Behind These Hazel Eyes - and left the set covered in bruises.

The sexy singer wanted the video - focusing on a wedding which goes horribly wrong - to be intense and physical in order to reflect the emotional anguish of the song, which she describes as a "broken fairy-tale".

But Clarkson was affected physically as well as mentally after the action-packed shoot - which features her running through the woods, fighting and falling over - started taking its toll on the star.

She explains, "The whole thing is a metaphor about a broken fairy tale - you think everything is going well, and then reality kicks your butt.

"It's a sad video, but it's going to be my best one. It's real, and that's why people like me."

But unfortunately the injuries she came away with were just as real.

She adds, gesturing to one of her bruises, "Look at that. It was so much worse you have no idea."