Daytime TV Stars of the 2000s: Where Are They Now?

We bet you know where Kelly Clarkson is these days: She's everywhere -- on The Voice, in UglyDolls, at the Indianapolis 500, and on her way to becoming a daytime-talk host via The Kelly Clarkson Show, set to premiere this fall. But will we always know where Clarkson is? Just ask Matt Lauer if anything -- or any gig -- lasts forever.

At the dawn of the 21st century, Lauer was the co-anchor of NBC's Today. He interviewed presidents and was paid millions. Then in 2017, a co-worker accused Lauer of sexual misconduct, and he was fired. Just like that, he went from being a daytime star to being a former daytime star.

Though the circumstances behind Lauer's disappearance from the daytime-TV scene are unique to him, Lauer is hardly the only daytime-TV star of the 2000s and 2010s to fall, fade or move on. Two of Lauer's former Today co-anchors, Katie Couric and Ann Curry, both belong to that group. So does a swath of former View regulars, including Rosie O'Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Lisa Ling, Sherri Shepherd -- and even the show's guiding force, Barbara Walters. Some, like Ling, left their daytime gigs to pursue passion projects. Others, like O'Donnell, left to spend more time with their families (and also because there was too much shouting).

Daytime soap stars of the last two decades, meanwhile, often haven't had choices as to whether to leave their shows: Their shows left them. Since 2003, the bulk of broadcast-network TV's remaining daytime dramas, including All My Children, have been canceled. The actors on these shows, including the genre's signature actress, Susan Lucci, also suddenly became former daytime TV stars. A lucky few, including Shemar Moore, who exited The Young and the Restless for primetime (Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T.), left on their own terms -- and still have a show to return to when the occasion strikes. (See: Moore's four-episode, 2019 Y&R stint, a tribute to his late co-star, Kristoff St. John, who died in February.)

Here's a look at 25 former daytime TV stars of the '00s and the '10s -- the shows they used to call home, and the lives they've gone on to live. Despite Kelly Clarkson everywhere-ness, you will not find her here. (Yet?)