MDYK Performance Airs On Regis & Kelly

Making no reference to last month's firestorm, Regis Philbin introduced Clay as he gave his taped performance of "Mary, Did You Know" on this morning's Live with Regis & Kelly. Last month, co-host Kelly Ripa and Clay caused controversy when Ripa accused Clay of inappropriately putting his hand over her mouth. We learned yesterday that the two did speak on the phone to "patch things up."

You can find the video cap of this at ClackUnlimited.com.

The Insider will be doing a so-called "follow-up" story to this tonight:

Have tensions between KELLY RIPA and crooner CLAY AIKEN finally been resolved?

This morning, the "American Idol" heartthrob appears on Kelly's show for the first time since their public disagreement -- will they forgive and forget?

Clay's appearance only included a song -- no interview. And "The Insider" has learned that the performance was taped in November, the same day and the hand-over-mouth incident.

The talk show host and the crooner made headlines in November when Clay sat in for REGIS PHILBIN as Kelly's co-host on "Live" -- and raised eyebrows when he playfully put his hand over her mouth during an interview with "Dancing with the Stars" winners EMMITT SMITH and CHERYL BURKE.

Entertainment Tonight will also air a story on this (not that there's anything new!) on their show tonight. You can read their new Kelly/Clay article at ETOnline.com.

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