and when she got the frightening news that her breast cancer had spread she opened up to our jennifer pirro. >> my hair was really matted like dread locks, and i went to try to brush it out and it just fell out, and i was holding on to just huge clumps of my hair my mom crying, saying, like, my hair! my hair! my hair! >> just grab the kitchen scissors and -- my mom was, like, wait, wait, wait. she put it in the ponytail and she just chopped it off. >> last month shannen began her first round of radiation therapy which she admits is frightening, but throughout her cancer battle the former "90210" star has been getting support including sarah >> and then there is her squad including husband kurt and her mom. reminding us all that no matter what the challenge, you've got to keep dancing. >> you and your mom seem like you're so close. she's your best friend. >> thank god. thank god she's there. thank god we're so close, and we have such a good relationship, and i know it affects her, and i know that -- she's so strong. my mom is, you know, like, she's a steel magnolia. she's a southern girl. sh

that is one of the things we learned when kelly opened up about her new baby boy with our jennifer pirroll. he loves anything. he loves to be entertained by his sister. that's why we had them so close together. play with each other while mommy has a glass of wine. >> not at all. things have been taken out. we're done! >> after remy, it wasn't done and that's okay. kelly has her hands full as stepmom to her husband's two kids and 2-year-old daughter river rose who looks so cute at her first christmas parade. >> she's sweet, but she is definitely in her terrible twos. she goes nuclear off of the smallest things and she'll be, like, fine and then devastating. this is the most stupid thing ever. >> she's dramatic already. >> well, like her mom. yeah. >> kelly clarkson. >> the girl who won "american idol" back in 2002 was adding to her resume. the grammy winner is now a children's author with her first-ever picture book, river rose and the magical lullaby. >> it wasn't, like, something i want to do this and we started from scratch. i did this for my daughter. i wrote little stories for her. >