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The following article mentions suicide, substance misuse, and domestic abuse.
She’s a true Renaissance woman, someone who’s determined to conquer every aspect of the entertainment industry.
“I don’t think it’s about limiting yourself to just one profession.
I think you’ve got the option to do it all.”
Pickler has, indeed, done it all.
(Okay, except maybe Broadway … though she hopes to get there someday.)
Her career has been one of constant reinvention and transformation, but Pickler herself has had to transform.
She’s had to find the inner strength to just keep moving when the world seems set against her.
“Everyone pays their dues in different ways,” she toldThe Oregonian.
Nothing is going to be handed to you."
Here’s how Kellie Pickler did it.
Morton added, “I just made bad choices.”
“Looking at it now, as an adult, that’s not normal.”
As both of her parents struggled, Pickler was left to essentially raise herself and her siblings.
Suddenly, her family life was very different than what she’d known, because she now had support.
Pickler became particularly close with her grandmother, whose book of children’s hymns shaped her love of music.
“I got lost in those songs.
Her grandfather, too, encouraged her love of singing.
“I was such a little tomboy.”
When Pickler was 15, her grandmother died of lung cancer the day after receiving her diagnosis.
She later toldBella Onlinethat she was nervous when she saw how many people were trying out.
“My grandfather went with me to the auditions,” she said.
I’m so glad I stuck in there.”
It’s a good thing she stuck it out, because Pickler did very well on the show.
One of those fans was the notoriously ornery Simon Cowell.
you could’t take what they say personally."
She toldAll Your TV, “I’d never really written songs before.
But it’s what your life is about, your feelings, your emotions.
Pickler wanted her debut album to be very personal, as is often the case with country music.
Pickler revealed to Bella Online that she’d moved to Nashville and was heavily involved in her career.
“This is my life now,” she reflected.
“Right now I’m paying my dues as a new country artist.
I see my family when I can.
They know this is my lifelong passion and dream.”
“Are you talking about my boobs again?
Why are you looking at my boobs anyways?”
He responded, “I’m not looking at them, America is looking at them.”
In 2008, the conversation was still ongoing.
“She’s acquired two accoutrements that (naturally) photographers and men love,” he said.
This time, Pickler seemed to finally admit that she’d had surgery.
“Let’s just say I feel much more mature now,” she said.
In 2009, Pickler opened for Swift on the Fearless Tour.
The twosome toldThe Bootthat they’d become quite close while touring, even considering each other sisters.
It’s just girl talk, you know?”
It’s unclear whether the two are still close.
“I’m not a part of any squad, per se,” she laughed.
“I’m just kind of my own little thing.”
After striking up a relationship, Jacobs proposed to Pickler in 2010.
Thankfully, rather than making her more upset, she felt that they had her grandmother’s blessing.
“It turned out to be the most amazing day of my life,” she told the outlet.
Jacobs added, “Afterward, we just held each other and had the most beautiful prayer.
We had a little champagne and talked and laughed and cried.”
They eloped on New Year’s Day 2011.
They ran away to the Caribbean and got married on a whim.
“And it was the most incredible day of my life.”
Fans loved the behind-the-scenes banter between the two, such as one interview where Pickler toldE!
News, “It is very physically demanding.
But you’re working muscles, or, I’m working muscles that I’ve never worked before …
I’m definitely sore, but I guess no pain no gain!”
Gesturing toward Pickler’s head, Hough teased, “Definitely working muscles she hasn’t worked before.”
The pair went on to win the whole season, beating fan-favorites like Zendaya for the iconic mirrorball trophy.
Pickler’s grandfather supported this next chapter in her reality TV journey.
“It was so great, because he actually talked me into doing the show,” she said.
“[The trophy is] going in his bedroom, he said, on his nightstand.”
“I would do it again in a heartbeat!”
“We have two little small puppies,” she said.
“We’re dog parents for now.”
Is that a thing?"
As her off-camera husband joked about needing a drink, Pickler answered emphatically, “No.
I love being Aunt Kellie, and that is perfect for me.”
The series gave them the perfect opportunity to enjoy married life together, she told Broadway World.
When that reality show ended, another TV series began.
“I fell in love with it instantly.”
Though the show only lasted two seasons, it was critically acclaimed.
“Pickler & Ben” was nominated for five Daytime Emmys.
Pickler picked up two nods for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.
Unfortunately, they didn’t win any.
“She’s an incredible singer, songwriter, performer and has the best personality.
She’s the whole package,” Pickler exclaimed.
Pickler Hallmark clearly loved the gigs.
It’s life-changing."
She spoke withthe same outletabout a campaign she was working on for the USO, called Give More Thanks.
“you’ve got the option to get your t-shirt and we can be twins!”
“It’s a beautiful thing to be a part of.”
Pickler became a regular DJ on their country music station “The Highway.”
In a statement on theSiriusXMwebsite, Pickler shared her enthusiasm for her latest career transformation.
Unfortunately, the gig did not last.
In April 2023, radio personality Macie Banks announced onInstagramthat she was taking over Pickler’s former time slot.
Instead, they said, her contract had simply run out.
In May, an autopsy confirmed that he had died by suicide.
As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers."
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