Kellie Pickler's husband is DEAD TO ME

That’s horrific. I’m sorry for her loss.

He wanted to be like his beloved wife's career. That's love, y'all!

The world of heterosexuals is a sick and boring life!

That guy was no stranger to sex where man goes up a man.

Sad…but he is not famous enough to be considered #3.

Very sad

Terrible. I feel bad for gay guys who are forced to live in the closet.

He lived. He subjugated himself to both the closet and his wife's shadow. He was present.

Thank God he didn't take her (and some pets) with him. Those types usually do.

Her childhood sounds utterly heart-wrenching. From Wiki:

"Pickler's parents split up the day after her second birthday. A year later, in July 1989, her mother vanished.

"During periods when her father, Bo, was incarcerated, she would live with her grandparents outside Albemarle, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Charlotte.

"In 1992, Pickler's mother returned to Albemarle, but rarely made contact with her.

"I March 1995, with Bo Pickler in prison for armed robbery, her mother was granted custody. Pickler was in the fourth grade. In a February 2006 interview with the Charlotte Observer, Pickler said: 'She got custody of me for two years. During that time, she was physically and mentally abusive of me.

"In a 1997 court filing, Pickler's grandparents said that her mother had moved to Union County with her and treated her harshly. The court restored custody to the grandparents. Her mother vanished again, and Pickler has not heard from her since.

"Her father, whom she describes as an alcoholic and drug addict, served a three-year and nine-month prison sentence at Florida State Prison for aggravated assault and battery stemming from a 2003 stabbing incident. He was released on May 6, 2006, a week after her elimination from Idol.

"In an April 2006 interview with NBC Pickler said, 'One thing that's so important in life is we learn to forgive others. I ask the Lord every day to forgive me for my sins and for things that I've done wrong. And who am I to not forgive someone for what they've done? God tells us to love everyone.'"

After that much pain growing up, and now this? I fear she may follow suit. I hope not. But this is bad.

Agree with R9. I'm surprised he didn't hurt anyone else on his way out, as is so common with those types nowadays.

Her life story is tragic, R10. Wow.

This is sad

[quote] I feel bad for gay guys who are forced to live in the closet.

That sounds awful! So cramped, no light, and the smell of moth balls!

She was robbed on AI and should have won.

[quote]I fear she may follow suit.

MARY!!!

Didn’t this poor guy deserve some post mortem privacy? Why did the asshole police have to make a statement about an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound?

I am not usually on the Dl trope that every man who ever lived was gay,but this guy sent my gaydar into the red zone first time I saw him. I only have the vaguest idea of who kelli is,but I wouldnt wish her life on my worst enemy.This is one time when as a southerner I can say "bless her heart" and really mean just that.

[R9] She dumped her cat when she married this guy.

Will she be going out toniiiiiiight, in her red high heels?

Her husband stole her high heels so he could wear them

Ahh too bad I'd have done him

Kellie see,s like a sweet and genuine person. I’m sorry to hear this.

She didn't hear the gun shot, just woke up around noon and conveniently had a personal assistant in the house to search for her husband. Weird.

R16 If they didn't, everyone on here (including me) would be asking how he died.

[quote]She dumped her cat when she married this guy.

CUNT!!!

Anyone willing to drop a pet at moment's notice for a partner has always read as especially vile to me.

He identified as a man? and then he was found dead?

Did she ever tickle his pickle?

I don't know who he was, but that's really sad. I'm sorry for him and his family.

My condolences.

it seems kellie has been out of the spotlight for awhile, but at least she has stayed out of the tabloids, I commend her for that.

country fans are loyal to the core, there should be work available if she wants it.

Kyle shares beauty tips

I used to watch her fun morning show "Pickler & Ben." She seems like a sweetheart.

She talks briefly about Kyle near the end of this video.

I wish she would go back to recording. She's had a few country hits.

[quote]Her mother vanished again, and Pickler has not heard from her since.

She has to be dead.

[quote]Kellie seems like a sweet and genuine person. I’m sorry to hear this.

She's done Hallmark Christmas movies!

At least she's not doing Great American Family Christmas movies with homophobe Candace Cameron

Perhaps, like the rest of America, he couldn’t take her singing

^ lol

[quote]Didn’t this poor guy deserve some post mortem privacy? Why did the asshole police have to make a statement about an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound?

Police in TN love a good death by suicide. Remember the photographs they released from Naomi Judd's home after she shot herself?

Chris Daughtry's daughter committed suicide

American Idol is cursed

He killed hisself

QUE?

I'm getting depressed with all the brain ejection going on.

I've never heard of Kellie Pickler, much less her husband.

^ You must not have been posting here when her American Idol season aired

Well, I hope Kelly Clarkson does the right thing and pays for the funeral.

Has Marc Jacobs commented yet?

Her FB has anti mask/vax garbage

But RIP to him. I don't think you need to mention how someone kills themselves but I do support a growing movement in obits of "he dies after a long battle with depression" since that is usually the cause of death and a medical condition as any other

Friends and family will ketchup at The Olive Garden.

If you're part of the country music scene and off yourself, do they say you pulled a Naomi Judd?

Only if he leaves a post-it note specifically barring Kellie from attending the funeral.

That poor girl.

She always seemed like a good egg to me.

Just sweet and doing her thing, trying to make a go of it with a smile and a giggle.

She is one of the biggest stars to come out of AI.