Kellie Pickler photo by Kristin Barlowe, courtesy of Sony BMG.
August 7, 2007 — Last November, Kellie Pickler signed on the dotted line for a sitcom to be developed with 20th Century Fox for a character based on herself. The premise was Kellie would play "a naive small-town Southern girl who discovers that her biological father is the state's well-respected governor." But now, with the success of her music career, the fifth-season "American Idol" finalist is having second thoughts.
"Country music's my whole life now. I want to establish myself as an important country artist while I have the chance," says Kellie in an interview with Ohio's Akron-Beacon-Journal. "If I was working on a TV show, that would take 14, 15 hours a day. When would I fit my music in? When would I tour?"
Kellie is currently performing on Brad Paisley's "Bonfires & Amplifiers" tour, which is scheduled to wrap in October. In related news, Kellie was at the Fort Campbell Army Post on Monday, along with tour mates Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift, giving a free concert to soldiers and their families, according to The Tennessean.
"It's a great thing to do for them because they do so much," she says. "It's all out of pure love, and we want to have a good time and show them a good time."