“I’m not getting married ... I’m always gonna be a Pickler”

Drew Lipski · 07-24-2007, 12:58 AM

Kellie chows down raw caribou and whale
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July 23rd, 2007 - 2:07 pm

Seriously, she really did. This is a continuation of Nashville’s favorite hockey-tonk hook-up, the great love affair between country singer Kellie Pickler and Nashville Predator Jordin Tootoo.

You might know that Jordin is from the northern Canadian tundra, just south of the Arctic circle, from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, to be specific, part of the Inuit people who grow up hunting seals, caribou and whales. So Kellie recently took a trip up to meet the family, where she says her blonde hair made her stick out like a sore thumb.

But practically the whole town showed at the airport for her arrival, and Kellie tells me she never felt more welcome.

Still, some of their meals took some getting used to. Like the raw caribou.

“He skinned it right there,” Kellie said. “His dad cut the meat off the bone and I ate it.”

And…?

“It’s actualy really good. I liked it. Is that weird?”

Hmm. No weirder than the whale blubber.

“It wasn’t like floppin’ around on the plate or nothing,” she said. “It was dead. But it was raw.”

And…?

“Well, that’s really nasty. The whale blubber is disgusting.”

It did bring Kellie and Jordin closer, but not THAT close.

“I’m not getting married, Brad, you quit startin’ rumors!” she chided. “I’m always gonna be a Pickler.”

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