Katharine McPhee 'Codependent' on Her Chihuahuas

By Melinda Newman Posted Jan 20th 2010 10:12AM

Katharine McPhee doesn't have any biological children yet, but her four-legged friends keep her busy. The former 'American Idol' runner-up brings her Chihuahuas with her wherever she can take them, much to her husband Nick's bemusement.

"Yeah, sadly, I'm codependent on them," she tells PopEater. "Sometimes [my husband] rolls his eyes when I say, 'The dogs are coming, right?' I finally just overheard him saying to somebody, 'It's a little bit of a security blanket for her,' and I thought, 'He's probably right.'"

But even McPhee, whose new album, 'Unbroken,' came out earlier this month, knows that her furry friends aren't welcome in all quarters.

"I try not to bring them everywhere because I don't want to be that girl, like, 'Oh she was nice, but God, she brings those dogs everywhere. She's so L.A,'" McPhee says. "It's really a comforting thing and I just love them. They just make me really, really happy. I suppose one day a kid might do that, but dogs don't scream and they don't act out. Sometimes they'll leave me special treats around the house, which is lovely, but you know, they're just cute. "

While her dogs get the bulk of the attention, there is another member of the family who doesn't get out as much: her cat. "She's the reject of the family," McPhee says. "One time I brought the cat in the car and she peed in it. I had to get rid of the car. That wasn't so great."

So, Katharine axes the car and not the cat? We think PETA just found its next spokesperson.

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Monday 04 October

By zounds567

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Nothing significant, but kinda interesting. This beautiful young woman had something like 12 operations to get to pic 2. What a mistake! Now, she looks like your typical glamour, "Tinsel Town," high maintenance, dumb broad, not just a neat person who lives next door. and works for a living, like the rest of us.

Wednesday 20 January

By skip masi

its about time this beautiful young lady is getting press, just love her voice.

By Mandingo4Kat

Could there be a more inane story ? Its mindboggling to me that there are 20 million different topics or issues facing nearly everyone in the world, & this is the sort of front page story we're forced to look at ? Youve gotta be kidding me ??
Are the writer and McPhee really THIS bored ?? Both have it way, way, wayyyyy too easy apparently... and, McPhee has that jew hubby she doesn't really like as a backup when she's no longer relevent... and because she's got top flight publicists now, doesn't mean shes relevant.... priceless !

Thursday 21 January

By boymama

You're scary...don't know why you're here instead of pouring out all your passion on something a bit more ummm..shall we say "relevant"

By Mandingo

Boymama- Its not passion, its called reality... it was the most inane story humanly possible... what's scary is that this has to be explained to you... you'll be ok...

Friday 22 January

Not only is it a silly, superficial story, but what a sad story!This woman clearly has psychological needs she needs to address.
And, as far as physical appearance is concerned...not terrifically important, I'll grant you...I think she was beautiful in the first picture..a real charmer! Remember the story of the young actress who starred in "
Dirty Dancing," Jennifer Grey? After the success of that film, I understand she got a bunch of cosmetic work done...and hasn't worked since. Before, she had a somewhat plain appearance, but really shined in her performance. Afterwards, she looked like most any of the usual "starlets" you find at auditions..nothing special! It doesn't hurt to "polish up" one's appearance, but one has to have the acting "chops," to make it happen. Of course, chance plays a big role, too.

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