The former American Idol finalist — currently on tour with bestie Taylor Swift — has revealed that she has a megacrush on critically-acclaimed screen legend Clint Eastwood.

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Kellie made the confession during an interview with country music website The Boot, after she was asked the celebrity whose cell phone number she wishes she had.

“Clint Eastwood’s! I’m in love with Clint Eastwood,” she gushed. “I don’t care [that he’s older]. He is the man! I just think he’s awesome. I love all his movies. He’s an incredible director. I’m a huge fan.”

“The romance between Kellie and Kid has been the worst-kept secret in Nashville,” a country music industry insider spilled to The Globe this week.

The 23-year-old blonde, who got her start as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol, dated hockey player Jordin Tootoo for nine months in 2007 before the athlete was caught cheating on her. According to The Globe, the country-rap-rockin’ Kid — who has constantly complained about having a “built-in bimbo attractor chip — began romancing Kellie after the two joined forces for a five-day USO concert tour for U.S. troops in the Middle East and Kosovo last December.

Despite his alleged romance with Kellie, whispers are also abound that Kid, 38, has been cozying up to his rumored former flame Sheryl Crow, 47. Sheryl and Kid met in 2001, when the stars collaborate on the Top 10 hit single “Picture.” They’ve managed to reignite reports that they are dating after turning up the heat during a duet at the CMT Music Awards on June 16.

“..Seeing Kid with Sheryl makes you wonder if he’s hooking up with both women! They’ve always been coy about their relationship.” the spy jokes.

American Idol Season 5 finalist Kellie Pickler returned to the Idol stage on Wednesday night’s show to perform her latest country single, “The Best Days of Your Life.”

Scott McIntyre was sent home.

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Country cuties Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift rock out in the music video for “Best Days of Your Life,” a track the pals co-wrote in honor of Kellie’s cheating ex, Jordin Tootoo, a Canadian hockey ace.

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The usually stunning Kellie Pickler didn’t quite look herself on Tuesday when she was snapped au natural as she prepared to voyage from Washington, D.C. to Iraq to take part holiday concert for the Armed Forces.

Hollywood’s newest celebrity vegetarian Kellie Pickler performs her single “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful” and chats briefly about her bout with depression on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 29.

Pickler’s turning her back on meat.

Carrie Underwood is mentoring fellow former American Idol Kellie Pickler on living as a vegetarian.

“We have this little vegetarian thing going on. I’ll text [Carrie] and be like, ‘Is fish considered a meat?’ And she’ll be like, ‘Well, different people look at it differently.’”

Inspired by health reasons and her compassion for animals, Kellie tells PEOPLE Magazine that she has been living a meat-free lifestyle for the past five months.

“I saw all the videos and I just thought it was horrible. It’s animal cruelty. A lot of it has to do with knowing what happens to the animals and it really bothered me and so I will not eat meat.”

“Everything in my professional life seemed great,” says the former American Idol contestant, 22. “But in my personal life, I was just crumbling.”

Kellie tells PEOPLE Magazine her downward spiral began when her mother, who abandoned her at age 2, suddenly reemerged.

“I was an emotional wreck.”

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Former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler serenaded the The TODAY Show’s Fall Concert Series with a performance of her single “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful;” the track is featured on the buxom blonde’s self-titled sophomore album, available now.