Kellie Pickler will return to American Idol on Sunday 4 May in Los Angeles, her first major television appearance since the death of her husband, country songwriter and producer Kyle Jacobs, who died by suicide at their home in February 2023. The American Idol alum, who married Jacobs in 2011, has largely withdrawn from public life over the past year as she grieves the loss of the man she often called her best friend.
