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Nikki McKibbin from Season 1 of American Idol is “strapped to a bed” in the psych ward according to The Star. According to reports, Nikki called a friend and told her she took a huge dose of migraine medicine because she doesn’t want to live anymore.
Nikki McKibbin from Season 1 of American Idol is “strapped to a bed” in the psych ward according to The Star. According to reports, Nikki called a friend and told her she took a huge dose of migraine medicine because she doesn’t want to live anymore.
Tipped off by Nikki’s friend, police arrived to find the former Idol hopeful half-dressed with a number of white pills in her hand. After a violent confrontation — during which she reportedly tried to kick out the windows of the cop car — she was taken to the John Peter Smith Hospital and placed under psychiatric observation for the required 72 hours before being released.
It really doesn’t pay to be famous or try to be famous nowadays. I look at all these reports of all these messed up young singers and actors and wonder if it’s all worth it. I’ll take my normal life over this stuff any day.