Country Singer/Songwriter Mallary Hope Takes Issue With Kellie Pickler’s Maxim Military Cover

By On 07/24/2012 · 58 Comments · In Kellie Pickler

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Kellie Pickler is riding a wave of publicity for her sexy cover shoot for Maxim‘s Salute To The Military special issue. But country singer/songwriter Mallary Hope is not impressed.

Mallary Hope is best known in the Idol world for cowriting Lauren Alaina’s t30 country hit “Georgia Peaches” and another album track from Lauren’s album “The Locket”. This afternoon, she sparked some surprise by tweeting comments aimed at Kellie Pickler’s Maxim cover shoot:

How does taking your clothes off2 “salute our troops”make any sense at all? #yusethemilitarytomakeufeelbetterabtgettingurselfhalfassnaked ?

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She then started responding to fans who picked up that she was referring to Kellie:

I know all of that. I don’t like when the military gets used in that way. It doesn’t make sense. My BIL is in Afghanistan &

I can think of a million ways to salute him other than taking off my clothes. Besides my sis would be a little pissed..

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Kellie recently completed her 5th U.S.O. tour and has traveled to and performed in Kuwait, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Iraq among other countries with the U.S.O. so she’s certainly found more meaningful ways to support US troops. Mallary did recognize that in this tweet to fans. In her most recent tweet Mallary said:

I’m real sorry if upset any1 w/my comment.I wasn’t hating on KP.i LOVE her.I just don’t like the connection w/our military.eek!Don’t hate me

Do you think she has a point about posing for Maxim in the name of saluting the military?

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  • http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy

    But don’t dress it up by saying its a “tribute” to the troops or “saluting” the troops.  Unless its meant in a “nod, nod, wink wink” humorous way

    Which it is, here. Pickler’s outfit is pretty clearly an homage to the bathing suits of the Betty Grable era, as are her poses with soldiers in the rest of the photoshoot.

    Anyway, it’s Maxim, so wink-wink-nudge-nudge is the fundamental style. If Maxim did a feature on America’s farming industry, it’d be illustrated with a bodacious starlet wearing Daisy Dukes and suggestively nibbling a corn cob. And I’d resist the urge to write letters to the editor about how the corn that’s the backbone of our farm industry for corn syrup is not the same as “eating” corn because it’s not that the editor doesn’t know… it’s that the editor is going for the obvious joke.

  • Anonymous

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  • Indigobunting

    Woah.  I don’t want to get too deep and debate the patriotic (or lack thereof) merits of this obvious bid for PR.

    But my personal opinion is that the look is sleazy and kinda sexist in intent.

    Kellie is a beautiful girl (even without the breast implants and possibly other surgery she has had), but this look is trashy…..IMO.

  • http://twitter.com/RonnieDRocks Ronnie D

    Shes worrying about Kelly exploiting the military? Well, doesn’t the military exploit other countries for their resources? This is much ado about nothing IMO. Oh, and before I get jumped on, my brother is a Marine in Afghanistan.

  • Anonymous

    Making any sort of connection between Kellie’s cheesecake photos and RAPE   is a giant giant leap with no real logic behind it.

    If we lived in a society where woman were forced to cover up in burquas, rape culture would still exist. Women should never feel ashamed of their bodies.

  • http://couturediva22.myopenid.com/ Div

    It sounds like she has a bigger issue with her doing a sexy shoot than paying any kind of “respect” to the military.  Seems like misguided anger.

  • http://couturediva22.myopenid.com/ Div

    It sounds like she has a bigger issue with her doing a sexy shoot than paying any kind of “respect” to the military.  Seems like misguided anger.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany

    I saw a special on GAC tv of Kellie on one of her USO tours.  The ladies do not dress up or do the sexy thing.  Kellie had on jeans and a colored teeshirt and didnt appear to have much makeup and her hair in a ponytail. She sat on a stool and sang most of the time but engaged a lot with the troops.  They seemed to love her.  One of the commanders gave her a special medal, can’t remember the name, that made her cry.  She said they, who risked their lives everyday, gave her a medal when she had done nothing.  She usually does a Christmas tour and recently said she and her hubby planned on that being a yearly thing.  

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