Kellie Pickler has been seen for the first time since her singer-songwriter husband shot himself three months ago at their Nashville home.
The country star, 36, was seen chatting with friends outside the $2.4 million home where husband Kyle Jacobs died on Feb. 17 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
With no makeup and wearing a red “Santa’s pub” t-shirt with her long blond hair wrapped in a bun, Pickler’s face looked etched with sadness as she greeted and hugged friends.
On Monday, workmen were seen painting the room where Jacobs, 49, died. Pickler would be too distraught to stay in the former marital home.
This came as the Davidson Country Medical Examiner confirmed on Tuesday that Jacobs died by suicide.
Kellie Pickler was first seen since her singer-songwriter husband shot himself three months ago at their Nashville home
The medical examiner confirmed on Tuesday that Pickler’s husband Kyle Jacobs died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Without makeup and wearing a red “Santa’s pub” t-shirt with her long blonde hair wrapped in a bun, Pickler’s face looked etched with sadness
Pickler seemed excited to see her friends on Monday and went in for a hug. Her husband’s toxicology report found no drugs in Jacobs’ system, though it added that Jacobs had a history of “pseudo-seizures, gastrointestinal bleeding, elevated liver enzymes, and chronic alcohol use.”
Pickler greeted and hugged friends in the home she shared with her late husband. Pickler would be too distraught to stay in the former marital home
Pickler and Jacobs’ Nashville home, which was purchased in 2010 by Pickler’s manager
The toxicology report found no drugs in Jacobs’ system, though it added that Jacobs had a history of “pseudo-seizures, gastrointestinal bleeding, elevated liver enzymes, and chronic alcohol use.”
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department was called to Jacobs and Pickler’s home at 1:21 p.m. on February 17 when Pickler was unable to locate her husband when she awoke.
The American Idol alum and her assistant called 911 when they couldn’t open an upstairs bedroom.
“Officers and personnel from the Nashville Fire Department responded and found resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the Nashville Police Department said in a statement.
“His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” the statement concluded, with spokesman Don Aaron adding that everyone else in the home was safe.
On Monday, workmen were seen painting the upstairs bedroom where Jacobs died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
A painter was seen Monday with a ladder and painting supplies entering Pickler’s home
Pickler has yet to speak publicly following her husband’s death and her social media accounts have been inactive for months.
The American Idol alum and her assistant called 911 when they couldn’t open an upstairs bedroom in February
Pickler rose to fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006, finishing in sixth place
Pickler has yet to speak publicly following her husband’s death and her social media accounts have been inactive for months.
Within a few weeks of the incident, it was announced that she would be leaving her role as an afternoon on-air personality on SiriusXM’s The Highway.
Just a day before Jacobs’ death, he celebrated that a record he was working on – Lee Brice’s album Hey World – went platinum.
Jacobs was a producer on the record, in addition to playing acoustic guitar and providing backing vocals.
In his latest Instagram post, he wrote, “Platinum?! SWEET!!! An amazing team of incredibly talented peeps put this one together… Honored to be a creative part of it… Thank you Jesus!!!”
Jacobs’ latest Instagram post celebrated a record he was working on to go platinum
The couple tied the knot on January 1, 2011 in an intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean
Pickler rose to prominence as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006, finishing in sixth place.
That same year, she signed with 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, with her hits like Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful and Best Days of Your Life co-written with Taylor Swift.
She started dating Jacobs in 2008, and after two and a half years of dating, Jacobs popped the question in June 2010.
They tied the knot on January 1, 2011 in an intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean.
Pickler said of her marriage, “Private Island. Caribbean. Cigar in one hand, rum in the other. Someone just called me “Mrs. Jacobs.’….sounds nice.’