This is an otherwise forgettable little interview with Kellie Pickler, 24, who you may or may not remember as the former American Idol contestant who went on to have a country music career but isn’t Carrie Underwood. Pickler jokes about how people confuse her with Underwood all the time and she seems perfectly ok with it, explaining that they’re different because “I’m crazy and she’s a lady.” She’s currently engaged to a songwriter named Kyle Jacobs and is touring with Rascal Flats. Last year we heard that she had been dating Kid Rock for over a year, (they’ve since quietly broken up) and she also had an incident where she was painfully overbotoxed, but other than that we haven’t heard much from her.

I’m reporting this because, unlike Carrie Underwood, Pickler doesn’t slavishly write down everything she eats in order to keep her weight down. She says she’d just rather drink beer than eat. That’s one way to keep calories down and your buzz up. Here’s what she told OK!

Last time I was mistaken for another celebrity
A lot of people confuse Carrie Underwood and me – we’re blonde, country and both from American Idol. I get called “Carrie Pickler” and she gets “Kellie Underwood.” But we’re totally different – night and day. I’m crazy and she’s a lady.

Last thing I googled
Dalmation adoption centers. I was looking for a local rescue center that has Dalmation puppies.

Last date night.
Kyle [her fiance, songwriter Kyle Jacobs] and I will usually go down to Green Hills [Tenn] to watch a movie at the theater, or we’ll sit home and order one On Demand.

Last thing I bought
I have an obsession with koozies [a fabric sleeve to keep beverages cold]. So I bought me a “Grand Ole Opry” koozie for my beer. I like my beer. I’d rather drink beer than eat.

[From OK! Magazine, print edition, September 6, 2010]

On the beer issue – I’ve been in Germany for a while and it’s tough to go from German beer to American beer, particularly light beer, (microbrews and Sam Adams are fine) unless you just think of it as soda with alcohol. When I was in the states I would occasionally drink that ultra light beer that’s under 70 calories. It’s like flavorless diet soda with a splash of beer in it. If I considered it beer I would think “This beer is awful,” so I would just stick a lime in it and try not to tell myself that it was supposed to be beer. (I know, I should have just had a diet Pepsi instead.) So I understand why she would switch out beer for food if she’s counting calories, as bad as that sounds. (Although she probably drinks some swill like Coors light if she’s drinking it out of a can. Which again is not that bad if you don’t think of it as beer.) Hopefully she’s only doing it occasionally because it’s not healthy to drink beer instead of eating or to get drunk all the time, yada yada.

She seems really nice. I remember how she got owned on “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” and had no clue that Hungary was a country, but she’s nice. Kellie frequently interacts with her fans on Twitter and likes to tweet about the movies and shows she’s watching. Judging from her tweets the past few weeks, she doesn’t overshare or sound like she’s bragging at all. (I’m looking at you, LeAnn Rimes.) There’s little or no scandal with Kellie and I have to say I like her! It’s kind of nice to see a young singer who isn’t hustling to get her face out there all the time and who acts perfectly normal on Twitter. I’d drink some Coors Light out of a beer koozie with her. At least no one would know that I have crappy taste in beer. (I’m sorry in advance to the handful of Coors Light fans we must have out there.)