Just two days after musicians of all genres gathered together for the Hope For Haiti Now telethon (which raised roughly $60 million for Haitian earthquake aid), American Idol Kris Allen has announced that he is journeying to Haiti next week to personally participate in the relief efforts.
During a radio interview on B97 FM in New Orleans before performing the national anthem at Sunday’s NFC Championship game, Kris revealed: “I am actually going to Haiti. Obviously, I wanted to do something to help out. I was actually going to do that telethon thing, but then somebody hooked me up with going [to Haiti] and just helping out in the next couple days.”
Kris in fact has an extensive history of doing missionary work overseas. Long before he was crowned season 8′s American Idol, the former church music director traveled to Burma, Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Spain, and Thailand, “just doing kind of philanthropy stuff, just trying to help people out.”
Kris explained during his B97 interview: “This is the stuff that means the most to me, going out and helping people. And obviously, the thing that happened in Haiti was just a tragedy. I feel blessed that I get to go over there and help people out.”
Fast-forward to the 3:34 mark of the B97 interview clip below to hear Kris’s discussion of his upcoming Haiti trip:
If there was ever evidence that Kris Allen is a true American idol–and a real American hero–this is it. Kudos to Kris for making American Idol and America proud, and good luck to him in Haiti.
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The Vikings and Saints were treated to a soulful rendition of the National Anthem before their playoff game, courtesy of “American Idol” winner Kris Allen.
Kris is originally from Conway, Arkansas, which isn’t too far from Louisiana. The Saints make a natural NFL team for him to root for and sports love to ask fans of teams to sing the National Anthem when they can.
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B97 (WEZB-FM) interviews Kris Allen on 1/24/10 before the NFC Championship Game (New Orleans).
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Reigning American Idol champ Kris Allen is living a dream now that he ushered in 2010 in Las Vegas, and met his Boys Meets World faves – Danielle “Topanga” Fishel who now hosts The Dish, and Ben “Corey” Savage at the airport last month.
“That was great, man,” he says.
Being in such demand comes at a price, though. The 24-year-old performer still hasn’t gotten a chance to straighten up after his move to L.A.
“We still don’t have a mattress yet, so I don’t know if that’s settling in,” he says.
The first married Idol winner keeps in touch with wife Katy, whom he wed in 2008, via iChat, but he confesses “she’s not very good with the technical stuff.”
It’s no adjustment for the couple, whose relationship has been long-distance for five years.
“This is nothing new to us. I mean, we wanted it to end.”
What does he love most about Katy?
“That she puts up with me,” he chuckles.
When he can catch alone time, we’ll find Kris curled up with a book.
“I like to read. I just picked up The Catcher In The Rye. I haven’t read that yet. Why have I not read that?”
Of his scandal-courting runner-up and roommate Adam Lambert, Kris shrugs off the American Music Awards controversy.
“I thought it was Adam being Adam,” he says. “I’m going to get a shirt that says ‘That’s Adam To Me.’ That’s who he is, and obviously, he couldn’t do that stuff on Idol, so you’re getting to see the real Adam now.”
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Kris Allen’s wife Katy Allen is starring on a web series called “The Bloodstone Diaries: Sleeper”.
The series is created by Arksansas-based filmmaker Gerry Bruno.
Watch the first episode here:
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