VIDEO: Katharine McPhee's Surprise MTV TRL Visit

"American Idol" star Katharine McPhee made a "surprise visit" to MTV's Times Square Studios in New York City on Monday and made an appearance on the live TRL show. Here are some stills as well as the video of the appearance.

Simon Cowell recently said Taylor Hicks should not have been selected "American Idol" last year and he wanted the Los Angeles native Katharine to win the competition. Kat responds to those comments in the segment, as well as the recent Tyra Banks "boob incident."



Although McPhee has not been able to match the success of yet another Idol runner up Chris Daughtry in album sales, her self-titled album which was released earlier this year has generated positive buzz.

Also check below a recent video of Katharine performing her catchy single "I'm Over It" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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