I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by someone who appears to be sexual and spiritual at the same time.

Kirkland currently (as of 2010) hosts a show on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network. [citation needed]
Kirkland has had frequent television roles including The Simple Life 5: Goes to Camp and the soap operas Valley of the Dolls and Days of Our Lives and Three's Company. Her father Frederic McMichael Kirkland worked in the scrap metal business.