So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.

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.