Kid Rock

Kid Rock was so upset after his divorce from Pamela Anderson he jetted off to Iraq to spend Christmas with U.S. troops. The rocker split from Anderson just four months after they wed in August 2006 and felt so low about life he chose to visit the war zone to cheer himself - and others - up.

He explains, "I was going through a hard time after the divorce, and I really wanted to do something positive that was unselfish. I was talking to (U.S. Republican) Senator Bill First, and I asked him who was going to Iraq for Christmas. He said nobody, as far as he'd heard."

"Something went off in me, and I got that warm feeling and was like, 'That's the right thing to do - jump on a plane with my guitar and spend Christmas in Iraq.'" Kid Rock admits the mood of the country had drastically changed since his last visit to the troops - and the reality of war really kicked in.

He adds, "It was very scary... Riding around in Black Hawks (helicopters) three or four times a day, then hearing how one got shot down. (I went) to the hospital on Christmas Day after an IED (improvised explosive device) had just hit a convoy in the streets of Baghdad. One kid was dying. The chaplain was going up to see him."