Katharine McPhee: "I Was Overworked"  7/28/06

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American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee insists her non-stop schedule was to blame for her becoming sick, which in turn forced her to cancel tour dates.

The Somewhere Over the Rainbow singer was ordered not to speak for three weeks after seriously bruising her vocal chords.

She appeared as a guest co-host on US talk show The View on Thursday (27JUL06) and addressed all the rumors surrounding her disappearance.

McPhee explained, "I didn't really disappear. I was just following doctors orders. He told me, 'You're not allowed to talk for three weeks.'

"People speculated that I was making a movie, and that I was better than American Idol. I am so grateful for what American Idol did for me.

"And I miss those people on the tour.

"People thought the bulimia was the reason I was set back, but it's just not true. I just got sick and I was overworked."