Katharine & Nick
American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee has been getting a little extra TLC from her boyfriend, actor Nick Cokas. The 22-year-old singer, who has missed the first American Idols Live tour dates because of bronchitis and laryngitis, stopped by Cold Stone Creamery in Studio City with her beau on Thursday for a cool treat. Cokas, 41, ever the gentlemen, held the door open for his recovering sweetie as they entered the ice cream store, then held her purse as she snapped a photo with a fan.
Cokas, who was acting as McPhee’s caretaker and interpreter, told us that under the doctor’s orders, the singer will miss another few days of the tour – but hopes to join her fellow Idols by the time they reach Rochester, N.Y., on July 21.
In the meantime, McPhee will be treated like a princess by her beau.Â