I know exactly what you mean. The guy who sits across the aisle from me at work thinks she is just the cutest thing on 2 legs and her Ellie May routine is a riot. The rest of us (okay, me) look at him like he's nuts.
There is a lot of that keeping her afloat. Most on this board despise her, but she has appeal and it is more than her detractors want to acknowledge.
That being said, singing clearly isn't one of her talents. But I'm guessing there are plenty of backwoods trailer jockeys in the low country who can attest to her "other" talents.