Washington, Oct 5 : Kid Rock was in such low spirits after his divorce from Pamela Anderson that he jetted off to spend Christmas with US troops in Iraq.

The rocker reveals that soon after the split he had wanted to do something that was both positive and unselfish.

He then hit upon the idea of spending time with troops stationed in the war-torn Middle East region after talking to Senator Bill First.

"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," Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.

"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.'"

However, it was only when he saw the ground realities that he realised just how scary the situation was.

"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," he says.

The rocker split from Anderson just four months after they wed in August 2006. (With inputs from ANI)