When Danny Noriega was a guest on Ellen’s show, he told how much Simon’s words (like grotesque) hurt him. “When you get called grotesque and useless, what do you take from that? It just lowers your self-esteem,” Danny said. “The first time he called me grotesque, I started crying, like bawling.” He also revealed that after he was voted off the show, judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson came backstage to say good- bye, but not Simon. That’s really cool of them.
Ellen DeGeneres said that she’s going to call Simon and tell him that he went too far when he said Danny’s first Idol performance was “grotesque.” She said that she thinks Simon has really crossed the line this year.
Ellen also said it was unacceptable for him to tell Kristy Lee Cook that nobody would remember her. She promises to call Simon and give him a piece of her mind. He says that sort of thing all the time, though. His point is the performance wasn’t unique enough to stand out. That it was forgettable. In this instance, he was dead on – I couldn’t tell you what Kristy Lee sang for the life of me!
Simon’s lowest points this year, in my opinion, have been the way he bullied Kady week after week and the way he treated David Cook. He literally belittled David for being well read. Smart doesn’t show a lack of personality! Then the way he acted all huffy and pissy with him left me really cold.
Simon makes the show all the more entertaining, but I think we can all agree that he crosses the line from time to time. His catch phrase this year seems to be telling people they don’t have a personality. Whether it’s David Cook or Kady, he thinks he’s all of a sudden a judge of personality? Simon??!!! He knocks the ones who obviously have great personalities and never says anything to Brooke “Human Chamomile” White or Amanda “I’ve got one expression and it isn’t a good one” Overmyer?
If you’re going to spend time in a music competition judging personalities instead – at least get it right. It’s so ironic, Kady had arguably the best personality of any female contestant ever – and he says she doesn’t have one. This from Carrie Underwood’s biggest supporter.
Oh, yeah! I went there.
BTW, I miss Danny.
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