Crystal Bowersox Texted Katelyn Epperley: “Betrayed by Seacrest!”

By On 04/19/2010 · 92 Comments · In AI Season 9, American Idol, Crystal Bowersox, Ryan Seacrest

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Here’s Top 24 contestant, Katelyn Epperley and Star 102.5 radio DJ’s mocking Ryan Seacrest. It’s pretty damn funny.

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Katelyn says she texted Crystal Bowersox when the “Crystal almost quit” story broke on TMZ. (read more HERE.)

Crystal texted back “I’m fine…betrayed by Seacrest!” Pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?

According to Katelyn, Ryan counseled Crystal backstage when she had a moment where she missed her kid, and that the real story isn’t as dramatic as reported…

Poor Crystal, betrayed twice. First by Seacrest, now by Katelyn. Sheesh.

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  • abbysee

    I can’t believe the BS criticism Crystal is getting over this or Katelyn.

    It’s a hybrid of the curse of the idol frontrunner, and all idol girls are divas, bitches or bots. It’s really funny if you don’t realize that they are all people.

  • jujumagumbo

    It sounds like Crystal was trying to explain in a few words that Ryan made a big deal about nothing. She could’ve sent a longer text, but “betrayed by Seacrest” got the message across. I don’t think it was meant to be humorous.

  • weese

    But I’ve noticed that the contestants this season are a bit wary of him

    I’ve felt this too. Some progress has been made in recent weeks so I hope we don’t go back to the uncomfortable Lee and the disillusioned Crystal as a result of Ryan wanting good PR. Also, Tim and Casey are already so superficial with their comments I’d hate for it to get any more generic with them. That stage would be a very lonely place if they can’t trust Ryan.

  • sam.the.man.i.am

    If she can’t see “betrayed by Seacrest” would be seen by others as anything but a personal attack on the host of the show by Crystal, then she is not just being not terribly savvy, she is downright idiotic. If she wanted to help she would have left that bit out.

    The only people who see Crystal’s alleged comment of “betrayed by Seacrest” as anything but a joke, quite obviously need to get a life. The only thing idiotic about this whole thing, is the way people are reacting to it. This entire matter has been blown way out of portion. It’s been stretched and enhanced to suit the needs of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest, web site operators like mj and rickey, etc., all attempting to cash in on higher ratings.

    What about poor Ryan that just wanted to liven up a show? LOL No pity for anyone, sorry.

    You are obviously 12. Ryan has been a complete jackass beginning at least with his continual pressure of Didi Benami. He has been getting progressively worse each week since. And, his excuse for these ridiculous antics is that he’s exhausted because he has too many irons in the fire should not be tolerated. He should be fired! Bring back Brian Dunkelman.

    Ryan and the producers of American Idol have quite obviously enhanced this drama in an effort to make him appear to be some kind of hero. Bullsh*t! None of us know the true story here, but if you have a brain and some life experiences to draw from common sense should tell you that what has been reported is far from the real truth. It’s nothing and should have never been reported in the first place.

    As far as Katelyn is concerned, she done absolutely nothing to hurt Crystal. I can’t believe how anyone, including you mj, would have such childish mentality to think otherwise. Listen to the recording, nothing Katelyn says or implies is anything but an indication that this entire matter is laughable … not a big deal.

  • koshka

    The only people who see Crystal’s alleged comment of “betrayed by Seacrest” as anything but a joke, quite obviously need to get a life. The only thing idiotic about this whole thing, is the way people are reacting to it. This entire matter has been blown way out of portion.

    Sorry but I completely disagree, just because I am not fangirling all over Crystal doesn’t mean that I need to get a life. I’m not caught up in this season. I haven’t connected with any of the performers yet. I do think it is blown out of proportion, but Crystal not some huge victim here. This is the way the game is played. Like it or not, the media gets a hold of this crap and it spreads. Yes, you sign up for AI and this crap happens. Same crap, new season.
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    Ryan and the producers of American Idol have quite obviously enhanced this drama in an effort to make him appear to be some kind of hero. Bullsh*t! None of us know the true story here, but if you have a brain and some life experiences to draw from common sense should tell you that what has been reported is far from the real truth. It’s nothing and should have never been reported in the first place.

    I assume nothing. If none of us know the real story, I don’t think it is “obvious” that the producers had a hand in this. Can’t have it both ways.

    ETA:
    “You are obviously 12. Ryan has been a complete jackass beginning at least with his continual pressure of Didi Benami.”

    I think Ryan is an ass. I said it last season and got skewerd. I was being sarcastic.

  • shenanigan

    Have you guys seen this? Crystal Bowersox sings “I Just Want to Love Ya Before I Leave”. Beautiful Video Here: http://CrystalBowersox.blogspot.com

    So what you have is someone with a serious illness walking a fine line, trying to stay alive and well, sacrificing precious months with her baby that will never, ever be given back to them. And what about the baby, can you say abandonment disorder or attachment disorder? Five months in the life of a tiny toddler is a huge amount of time. It will effect both of them forever. And it was supposed to be a big deal because Mike missed his baby’s birth?

    So she would be stupid or insensitive as a brick not to question whether this is worth it. She is doing it because she wants to provide for the child, she has made that quite clear.

    All the other silliness about whether she has enough personality or tweets too much is just beyond shallow. These are real life and death issues for this young woman and no one on that show, no other contestant has anything close to the pressure she does. That she is handling it with the grace and professionalism she has displayed is fairly astonishing.

    I think she fears she will not be around long and is doing what she needs to do to insure her child’s future. She lays it out in the song.

  • tinawina

    Have you guys seen this? Crystal Bowersox sings “I Just Want to Love Ya Before I Leave”. Beautiful Video Here: http://CrystalBowersox.blogspot.com

    Loved that song. She has Juvenile Diabetes right? Shortens your life span? That makes the song even more poignant.

  • TwigLA

    jambajim:
    04/19/2010 at 12:06 pm
    I am SO making “Betrayed by Seacrest” a t-shirt. Who else wants one?

    LOL, I just read backwards through the comments. Good to see that Cantiello is on the same page with this as I am.

    Edit to add: Thank you Shenanigan, for laying it on the line and for the link to that video.

  • Organic

    Tweets, texts, blogs are so subjective. So hard for anyone to really know what was meant because you’re trying to understand the person’s motives and tone behind the written words. And we all read through our own filters, so I think that what is written can be interpreted totally different by each person reading it. So who really knows if Crystal was joking or serious. Maybe we’ll just have to wait for the next tweet or text message. :-)

  • bean99

    I really don’t care about Crystal however I think she’s making a big mistake with her attitude. Those who love to hate the show may enjoy her flippant comments and they don’t bother me but she is a contestant on said show and needs votes. Maybe she thinks she has it in the bag and doesn’t need to stay on the good side of Ryan. Very interesting.

  • bean99

    Crystal Bowersox: Each year, more than 15,000 children, that’s 40 per day, are diagnosed with Type One diabetes IN THE US ALONE. Please support your local JDRF chapter.

    Now this is a tweet I can get onboard with.

  • summersnow

    Cool! I’m liking Crystal more and more. She just reminds me of Kelly Clarkson, both who just speak their minds w/o bowing down to TPTB. Anyway mj, I dun think Katelyn betrayed Crystal. I think Crystal might have want Katelyn to purposely leak out the truth since she’s still under the TPTB’s control.

    Ryan Seacrest definitely knows how to fake himself well. I was deceived by his nice guy facade last season when he was all nice to Kris. Unfortunately, when Kris won over his favorite, he started showing his real, nasty side and insulted Kris at his radio interview.

  • Inconnu

    summersnow: Cool! I’m liking Crystal more and more. She just reminds me of Kelly Clarkson, both who just speak their minds w/o bowing down to TPTB. Anyway mj, I dun think Katelyn betrayed Crystal. I think Crystal might have want Katelyn to purposely leak out the truth since she’s still under the TPTB’s control.

    You see for me I hope Crystal is not getting into that kind of things, meaning she’s concerned about the Internet talk and answers back, because that would make me less of a fan. In my view right now, she’s deserving of the title but if she continues her back and forth with the media, I might think differently down the road. Technically imo I think she’s the best out there by a long shot but this show is not only about that, whether you can sing or not, and personality and demeanour also weight in the balance.
    She should take the high road and stick with wanting to win this thing and work at it and not let the “noise” affect her. She’s going through enough as it is and hopefully this is the end of all this.

  • sam.the.man.i.am

    It sounds like Crystal was trying to explain in a few words that Ryan made a big deal about nothing. She could’ve sent a longer text, but “betrayed by Seacrest” got the message across. I don’t think it was meant to be humorous.

    Of course it was meant to be humorous! You contradict yourself within the above paragraph. If “Ryan made a big deal out of nothing”, how else could “betrayed by Seacrest” have been anything but humorous? Especially since it was sent to a friend (Katelyn).

    And, do you (a person who doesn’t actually know any of the parties involved) really believe what you “think” holds more weight than one of Crystal’s friends? Wise up!

  • Hazehel

    And, do you (a person who doesn’t actually know any of the parties involved) really believe what you “think” holds more weight than one of Crystal’s friends? Wise up!

    It appears from all that you said that you think what you said hold more weight than her. In fact you are able to draw all kind of inferences out of practically nothing, weaving a whole conspiracy with little evidence, and calling other people “childish” just because they don’t such a thing.

    Does Crystal think it is a joke? If she thinks Ryan didn’t betray here, then it would be a joke. If she thinks Ryan did betray her, then it is at the least a sarcastic remark. You can’t hold two irreconcilable opinions at the same time.

  • lucy

    Katelyn was revealing information she should not reveal, and which may potentially damage Crystal. She did wrong.

    Oh, I agree that she’s a blabbermouth and shouldn’t have been. I agree with you completely about that.

    I just meant that she most likely intended to be helpful rather than doing it because she’s some kind of jerk who was being an attention hog or trying to hurt somebody. Clueless, in other words.

  • unique28v

    I really don’t care about Crystal however I think she’s making a big mistake with her attitude.

    Yup!! She hasn’t won yet. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!!

    I guess she’ll get a sit down intereview tonight about all of this. Although it is only an hour show so maybe not.

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