Simon Cowell Admits He Made Some Mistakes. Sort Of.

Jesus, there aren’t enough hours in the day to slog through that thing. But I promise to read the entire thing if he does an American Idol version here in the U.S.!

Seriously, dude needs to get some professional help before he starts crying for Pebbles too.

And why do I think a whole lot of former Idol contestants are lauging their asses off at this?

I can’t even try to read it all. This man need help. Can someone he is close to get him some help? Oh, he doesn’t have anyone close to him.

So, let me get this straight. Simon is upset because people are criticizing him? Oooookay, then.

Simon has not commented, even though highly criticized, for 8 seasons of American Idol. I believe he can take criticism as well as dish it out.
The problem is that they made three mistakes within the same season of the same show and this is damage control. He should have stopped with explaining his thinking process this season of this particular show rather than going on and on about previous years and other shows.
Even if he has feelings and gets hurt by past contestants we expect him to be as tough all the time as he expects contestants to be on his shows. Suck it up Simon, even for PR purposes, especially for PR purposes, you don’t get to be a victim.

So he has made some comments in an article after years and years of being vilified(With reason maybe?).Doesnt mean he’s loosing any sleep over any of it. He’s allowed to have a whinge from time to time, and he’ll be back to doing it all over again next year and enjoyng it

He doesnt sound like someone who needs help, or is whining, or having a meltdown….more like just having his own say on issues that have come up over the years. I dont think there’s anything wrong with that.

Self serving?…well errrr DUH?? He’s Simon Cowell.

was a teen when Jimmy Carter was president, and I clearly remember all of the attacks on his brother, who was doing dumb things. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t remember them including Jimmy Carter in it though, but maybe I am not remembering right.

What’s a “dinner lady”?

And I think that he’s probably right about the whingeing/whining former contestants. They would have been *nowhere* without the show, so if they earn a few hundred pounds thousand pounds from it and get a chance to appear in West End shows, that’s probably about all they can expect. Show business treats everyone shabbily, whether they came in through a talent show or not.

Also glad to hear that he got the most complaints about giving little faker Hollie Steel a second chance to sing after she threw a deliberate tantrum. I suppose he felt he’d be pilloried if he didn’t, but, please, the kid did a really crappy job of pretending that she’d forgotten the words to Edelweiss. To my mind, that was clearly a ploy for sympathy votes. How can you forget the words to *Edelweiss*? Song doesn’t *have* any words. And then she turned around and sang other stuff that had tons of words and didn’t forget any of them.

The Susan Boyle stuff makes it perfectly clear that they need to do psych tests on people and not take on anybody with a lifelong history of fragility — which they could easily have found out about – without providing them tons and tons of support. But of course Mr. Syco won’t admit that.Cause that’s the real issue that he can rightly be accused of.

But the question remains: should we have done things differently? Perhaps the ones who can best answer that are Susan Boyle’s family.

Last week, I met them in my London office and I asked them: ‘Tell me honestly; did we do right or did we do wrong?’

What I meant was, was it right to allow Susan to carry on performing in the show once it became clear that she was finding it stressful?

And they said, unanimously, that we did the right thing.

I don’t know anything about Susan Boyle’s family, and will not make any assumptions. But I hope they truly have her best interests at heart. Money has a way of clouding people’s judgement.

LOL, lucy I think your back-quote was from another time and place.

I think if anything needs to change, the contestants need to be seriously prepared for losing. I don’t know if they do anything like this…

How do you encourage someone by building them up, and yet say-but you could lose. Was Susan’s friend honest with her?

I read the entire article, btw. (I guess I have time on my hands,lol.) I agree with a poster above who said this is PR damage control. However, I did find everything Simon was saying interesting…how much of this has he been holding in over the years? I mean, wow, targeting specific contestants from the past? I wonder how often he’s thought, “I want to tell my side of the story.”? Very interesting, he just laid it all out there.

I usually have the attention span of a mosquito, but I actually found Simon’s account honest, open and interesting. Most AI contestants have consistently commented on how nice Simon really is. I like the guy. Right or wrong he says what he thinks at that moment. I don’t feel sorry for all the whining losers. No one owes them anything.

LOL, lucy I think your back-quote was from another time and place.

Sure was. I don’t even know how it got in there. And then it wouldn’t let me edit it out!

It’s a well thought-out piece by Simon Cowell . I wonder if he had his lawyers go over it with a fine tooth comb?

I wish he’d limited his attention to Susan Boyle’s plight rather than dragging in all and sundry. The children will get over it all, Susan might not. I hope he’ll try to persuade her to throw in the towel now. Apparently she’s not appearing in the concert in Nottingham tonight. There are two concerts at a big London arena scheduled for tomorrow. Maybe if she gets through those without ill effect she’ll feel she has done enough and go home to Scotland. She should.

I wish heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d limited his attention to Susan Boyleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s plight rather than dragging in all and sundry. The children will get over it all, Susan might not.

Yeah, I completely agree. The kids will grow up either knowing they had jackasses for parents who used them in an attempt to get rich or they will be grateful that their parents fought for them to try to achieve their dreams. Either way, it is nothing but a learning experience for the kids. Susan is in a totally different situation and I think this article reflects Simon’s frustration and worry over how to handle this. He clearly realizes that he is dealing with a timebomb and it sounds like he would walk away right now if he didn’t think it would cause even more negative ramifications for Susan. Apparently, she wants this career with a terrible desperation but just can’t live up to even the minimal requirements. But I think Simon’s attitude is right about the future. You can’t try to second guess these things and put limitations on who you allow in. Lawyers have a saying, “You take your plaintiffs as you find them.” Sometimes great voices come with emotional and mental disabilities and you have to accept that.

I wish heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d limited his attention to Susan Boyleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s plight rather than dragging in all and sundry.

I think paryt of why he’s dragging in the all and sundry is he doesn’t want it to be too obvious that this is Susan Boyle damage control. I agree this is a PR piece (it’s the Daily Fail, how could it not be?) Kids crying on the show happen, and by this time the show is well over and those moments would be fading memories if he hadn’t brought them back up. Susan Boyle on the other hand is a daily headline, and not just on TV/music blogs. I see reports on her on big traffic sights like People and Huffington Post, and her cracking makes BGT look bad.

So…bad mistakes. He’s made a few, he’s had his fair share of sand kicked in his eyes, but he’s come through. He is the champion, my friends. And he’ll keep on sneering to the end.

Sorry, I blame the finale this year. Why they didn’t make the Adam/Kris Queen performance avail on iTunes, I’ll never know. Thank goodness for the intertubes. Hey, they don’t want my money, they don’t get my money.

Wah wah wah. In some of the political blogs that I read, there’s a term for Simon — WATB. Whiny Ass Titty Baby. That’s Simon in that article. Woe is me, I’m getting paid gajillions of pounds but contestants hate me…I get hurt too…please don’t blame for Susan Boyle. Wah wah wah. Rinse and repeat.

I think Simon is actually feeling guilty about Susan Boyle. That’s why he’s suddenly in defense mode. Why he felt he needed to respond to all the other crap from disgruntled contestants, I don’t know.

But even with poor Susan, his ultimate conclusion is, “There was nothing else I could have done.”

How are they going to do psych tests, anyway. Creative people are sometimes a little “off.” And is Susan misses her cat so much, why don’t they go get it and let her bring it along on tour? Most European hotels will accomodate pets, and even if they have to have it in a cage in her room (so as not to tear up and pee on the hotel furnishings) she might feel a lot better.

How pathetic is this apology? He doesn’t even address the merits or the criticisms, only engages in character assasination! Jennifer Hudson is no talentless loser, and she can’t stand him either.

Did he really write this?! I have to admit, he’s normally pretty articulate…but this was less coherent than most of the poo-poo he makes fun of Paula for.

poor Simon….finally getting a taste of his own medicine.