Tara Simon Says X Factor Edited Her Sophie Simmons Remarks Out of Context (VIDEO)

By On 09/27/2012 · 30 Comments · In X Factor

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You might have caught contestant Tara Simon snarking on Sophie Tweed Simmons, the daughter of Gene Simmons back stage after the celebuspawn’s X Factor audition?

Tara took to twitter to call bullcrap on the editing!

“i dont think @tarasimonsings meant what she said on @XFactorUSA editing can be weird sometimes,” tweeted Sophie.

Tara responded, tweeting, “girl, they spliced my convo with that girl together and totally twisted what I said. Such crap. Love you girl, youre great!”

Tara added, “they painted me in a very poor light. I am not like that. And am still friends with Sophie today.”

Sophie also insists that she “only sang at three places” including Hollywood’s W Hotel before performing on X Factor. She thanked the judges for the “opportunity to show myself as an individual.”

“Did you see Gene Simmons’ daughter…What’d you think?” Tara asks a fellow contestant, who answers “She was good.”

“Yeah…I’m sorry. Just NO,” said Tara. “If that were you, and you didn’t have a Gene Simmons, Do you think you would have gotten through?”

“Probably not.” admits the contestant before breaking out into giggles.

X Factor may have spliced in Tara saying “No…” out of context. But still. The exchange rings true, because Sophie was mediocre and probably would not have advanced without her famous family backstory. She’s a celebrity in her own right, having starred on her Dad’s reality show, Family Jewels, with the rest of her clan.

Via The Hollywood Reporter

Sophie’s Audition. Check Tara’s comments at the End

 
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  • suenigma

    I really, really like Sophie’s voice. It is very unique and beautiful. Sure, she is raw and untrained, but she has tons of potential, IMO. She reminds me a bit of Heejun in that regard, inexperienced and unpolished, but the building blocks are there. I look forward to where she will be in a couple of years, now that she has decided to pursue singing seriously.

  • abbysee

    But not everyone’s parents are Shannon and Gene! If you stress the importance of making it on your own you do not bring both your famous parents.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brenda.knight.395 Brenda Knight

    As a few others have already stated, Sophie wasn’t the one to tell who her daddy was, Demi said that she was Nick’s sister, gene Simmons daughter. Sophie like most of the other “talent” needs practice. But i felt that although Tara was good, with her saying she was a vocal coach herself that she would know not to “over sing” the song. I had trouble understanding her when she was saying yooooou. Didn’t realize that there were so many o’s in you.

  • BonnieDee

    I don’t know why anyone thinks Sophie was going to keep her identity a secret.  Family Jewels was on for 7 years.  The KISS Army knows who she is. Whether Gene and Shannon were there or not there makes no difference.  She didn’t tell them until the night before so that Gene couldn’t pull any strings for her before the audition.   But she wasn’t going to keep her identity a secret.  She’s a celebrity with a 7 year TV show.   And the KISS Army will vote for her if she makes it that far. 

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I have never watched “Family Jewels” so if Sophie brought just Shannon, I wouldn’t have known who she was.  Obviously, this whole segment was a set up.  When Jane Carrey appeared on Idol, he wasn’t there, was he?

    X-Factor will do anything and everything to create drama.  Ugh.

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