X Factor Nicole Scherzinger: “Simon Cowell Didn’t Fire Me”

By On 06/18/2012 · 14 Comments · In X Factor

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Ousted X Factor judge, Nicole Scherzinger, defended Simon Cowell on her first day as judge on the X Factor UK panel. She insists she was never fired.

“I was only ever going to do one season,” the Pussycat Doll singer said. “I didn’t get the boot, that’s why Simon brought me here. He is very supportive and I love The X Factor.”

That’s an interesting way to spin it.

The new X Factor gig could be viewed as a downgrade> Or, maybe worse–she’s willing to accept crumbs from Simon after he dumps her unceremoniously. Hm

Good gigs are hard to come by. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and suck it up. And maybe even equivocate a little…

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  • Anonymous

    I guess I could believe that for her. I mean, she was a last minute Cheryl replacement.
     
    Paula on the other hand…

  • Anonymous

    She was previously saying how her music and new album and touring would keep her just too too busy to do a second season of x factor us.

    I guess she gave up on the music now.

  • Anonymous

    Sure, Nicole. Sure…

  • Karen C

    Yeah, Simon didn’t fire her, he just couldn’t decide if he should or not, and then put it to the public vote ;)

  • fuzzywuzzy

    OK, Nicole.  lol

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    He didn’t fire her. He just invited her to quit her job.

  • Kirsten

    Whatever helps you get up in the morning, Nicole.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

    “Good gigs are hard to come by. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and suck it up. And maybe even equivocate a little…”

    We all know what the deal is don’t we?

  • Anonymous

    I wouldn’t be surprised if as soon as he broke the news to Nicole that she was fired in US, he offered her a UK spot. But she just ran around pretending she was moving on with her ‘career’ in order to get more money out of the situation by playing hard to get.

  • Anonymous

    Fired or not, I think we can commend her for not letting her pride get in the way or her head getting too big. I mean, it happens all the time, ie. Paula. I’m not saying her head got too big, but asking for more money when all she does for the most part was as simple as saying “you look pretty.” You can tell Nicole has some down-to-earthness despite everything she’s been through. She recognizes opportunities and she knows where the trend is – for less money or not. I would expect for X Factor to pay their judges more though, just because they are so much more involved with the show. They rehearse with contestants and do the same thing as what Idol judges do. 

  • http://twitter.com/facenfield David Facenfield

    i’m far, far, far from a fan (musically or based on her time on X Factor USA)… i can not stress that enough.

    But if she was going to try and concentrate on her solo music career, then doing UK X Factor seems to make most sense.  She did have some success her in the UK through 2010/2011 – a few moderate hit singles and even a number 1.

    So this suggests to me that she will concentrate on UK (& maybe Europe) and has all but given up on solo success in the US.

  • http://twitter.com/facenfield David Facenfield

    Results of a fan survey on the UK X Factor judging panel.
    With 40% saying the new line up is bad or terrible and only 28% saying it is good or brilliant.
    The article is polite and calls the results ‘mixed’.

    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a388064/x-factor-fans-give-mixed-response-to-2012-judges.html

  • http://twitter.com/MikhailXO MichaelG (MikhailXO)

    She be lying big time. Interesting spin indeed! If that were the truth…we would have heard that when she got the boot….errrrr…when her 1 year contract expired. And even if she were a one season replacement…if they liked her, they would have retained her. She needs to hire some good PR people to cover up her cognitive deficits. I mean, really now. BTW…I hate her. Just sayin’ ;)

  • Anonymous

    i wanted to slap Nicole during her annoying stint in X-Factor USA

    but seriously MJ, why would X-Factor UK be considered a downgrade?  even if she’s just a last minute replacement, it’s still a good gig, HELL even better than the US as the UK audience are relatively more rabid with their more established X-Factor franchise.