American Idol

Nigel Lythgoe: Why You Be Hating on Lee DeWyze? (Update: Nigel Calls Lee a Liar)

UPDATE: Nigel tweets Friday morning, “I don’t wish to continue the @leedewyze story. True, he wasn’t asked to sing but Lee knows he was asked to present the trophy a week before.” Ugh Nigel…if you don’t want to continue the story…why are you tweeting about it?

There’s been a ton of controversy surrounding Lee DeWyze’s absence from last night’s American Idol finale. Typically, the reigning champ appears at the finale– whether to sing or pass the baton to the new winner in some fashion.

When Lee told fans a couple of days ago, that he was not asked to sing at this year’s finale, folks were pretty upset. His brother, Mike in particular let loose with some invective–going as far as to call Idol producers “scumbags”. He later deleted his tweets and apologized. But heh–that was nothing compared to what Lee’s fans had to say to Nigel!