You can listen to the Ryan Seacrest here interview here.
- Ryan mentions that Michael was way taller than him on stage. Hm.
- He apologized to Michael about leading him to believe he might be safe right before he cut him. Ryan says, “Nigel, he concocts all these scenes…the note was ‘refer back to last year, get them thinking they may be staying another week, and then let them know they are gone’.”
- Ryan was surprised and bummed that Michael was leaving, because they’d chat off stage.
- Ryan says that Simon and Randy both liked Michael personally. They were all really excited to put him through when he auditioned. Ryan promises to play his first single on KISS when it’s released.