Scandal rag Us Weekly reported in story posted on Tuesday—on the magazine’s Web site—that singer/actress/professional drug addict Courtney Love had been contacted by Nigel Lythgoe, the producer for American Idol, who reportedly asked her if she would be interested in appearing on the show as a judge. It was not specified whether it was as a guest appearance (as the show has frequently done) or as a permanent fixture—possibly to replace everyone’s favorite drunkard/hot mess, Paula Abdul. I guess compared to Courtney Love, Paula Abdul really doesn’t seem so bad.
However, Nigel Lythgoe claimed otherwise. “I did not call Courtney Love and am afraid someone may have misrepresented me,” he said in a statement. “Courtney Love is a very talented artist (HA!), but the judges for American Idol are Paula, Randy and Simon.”
Love’s reply was that she’s never told Us Weekly about such as incident, and it must have been one of her friends who had miscommunicated a “weirdly brilliant” prank call that had occurred in the past month. That, or she was high on crack again. Possibly both. She added that even if it hadn’t been a prank call, she’d still never appear on the show, adding, “I’ve never watched [American Idol] except once [when I went] with my daughter to the final night. … I couldn’t even get on that show.”
Funny that she’d be considered as a judge since she couldn’t even ge… oh, shit. She beat me to the punch.
Cheers
-JF2k7!
