Wait, Simon Cowell’s bluntness as an American Idol judge was faked for TV?

As we come to the end 2022 TV scheduleIt’s a good time to look back on the year that was and maybe beyond. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of American IdolAnd fans might be ready to reminisce about Simon Cowell’s legendary reputation for being blunt as a judge on reality TV. Although the former American Idol The star wasn’t always this freaky, which came about thanks to someone close to the production.

According to Fox CEO Mike Darnell, “The Job Retrospective” mentioned LimitTurns out, Quill’s trademark candor was a bit manufactured. It wasn’t entirely fake, insofar as Simon Cowell was instructed to play towards his natural “frankness” that was already on display. Darnell’s reasons for the necessity of this person were as follows:

I knew we had to get Simon Cowell because he was the star of the show but we needed something different in the States – the mean judge, the outspoken judge. In all the other shows before it, everyone was so polite and kind, and I knew that it would be [a] something. Simon, to his credit, was willing to do anything.

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