American Idol Embarrassed by President Bush?
June 5, 2008 by Jeanne
American Idol creator, Nigel Lythgoe, has voiced his reasons for not wanting President Bush to appear on the Idol Gives Back special. Apparently, Nigel didn’t think he was a good fit:
“The President is always saying ‘I want to be on [Gives Back],” said the Brit. “We didn’t ask the President this year to say anything because we are all a bit embarrassed about him, and the office insisted that, because the [primary] candidates were on it, the President would like to come on and say ‘thank you.’ “
Interesting… what do you think about this? Should Nigel have said that? Do you agree with him???
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I disagree very much with Nigel.
Very rude to treat President Bush in this way.
I hate to be the xenophobe, but as a Brit, Nigel has no right to say “we,” when talking about America. I understand it’s his show, and I’m not exactly a man who glows with praise for Bush, but it would have lent the show some much needed credibility to have the President on there, especially when HE’S the one requesting to be on!
It would have lent no credibility at all to have GWB on the show. It would only give more credence as to what a farce that show has become, as GWB himself has lost all credibility in this country.
As far as Nigel being a Brit, is he a citizen here? If he is, then he can say whatever the hell he wants. But if he is not, then he has no room for making statements about the President here when his own Monarchy is a farce as well!
I don’t think that all people think that President Bush has lost all credibility.
The hollywood people are whom denigrates the President of the United States and I don’t allow myself to follow their lead or opinions.There are pros and cons to all Presidents and Clinton was the one who embasrased the office but I still gave him the respect that the office deserves.
My comment was left under wrong article. I did state that I thought many people behind the scenes of AI are a little ignorant for various reasons and Nygel Lythgoe has proven my point. Not everyone in this country is embarrassed by President Bush and he should keep his comments to himself and have a little respect for the office of the President of the United States.
I don’t really know how I feel about this comment. I do agree that if Nigel is not a citizen it should not have been his decision and the comment was not fair. On the other hand, I personally didn’t think politics should have been brought to Idol in the first place.
Who does Nigel think he is? Even if he doesn’t like President Bush he should have a little respect for the highest office in our country. I like President Bush, but if I didn’t I wouldn’t announce it to the world. I suppose he would have loved to have Bill Clinton on the show if he was still the President.
I totally agree with Nigel. We all know majority of Americans are very embarrased by Bush and did not want him on the show. I cringed when I saw him on american idol. He is stupid and didnt deserve to be there.
I agree with Nigel in the sense that i disagree with bush’s tactics, but I’m not exactly sure if political issues like that should be involved in Idol.
Lauren – I agree, I don’t think American Idol was the proper place for politics as a whole. We have been slammed with politics for a while now and AI should have been politic-free.
Simon Cowell jumps on the Bush dog pile.
http://beema.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/simon-cowell-talks-about-bush-and-idol/