Megan Joy Won’t Take Back Simon Cowell Insult
Former American Idol contestant, Megan Joy, will appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday’s April 13 Ellen show and says she “wouldn’t take back” her insult comment to Idol judge Simon Cowell. In the pre-taped episode on Ellen, Megan Joy says she “doesn’t care” that Simon didn’t like her song or her performance and has no regrets.
Things got pretty heated between Megan Joy and Simon Cowell following Megan’s performance of Bob Marley’s “Turn The Lights Down Low”, with Simon Cowell calling her performance “indulgent, boring and monotonous”. Ouch! That had to hurt! On Wednesday’s American Idol Top Downloads Results Show, Ryan Seacrest asked Megan what she thought of Simon’s comments, Megan said, “I love you Simon, but I really don’t care”.
Widely viewed as an insult, US Magazine reports that Megan Joy had no idea that her comment would be upsetting to Simon. “I really had no idea that it was going to upset him, but I meant it and I wouldn’t take it back,” says 23-year-old Megan.
After being voted off American Idol on Wednesday’s Results Show, it was clear that the Idol judges were not going to use their one and only save on Megan Joy. Not a chance in a million. Simon snapped, “With the greatest respect, when you said you didn’t care [about my comments], neither do we. We’re not going to pretend to contemplate saving you. This your swan song. That’s it.”
Given Megan’s disrespectful and insulting comment, Megan literally blew her chances of being saved and it came as no surprise that the judges weren’t going to save Megan for another round of American Idol performances. Had Megan not spoken those words to Simon, she may have been saved. What Megan’s motivation was in saying those fateful words to Simon, that ultimately sealed her fate on the show, may have been her own way of dealing with the hurt she must have been feeling going into the results show.
On Monday’s show, Ellen DeGeneres asks Megan if her odd, bird-like “caw caw” flapping arms moment was her way of mocking the show. Megan replied, “No, I just woke-up feeling like it was my time to go, and I just said to myself: ‘You know what, if I go, I’m going to go out with a bang and enjoy it,’” she says. “So I just tried to have a good attitude.”
Having a “good attitude” while suspecting it’s your time to go home is one thing, but one can only wonder if her snappy retort to Simon Cowell was the best thing to do at the very moment the Idol judges were deciding whether to save her from elimination. Nevertheless, Megan Joy tells Ellen DeGeneres that she’s “absolutely” glad she did the show. “I just thought, never in a million years would I make it,” she says. “It wasn’t that I don’t adore the show and watch, I was just like, ‘I’m never going to make it.’”
Megan Joy has been making the talk show rounds since being voted off American Idol, appearing on “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “Good Day Utah”, and tomorrow’s Ellen DeGeneres show. Check your local listings in order to watch Megan Joy on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
On Tuesday, April 14, the Top 7 American Idol contestants (Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, Kris Allen, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta aned Anoop Desai) will be performing Songs Of The Cinema/Songs From The Movies, and we’ll be posting our LIVE Idol Recap/Review of each Idol performance along with the judges comments immediately following the show.
Do you think Megan Joy should apologize to Simon Cowell for the insult?
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I think it was just disrespectful. They are there to mentor the contestants. And I really don’t understand why people are and were so obsessed with her..I could never listen to an album of hers. I think her demeanor throughout the whole show gave off the impression that she was kind of trashy.
“Given Megans disrespectful and insulting comment…”
Well, it’s easy enough to spot the bias of your article, given statements like the quote above. Megan was the sort that was never bothered by the Judges comments. Often, even when their criticism was harsh, she would seem to just smile or sometimes even giggle at what they had to say. Because of that, I think she genuinely wasn’t that concerned with their critique of her. When she said, she ‘didn’t care’, it wasn’t said in an angry tone, or with maliciousness. I think she was just revealing a little bit about who she is…someone who doesn’t really get involved in what others say about her. It’s Simon that proceeded to make such a big deal of it. Had he not personalized it, there would have been much less attention paid to it.