ELLEN DEGENERES SAYS SIMON COWELL MEAN

Ellen DeGeneres


The New American Idol Judge in town Ellen DeGeneres, says Simon Cowell is "meaner" than she thought. Simon Cowell along with Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and other guest judges kicked off the ninth season of the Fox singing competition last month. DeGeneres began her Judgeship the other night. In a video posted on the show's Web site, DeGeneres says Cowell is "actually meaner than I thought. It's hard to listen to him tell people things and for me not to go, `You poor thing!'" Cowell has announced that he's leaving American Idol after this season is over. Paula Abdul left over a salary dispute last year. DeGeneres says no one has given her advice on judging - "they're just letting me do what I want to do."
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