Ellen Degeneres quits American Idol! Ellen dropped the bombshell that she won’t be returning to American Idol in the fall, which would have been her second year. How is Ryan Seacrest going to handle two of his favorite judges leaving the show?
More pictures of Ellen after the quit…
Ellen seemed to be doing an excellent job on the show, so what happened?
In a news release, DeGeneres said she told the producers a couple of months ago that the show “didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” partly because of increased work commitments elsewhere, including her popular daytime talk show.
But “I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings,” she added.
OK, I can totally buy that. Not everyone has an easy time shredding people like Simon Cowell does, and obviously Ellen is one of those people. Now who is going to replace TWO judges on AI?
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