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It's not related to his show. Why would he care? He's there to produce a new Gong Show, not cover current events.

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I expect this post to have 654616 comments in the next 2-3 hours.

Who gives a shit if he rolled his eyes or not? God you americans are so touchy!

Sure the V-tech was horrible but you all have to stop nit-picking every single thing! And this post doesn't make things any better.

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Chris Richardson obviously learned from the Phil Stacy rulebook... If the judges criticize you, deflect with something that tugs the heartstrings!

I definately think that Simon was rolling his eyes because Chris was using a tragedy to shield from his bad singing. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Simon was just reacting to a shameless attempt by Chris to make a connection to himself and his Virginia bothers. Chris is from Fredericksburg and probably has friends at VT.

But he took the opportunity to use his Idol stage to make this shout out (Like Chris S did before him). I think that was what Simon was reacting to, another youngster misusing his TV spotlight, maybe for personal gain.

But Simon was clearly warned to make things right so no one would assume he was reacting to the tragedy instead of Chris' feeble attempt at solidarity. The funny thing is Simon looked even worse w/ his half-assed apology.

My prediction, people will be trying to lynch Simon and get him deported.

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Liz, I'm with you. I seriously doubt that Simon rolled his eyes at the tragedy itself, but rather the fact that Chris mentioned it so randomly. I myself gave out a "what a load of crap" comment when Chris made that little interjection. Once again, I was in no way meaning to disrespect the VT community, but it just seemed like Chris knew that he didn't do well and was trying to save his hide by aligning himself with a 'cause'.

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Thank you Vince! you said what I was going to say. I'm off.

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I think Chris was sincere. We now know that two of the dead students were fron the greater Chesapeake VA area...where Chris is from. Simon was way out of line here .

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It was obvious to me that Simon rolled his eyes due to the timing of Chris' heartfelt condolances.

Chris had just received harsh criticism from Simon and suddenly he was sending out his condolences to Virginia. Simon believed Chris did this to garner more votes.

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Here we go again!!!!!!!! why are people so concerned with simon rollin' his eyes. I saw the show, unfortantely b/c my wife watches this crap, but don't try to start another scandel in the media. We already have enough BS in the world. Lets not bring reality shows into Va. Tech's tragedy. Lets focus on what's important, our thoughs and prayers out to Blacksburg, VA....

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I believe Simon was reacting to the timing of Chris's sentiments to VaTech, not the tragedy itself. It did appear Chris was trying to misdirect the negative comments. I don't feel he did it intentionally. I think Chris was very sincere - but Simon recognized the timing of it also.

Don't read more into it than is there. It's starting to sound like the media... Controversy, and more controversy.

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I think Chris was going for the pity vote, which is why Simon rolled his eyes. I agree. Chris was getting all teary-eyed and you could just here the teen girls across the country go "aww....". Blech!

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I agree with the person that said Americans are so touchy, get over it, I believe Simon rolled his eyes at chris using the negative comments from all three judges, to shift the focus off himself, to get more votes. People just love to bash Simon, just because he is the only one out of the three judges who speaks the truth, whether you like to hear it or not. I really tired of the Simon bashing week after week, if you don't like what he has to say turn the channel, I watch the show because of Simon.

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Simon was not rolling his eyes because of the VT tragedy. He was rolling his eyes because Chris's comments came at a convinient time after his unpleasant performance. He was one of my favorites early on during AI. But now I expect him to be going home this week. You know it's not going to be Sanjaya ( sad face). When Chris said that nasally was a form of singing he new that was a big fat lie. He had to think of something. I had the same look on my face as Simon did. No disrespect to VT. We are all very sorry fOr what happened. LEAVE Simon ALONE!!!!!!!!!!

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Chris through in his comments about the Virginia tragedy as a sincere but untimely gesture. Comments like that should be left and made at appropiate times, not in the middle of a singing contest while your judges are making their comments in frnt of millions of viewers. Simons "eye roll", I believe was a reaction to Chris's poor timing. I felt my eys roll too at that time as Chris made his comments. OK, I know that Chris is from Virginia and he's also young and inexperienced, but as Randy would say "let's keep it real", this is a singing contest and not a avenue to voice ones opinion about current news items, no matter how tragic they are. If we allow the contestants to use American Idol as their platform on news items, then it will begin to become a political show. Where will it stop? Should contestants speak out about the war in Iraq, or their prayers for our troops, or perhaps make a comments about how sad they are about Ana Nichol Smith, etc, etc.? No, I agree with Simon, let's keep the show entertainment and singing. We have so amny sad things going on in the world right now, but we must use the right platform to air our personal views.
Said all that, Simon is a very experienced celebrity and should have tried to curb his facial expressions knowing that millions of people are watching his every move.
On another norte: I think that Simon and Randy are good friends and just like to banter with each other...that's what makes the show so good.
Simon is a great part of the show and yes, I think that the Exec. Producer asked him to make a follow up comment of the Virginia tragedy, but just like Chris's comment, the timing wasn't right.
Let's move on....American Idol is a great family show, we need more like it and we need more humor like Simon too.

tb

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i even rolled my eyes when chris said what he said...i don't deny that the kid probably felt bad about the situation; he could have even known people out there, but it seemed to me to be a comment to distract from his singing or to rally people to his side...simon does not want the stage to be a personal shout out platform...remember when one of the guys said happy birthday to a family member? he rolled his eyes then...

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geese people........ chris was being critized by simon...so to distract everyone he mentioned v tech....bad timing on his part.
simon new exactly what he was doing.....just like someone else saying "i'm doin dis for baby" sympathy vote......
why do you think heather mills fell the other night....more people will feel sorry for her and vote for her.......these people learn fast how to get the public behind them

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So what if Chris wanted to say something about about VT. Thats the thing about VA. If you live in VA and are around the college age then you more than likely know someone who goes to VT. I dont think he made the comment when he did to gets votes, he is from VA and we are all coming together to represent VT right now. I think he just said it then because he knew that he had everyones attention and he was emotional about it so that is probably why he didnt say anything before he started to sing when he was interviewing with Ryan. But after seeing Simons reaction I looked at my boyfriend and was like did he really just roll his eyes? That wasnt an expected reaction. But after thinking about it I dont think it was in reaction what happened at VT more about when Chris said it. But like I said it is a very emotional thing and being from VA, it really its home.

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The whole thing is getting blown out of proportion...after all, it's AI, not nightly news! The people who are offended are the same people who vote for Chris and his nasally voice. Simon's whole persona on the show is to be an ass, for which he is paid very well. I am paid very well to perform accounting, but it's not what I AM. I don't believe for a heartbeat that Simon is that insensitive, and for the producers to put him on the spot and make him throw out some half-assed comments to cover it up made things even worse. Lighten up, people!
And yes, my heart and prayers go out to the people of Virginia and to people everywhere who are living with any kind of tragedy.

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bgbc, your post makes no sense.

Even though AI & Cowell are (hopefully) trying to find talented performers and Cowell is "there to produce a new Gong Show" it does NOT mean that Cowell & the rest of the cast/performers should show disrespect towards VTech or any other manmade/natural tragedy. It doesn't mean that they are isolated from the rest of the world & events which affect a nation and/or International Community. It doesn't mean that they shouldn't show sympathy...better yet respect, towards VTech or other current events.

The tragedy at VTech should NOT be used to help any performer or increase AI's ratings, but mentioning the tragedy at VTech is a humane thing to do. Just because a person is running a business or a show, it doesn't excuse them from showing disrespect towards VTech.

As for Cowell, it appears that he wasn't being disrespectful towards VTech it seems that he was reacting towards the performers comments and then his immediate mention of VTech as a way to gather votes.

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I feel it is disrespectful to connect American Idol to this historic tragedy. It is about the families and friends of those students that lost there lives to this act of extreme violence not American Idol's reaction to this tragedy.
The anger should be directed to those who sell guns to Americas kids and those politicians who support the gun lobby.
Remember this day in 2008 when you go to the polls. We are all responsible if we continue to elect politicians that are supported by the gun lobbies.

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