Simon Cowell from American Idol says Beyonce isn't sexy

[Champ]

NEW YORK - One of music's harshest critics doesn't think Beyonce is so bootylicious.

Simon Cowell, a judge on Fox television's "American Idol," has some choice words about the 23-year-old singer.

"I find the whole Beyonce thing really mystifying," Cowell says in Esquire magazine. "She's not sexy, she hasn't got a great body and she's not a great singer."

But Cowell defends a more maligned figure: Ashlee Simpson, who caught plenty of flak after being caught lip-synching on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" last year.

"Why should you have to do something substandard just for the sake of being real? If it sounds better with the vocal you recorded, why shouldn't people listen to that? There's almost a witch-hunt mentality about people miming."

http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=178949

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I really hate him

Such a douchebag.

[Biased Liberal Media]

2. Simon just needs to shut up

already. I'm almost convinced to never watch American Idol again after seeing how cruel he was to some of the contestants tonight. It's horrific.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. He's right - she isn't sexy. She looks like a cheap whore.

And she DOES have an awful voice.

[tuvor]

8. Remind me to hog the remote

when her videos air.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Absolutely!

It's all yours. I'll be out in the tool shed, using the chainsaw as background noise while I read...

[Biased Liberal Media]

12. Gee, what a nice thing to say

NOT.

:eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. I didn't say it was nice.

Just honest.

:evilgrin:

[Biased Liberal Media]

19. What I should have said it was INSULTING

to a woman. Why is it that if she dresses skimpily (is that even a word) or wears too much makeup she's coined a "cheap whore"??

Sorry but my feminist ass disagrees here.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Nah, many women can dress skimpily or use makeup and not

look like cheap whores at all.

But every time I see a picture of her, I get the impression that she isn't trying to look nicely sexy, or erotic, or elegant, or tantalising, or provacatve - only that she's trying to look like a cheap whore.

Though that probably isn't the best term - maybe the more appropriate term is "sexually indisciminate and exceptionally quite loose".

Which is really sad. No woman should have to dress that way in order to get attention; nor should any woman dress that way in order to sell albums.

[Biased Liberal Media]

23. Oh, i completely agree

But these folk who sell their souls to their record labels have little personal freedom. Sickening...but they do it.

[LSdemocrat]

4. People have different tastes

Especially in things like beauty and music. There is decidedly no universal standard for either.

[Biased Liberal Media]

7. Yeah but it doesn't mean you have to be an obnoxious ASS over it

[tuvor]

5. It's all to get you talking, guys.

And it seems to be working.

[KitchenWitch]

6. Simon is just jealous

because he is a talentless hack.

[RagingInMiami]

10. Why do so many people put so much weight on simon's words?

It's like the old simon says game, when he talks, people jump.

[mr_hat]

11. Milquetoast English wankers are intimidated by true boo-tay.

Me, I'm inspired, if unworthy.

[RagingInMiami]

16. speaking of true boo-tay

[hickman1937]

13. i thought, the one time I watched,

that he was brutally honest. I don't think he's a very nice person, but come on. some of those, cough, cough, singers were awful, and damn sure that they were the next best thing.

[GRLMGC]

15. He's mean

My friend, much to his eternal shame and embarassment, tried out for American Idol. Simon didn't say anything, he was just rolling his eyes and sighing. My friend is a good singer too! And no, I'm not just saying that because he's my friend.

[JohnKleeb]

18. I had an aquaintance try out

She didnt get to try out though, I am sure he'd been a dick to her too.

[hickman1937]

27. Well he's basically an idiot.

But an honest one as far as his limited expertise is concerned. he brought his circus to Detroit, and was disapointed at the talent??? My daughter, who's spent a lot of time at St. Andrews Hall couldn't believe he came to Detroit to find pop. :wtf:

[Blue-Jay]

17. Give Simon a break, guys.

He's an asshole, for sure, but he also knows his shit. He only says stuff that everyone else wants to say.

[Biased Liberal Media]

20. There is a huge difference between being blunt

and just being insulting, which is something Simon lives for.

[Kire]

22. she's not my favorite

she's no Gwen

[pinniped]

24. Anyone who defends Ashlee Simpson needs to lay off the peace pipe.

I don't watch Ai but does this assclown Simon let people lip-sync?

[sonicx]

25. it would be interesting to see mainstream pop singers go threw AI

Most of em would fail. Can you imagine Britney's audition? :evilgrin:

Beyounce's sexy, but her music's played out.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

26. Man, he's an idiot.

I think Beyonce's got a great body and voice.
I'm a woman, BTW. I don't think she looks like a whore either.