I haven’t watched much of “American Idol” in the last few years, but I always thought Simon Cowell was a fairly intelligent individual. Recently, he took issue when former contestant/Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson called his show “a stepping stone.”
Simon Cowell has blasted Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson after she called American Idol “a stepping stone” – insisting she wouldn’t have been cast in Dreamgirls without the talent show. Hudson was a contestant on Idol in 2004, but was voted off before the final. Over a year later, she auditioned for the role of Effie White in the big screen version of the musical Dreamgirls and was cast. When Hudson accepted her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dreamgirls last month, Cowell was disappointed she declined to mention the show. He says, “Jennifer Hudson said American Idol was a ‘stepping stone’ for her. Stepping stone? It was her big opportunity to become noticed and she got noticed and she got Dreamgirls. “Singers like her deliberately turn against the show that made them successful. The reason (people) come on the show is because all the doors had been slammed in their face.”
“It was her big opportunity to become noticed and she got noticed and she got Dreamgirls.”
Yeah, Simon, that’s what a stepping stone is. It’s something that gives you the opportunity to do something bigger and better.
Does it have a different meaning in the UK?
What a dumb thing to say.
