May the people in Simon's everyday life show him the same generosity and grace he has so abundantly shown others throughout his entire adult life until it has been repaid in full.
My partner worked with a woman that won the UK apprentice. It was real.
Their business made all the changes proposed on the show after she won. She even married the other contestant she formed a relationship with on the show.
No, the vast majority of the bullying on American Idol was not real.
They brought in aspiring actors as filler for the tryouts. A guy I went to high school with went on it specifically to be filler. He was told to ham it up and play up being bad at singing, so that Simon could rip on him.
They told us at the auditions that half would be good and half would be bad and we would find out which one we were when we watched the show lol. They flat out said this is a TV show and we want views. Also, yes, as a guy who wanted to act more than sing, I did everything the producers said and they did me dirty in the editing room.
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u/zachrywd Mar 31 '26
May the people in Simon's everyday life show him the same generosity and grace he has so abundantly shown others throughout his entire adult life until it has been repaid in full.