During an interview with Extra‘s Terri Seymour, when asked if he would return to American Idol, ex-judge Simon Cowell answered, “I have no interest!”

 

According to Simon, he says, “I was asked to do it, and the answer is no.  I have no interest. My memories are when we first started. It was a different time with Randy, Ryan and Paula. You can’t re-create that.”

 

American Idol was Simon’s breakthrough on American T.V.  Simon was highly known for his blunt responses and harsh criticism.  Although his current TV commitments and wanting to branch out and judge other competition shows made it difficult to remain on American Idol, Simon is still at the judge’s table on America’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor UK.

 

American Idol brought you singers such as Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and even Kelly Clarkson.  The show also ran for 15 seasons and went off air in April of 2016.

 

Check out Simon Cowell on ‘Today’ talking about American Idol Reboot below: 

 

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