Simon Cowell Allegedly Rolls Eyes on Virginia Tech

There is a sort of media frenzy involving Simon Cowell on American Idol last night. Apparently, Cowell was caught on camera rolling his eyes at comments made by contestant Chris Richardson about the Virginia Tech massacre.

"My heart and prayers go out to Virginia Tech. I have a lot of friends over there. Be strong," Richardson, a Chesapeake, Virginia native, told the audience of the nation's top-rated TV show.

A quick camera shot showed Cowell rolling his eyes and impatiently tapping his hand on the table.

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Now according to the video, Simon was criticising Richardson's performance on his Rascal Flatts song "Mayburry." As they were exchanging comments, Richardson then went immediately into giving tribute to the Virginia Tech students. I suppose Simon felt he was trying to get out of the negative criticism.

Was it just bad timing since Simon was not accepting Richardson's reasons for his performance? Why did Richardson decide to give his tribute? It looks like he wanted to do that just to deflect his bad performance.

It would have been better if the whole cast and judges of the show got together and paid tribute and rememberance to the Virginia Tech victims.

Or the contestant could have said "Since I am from Virginia, I would like to pay tribute..."