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People.com
May 19, 2007
Simon Cowell has shown that he can dish
it out – but can the no-holds-barred
Idol judge take it? During his 60 Minutes
interview that aired Sunday, Cowell had
the tables turned on him by correspondent
Anderson Cooper. Cowell, a fan of go-kart
racing, got the chance to take his first
spin in an Indy car at the Mario Andretti
Racing School at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
But Cowell had no idea 60 Minutes had assembled
a world-class panel of racing experts –
Kurt Busch (a former NASCAR champ), Daytona
500 winner Michael Waltrip and Andretti
himself – to critique the Idol judge's
motor skills.
The consensus? It was a low-octane performance.
"It was just bloody awful," Andretti
said. And the other "judges" were
equally unimpressed. "It's just so
sad that a man who wants something as bad
as you do looked like a drunk going to get
more liquor," Waltrip told him. And
Busch chimed in: "You really just see
the lack of talent."
Still, the harsh criticism – even
offered in good fun – didn't seem to
faze the Teflon-coated Cowell. "Is
that it?" he asked. "Well, I disagree."
Talk about a tough critic!
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