On 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno, Simon made it clear that he was annoyed by President Obama's name drop on the show last week when he commented, "I do think Washington...it's a little bit like American Idol, except everybody is like Simon Cowell."
Cowell responded to the president's joke stating, "I think what he was trying to say was Washington has become more intelligent."
The English mogul than admitted Obama invited him to dinner but he was to busy and declined, "He wanted to do eight o'clock, I was free at nine. We just didn't quite connect. But I said, anytime I'm in Washington," Cowell sarcastically joked.
Cowell also told 'Extra' media outlet backstage that Obama's use of his name meant, "Washington has become more truthful, more honest, more sincere...more intelligent."
Is someone a bit salty? Obama's name drop of Cowell,
simply meant that Republicans in Congress are just as difficult as Simon is on his hit show American Idol. Why did the British producer take the joke so seriously when his reputation is based on him being difficult? It isn't a secret.
The English mogul than admitted Obama invited him to dinner but he was to busy and declined, "He wanted to do eight o'clock, I was free at nine. We just didn't quite connect. But I said, anytime I'm in Washington," Cowell sarcastically joked.
Cowell also told 'Extra' media outlet backstage that Obama's use of his name meant, "Washington has become more truthful, more honest, more sincere...more intelligent."
Is someone a bit salty? Obama's name drop of Cowell,
simply meant that Republicans in Congress are just as difficult as Simon is on his hit show American Idol. Why did the British producer take the joke so seriously when his reputation is based on him being difficult? It isn't a secret.
STOP THE PRESS!
How do you turn down dinner with the president due to an hour difference? Although Simon is on a hit show in America, resides and does business within America, I guess since he's from across the ocean maybe he doesn't consider Obama to be his president? Could this be why it was so easy for him to turn down Obama's invite?
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