King of Mean Simon Cowell is facing a legal tango with a husky-voiced former nurse who claims Cowell humiliated her during her audition on Britain’s Got Talent this month.
The American Idol judge was informed this week that a former contestant by the name of Emma Czikai has logged a complaint against him with Britain’s labor board, claiming the music mogul and acid-tongued critic violated the UK’s Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 when he called her a bad singer on national television. Emma’s even considering filing a lawsuit against Cowell, Britain’s Daily Mail claims.
Czikai was confident that she would get through the first round on the popular talent show. “I do have the ability to move people. People have cried when they have heard me sing,” she told BGT cameras just moments before she met Simon and fellow judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the self-professed “opera singer” butchered her rendition of Josh Groban’s “You Raised Me Up.”
Czikai suffers from cervical spone neuritis, which can affect hearing. The former medical professional believes that the show failed to take her illness into account before slamming her performance — although it isn’t known if any of the judges were made aware of it.
“This story is the truth behind the joke. They made one big joke out of me. They put it on the YouTube and sold it in 30 countries. The whole world is saying: ‘This stupid woman’s a laugh,’” Emma spat to The Mail this week.
A Britain’s Got Talent spokeswoman said: “We are aware of the matter and it’s currently being considered by our lawyers.”