{"id":167049,"date":"2010-01-11T18:53:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T23:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=88293"},"modified":"2010-01-11T18:53:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T23:53:23","slug":"ellen-reacts-to-simon-cowell%e2%80%99s-departure-from-%e2%80%9camerican-idol%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/167049","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Reacts To Simon Cowell\u2019s Departure From \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Oprah, now Simon! Sharp-tongued British mogul Simon Cowell is leaving <em>American Idol <\/em>&#8211; marking the end of an era for throngs of TV talent show fans. But none more than <em>Idol<\/em> newcomer Ellen DeGeneres. The Emmy-winning daytime host-turned-<em>A.I.<\/em> -judge began filming scenes for <em>American Idol<\/em> Monday &#8212; the same day Simon announced he&#8217;s leaving the show!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/sflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" id=\"embed\" align=\"middle\" ><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/wbads.vo.llnwd.net\/o25\/u\/telepixtv\/ellen\/us\/video\/player\/embed.swf\"\/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"mediaKey=e2a8c2c5-5091-43e2-bef9-feb97a8d8ead&#038;image=http:\/\/wbads.vo.llnwd.net\/o25\/u\/telepixtv\/ellen\/us\/video\/2010-01\/11\/011110_ellensimon_still.jpg&#038;origin=embed\"\/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/wbads.vo.llnwd.net\/o25\/u\/telepixtv\/ellen\/us\/video\/player\/embed.swf\" flashVars=\"mediaKey=e2a8c2c5-5091-43e2-bef9-feb97a8d8ead&#038;image=http:\/\/wbads.vo.llnwd.net\/o25\/u\/telepixtv\/ellen\/us\/video\/2010-01\/11\/011110_ellensimon_still.jpg&#038;origin=embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" name=\"embed\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He announced he&#8217;s leaving on my first day. I&#8217;m trying not to take it personally. But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he&#8217;s made the show what it is,&#8221;<\/em> DeGeneres told her studio  audience on <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/em> today. <em>&#8220;He&#8217;s a huge part of that show but he wanted a change. I wish him all the luck in the world hosting &#8216;The Tonight Show,&#8217;&#8221;<\/em> she joked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yxgilRtMnR2k-JIhfuyu8-nnwrw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yxgilRtMnR2k-JIhfuyu8-nnwrw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yxgilRtMnR2k-JIhfuyu8-nnwrw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yxgilRtMnR2k-JIhfuyu8-nnwrw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Oprah, now Simon! Sharp-tongued British mogul Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol &#8211; marking the end of an era for throngs of TV talent show fans. But none more than Idol newcomer Ellen DeGeneres. The Emmy-winning daytime host-turned-A.I. -judge began filming scenes for American Idol Monday &#8212; the same day Simon announced he&#8217;s leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}