American Idol Apologizes to Mark Mudd for “Be Careful” Comment (Video)
Remember Mark Mudd from the Louisville, Kentucky auditions (watch video above)? He didn’t get through to Hollywood, but on his way out of the audition room he told the judges to “be careful.” Paula Abdul somehow took that as a threat and got snippy about it.
Seems like the guy was just using a Southern expression, right?
Anyway, American Idol issued a statement of apology for the Mark Mudd misunderstanding, saying:
“We apologize to any viewers who were offended by the misinterpretation of the contestant’s comment to “be careful” upon completion of his audition in Louisville, KY. Our visits to audition cities are relatively brief and sometimes regional greetings and salutations are lost in translation. We had not heard that phrase from any other contestants during the day, so it took everyone by surprise. We now know better and look forward to visiting Louisville again someday.”
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On January 29th 2009, tom chop wrote:
mark mudd issue on american idol should of never been aired..someone should get fired over this..american idol got down graded in my book
On January 30th 2009, coffee wrote:
the were kind of harsh, but what any contestant on American Idol should expect this. the show depends on insulting people for their ratings
On January 31st 2009, well wrote:
well idol may have officially apologized to him but im 100 % sure it wasnt paula who asked them to. she was asked about the guy on the radio the other week (on the jj and rich show she calls like twice a week, shes friends with rich) and she didnt say it out loud but you could tell she still thinks what he said was really creepy