At one point Kelly Clarkson was an unknown standing in a vast sea of delusional tone deaf twenty-somethings, lined up on a crowded sidewalk outside a building.

Inside that building sat American Idol judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, all at a big table with the faint glow of heaven surrounding each of their heads. Kind of like an old-timey church painting emphasising some sort of awesome graciousness.

When Clarkson’s turn came and she performed well, each judge opened their proverbial arms, and with a single tear in all six of their eyes gave her what only truck-loads of money can: fame, fortune and flunkies. So what happens when those that held out their hands assisting her onto the pop throne ask her for a solid?

Read the headline again, that’s what.

American Idol asked Kelly Clarkson (CDs) for permission to have this
season’s contestants sing some of her songs. And why not, it would be
the ultimate "look what we can do for you". One would think that with
her fame having been conceived in the incubator that is American Idol, Kelly Clarkson would throw them a bone. They’d get the boomerang effect, i.e. from
dream-to reality-to someone else’s dream. Simple enough, right?

Wrong, it’s not that simple. She’s failed to allow them rights to
her songs. She probably won’t let them use her nose ring either. Of
all the ungrateful…!!!

Here’s Cowell’s statement referring to her lack of song allowance:

"That (would be) a big mistake. When they walk away from the show and
try to forget … it’s not the show itself (that is affected), it’s the
people who bothered to vote week after week. They’re the people who
put her where she is today. And I think that by ignoring the show,
you`re ignoring the audience that put you there."

Now read that quote again, but this time imagine it with a slight
frog-like quality in the voice and a touch of forced sarcasm. There
you go, that’s exactly like him! You’ve just had an authentic Simon
Cowell experience. Now for the Randy Jackson experience, watch Cowell
and try to do what he does.  To be more like Paula, you’d have to make
out with hecklerspray real heavy for an hour and a half.  We swear it’s
the truth. Did we say it was real heavy?

Now regarding Clarkson, in all fairness she has not had the chance
to respond to the allegations.  American Idol’s executive producer Nigel Lythgoe
said he believed it all to be a misunderstanding, and still thinks
everything will work out. 

Incidentally, we made out with him too, but in our defence it was real dark and he smelled like bubble gum.

Breaking News: It looks like Kelly is going to let American Idol use some of her songs after all. But that whole making out thing still stands, OK?

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[story by Shawn Lindseth]