Comments (0)Sharon Osbourne
Ellen’s A Winner
September 11, 2009No one, of course, can replace Paula Abdul on “American Idol.” But funny lady Ellen DeGeneres was a pretty good pick, says Sharon Osbourne of “America’s Got Talent.”
“She will be a breath of fresh air on that show, a complete breath of fresh air,” Ms. Osbourne, 56, told People. “It’s new blood. And [`American Idol’] needed something new to happen.
“I think if they had replaced Paula with another singer, Janet Jackson or J.Lo, it would have been too expected,” she said. “`Oh well, there we go, another singer.’ And with Ellen, you’ve got someone who knows about entertaining and everything that goes into it, which also speaks for the people.”
Still, Sharon felt nothing but sympathy for Paula, who left “Idol” last August reportedly over a contractual dispute. “I’m behind her,” she said. “I think she put an awful lot into the show. She did do an awful lot for that show.
“I would have probably done the same thing,” Ms. Osbourne said. “I’m like, `Hey, what the men get, the women should get.’”
Take that, Simon Cowell.