Drudge is leading with this story from last night's American Idol broadcast. A broadcast in which three different shows of support were sent to the victims and the families of the Va Tech tragedy. But the story Drudge leads with is how fans of the show supposedly rang the phones at FOX last night to complain of Simon's "eye-roll".
Here's the footage of the "incident."
The problem with the entire scenario is that there is no way to "prove" whether Simon was rolling his eyes at Va Tech, or whether he was purely frustrated that Chris was being "nasally" defensive about his singing.
I also don't think it should be put past saying that there are a number of ways people will try to score votes. I'm not saying this is what Chris Richardson was doing. But all you have to do is refer back to Haley's short skirts and Sanjaya's stupid hair to show that people will attempt many things outside of singing to create reasons for someone to vote for them.
I never liked it when Fantazia would bring her illegitimate baby on stage following her performances, nor did I like LaKisha's references to hers this year. If you wish to be the best performer on American Idol - then perform. Let the well wishes for the Va Tech recovery be done from Seacrest and the Judges.