Nigel Lythgoe was asked about Paula Abdul and if he’d be trying to get her on So You Think You Can Dance as a judge again.
Nigel’s response?
“No. I spent an entire season wooing her and if she was ever going to do it, she would have. The timing was perfect for her and I was rather shocked she didn’t pick up and join us at any point. I mean, Katie Holmes was there, Jennifer Lopez was there.
I know we don’t have Idol money and so does Paula, but at the end of the day I do plenty of things for no money because I want to support dance. And as an dancer/performer/choreographer, I would have thought she’d like to support us.”
He also seemed to take a jab at Ellen DeGeneres on American Idol and Simon Cowell‘s engagement! Nigel says:
“It’s a strange world out there — they’re booking comedians as singing judges, Simon’s getting married and Paula might do ‘Star Search!’ And why would he get engaged? Simon doesn’t need to get engaged unless it’s for publicity! Why wouldn’t he just get married?”
Well this guy is just FULL of opinions, isn’t he?
And we distinctly remember his show having a comedian booked as a dancing guest-judge!
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