Dunkleman's Cry For Attention

The American Idol machine appears to be falling apart as of late, and a new interview with Brian Dunkleman will likely not help matters. Dunkleman, as you may recall, co-hosted the competition's first season with Ryan Seacrest but stepped aside to allow Seacrest the chance to take over the world. Dunk gave an interview on Adam Carolla's radio show to talk about his time on Idol, where he said he 'developed such self-hatred' for taking part in a show he claims was mean-spirited and targeted specific contestants in an effort to break them. It's quite disturbing, if you are one of those people who still thinks this show is completely fair and balanced.

[During the first studio show] I heard them talking about ‘We're going to get [contestant] Jim [Verraros], we're going to nail him,' before the show. He's the sweetest kid you'll ever meet. He sings. He sings really well. Simon [Cowell] shreds him, just kills him, and the kid's wellin' up, he's got tears in his eyes. He comes back to the couch, and I say to him, ‘Well, hey, Paula Abdul said she liked you, what else matters?' Cut. The executive producer ripped me offstage, behind stage got in my face, started screaming at me. ‘What the [expletive] are you doing? You never once mentioned what Simon said to him that entire time?' Chewed me out.

Finally, I just stopped and said, ‘Wait a minute. Let me just get this clear. These kids come back to this couch feeling like crap. I'm supposed to make sure they continue to feel like crap?' He stuck his finger in my chest and said, ‘You're [expletive] right.' And that was day one. And I was, like, ‘What did I get myself into?'

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