It’s not yet clear who will fill the recently vacated judge’s chairs on “The X Factor,” but according to Simon Cowell, it won’t be Beyonce Knowles.
Fox’s “X Factor” had a major shakeup last week, with judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, and host Steve Jones getting the boot. Although rumors ran rampant about Cowell offering singer Beyonce Knowles $100 Million to join the show, he says it’s not happening.
“I have no idea where this rumor came from,” Cowell said in an interview with “Extra.” “I read it online that I offered her $100 million a year. It’s complete nonsense.”
Cowell also revealed that executives at Fox began talking to him about a shakeup “at the beginning of the year, and we were told it had to happen straight away.”
He also took responsibility for the “X Factor” not being a huge success, admitting that his declaration that the show would be bigger than his last gig, “American Idol,” set the bar too high.
“It’s only because I opened my big mouth and said we were going to get 20 million,” Cowell said. “If I hadn’t said that, everybody would be saying the show was a huge success.”
