American Idol judge Simon Cowell -- who has never been much of a fan of former Idol 2 runner-up Clay Aiken -- says he has little sympathy for Aiken's recent disclosure that he had to begin taking antidepressants to deal with the pressures that his Idol fame as brought him.
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"OK, let me have a choice, I'm going to work in a coal mine for fourteen hours a day or I'm going to be a runner-up on American Idol -- give me a break, idiot," Cowell continued. "Life is tough... life is hard," Jackson added before Abdul interrupted Cowell with a "that's not really nice" scolding.
Nonetheless, Cowell continued with his rant. "There's no pressure, everyone knows what they're getting. They're not working for a living, they're becoming famous."
"At the of the day, no one is dragging these people on to the show, I mean they're all volunteering and let me tell you... Clay -- [despite] whatever he might have said -- would not swap what he has now for what he had three years ago, He wouldn't do it. No one put a gun to his head."
"This is a competition that if you do well, you're going to become famous -- end of story, if you don't like it, do something else."
