American Idol’s judge we all love to hate, Simon Cowell, has been accused of a lot of things. But this might take the cake. Third-place finisher in season 1, Nikki McKibbin, is blaming Cowell for her drug and alcohol addiction.
“I came out of Idol with a lack of self-confidence,” McKibbin told Us Weekly. “I think I had my first solo in school when I was 5, and I got more as I got older: That’s the biggest compliment in choir. I had never been told I wasn’t good enough. Having to hear it for so many weeks from Simon Cowell killed me inside. I couldn’t get the s–t he had said to me out of my head.”
McKibbin said she would sneak vodka into the house where American Idol finalists stayed, adding that Cowell’s insults “drove me deeper into my depression. I wouldn’t say that this was Simon’s fault. It just added to the addict that I already was.”
The singer says she’s now sober, thanks to her participation on the second season of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
I knew he was hard on the contestants, but I guess he really gives them a pretty deep complex after all. I know they have to have thick skin, but I doubt I could take everything he dishes out either. That dude is brutal!
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