Simon Cowell<\/strong> is apologizing for his curt reputation as an American Idol<\/a> judge, admitting that he grew \u201cfed up\u201d during the \u201clong and boring\u201d musical auditions.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not proud of it, let\u2019s put it that way,\u201d Cowell, 66 \u2014 who was a judge on the competitive singing show<\/a> from 2002 to 2010, alongside Paula Abdul<\/strong> and Randy Jackson<\/strong> \u2014 told the New York Times<\/a> on Saturday, November 29.<\/p>\n Some of Cowell\u2019s most savage interactions include him rolling his eyes and calling performances \u201cgrotesque\u201d and \u201chorrendous.\u201d<\/p>\n Cowell, who appears in the upcoming Netflix show, Simon Cowell: The Next Act, told the Times that he avoids watching some videos of himself, explaining, \u201cWhen I hear about these clips, I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, God.\u2019 But then again, the upside is that it made the shows really popular worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n Lisa OConnor\/AFF-USA.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to be a [expletive] on purpose,\u201d Cowell, who shares son Eric<\/strong>, 11, with fianc\u00e9e Lauren Silverman<\/strong>, told the Times. \u201cAll I wanted with these shows was to find successful artists to sign to the label.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo when all these people were coming in and they couldn\u2019t sing, I would be like when I used to audition people and someone would come in and they can\u2019t sing,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe would say after 10 seconds, \u2018You can\u2019t sing.\u2019 Not, \u2018You\u2019re going to be brilliant.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I changed over time. I did realize I\u2019ve probably gone too far. I didn\u2019t particularly like audition days, because they\u2019re long and boring,\u201d Cowell added. \u201cI would get fed up. And of course, out of a hundred nice comments, what are they going to use? They\u2019re always going to use me in a bad mood. I got that. What can I say? I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked by the Times what Cowell was specifically sorry for, he replied: \u201cWell, just being a [explicit].\u201d<\/p>\n This story Simon Cowell Apologizes For His Famously Blunt \u2018American Idol\u2019 Judging: \u2018I\u2019m Not Proud\u2019<\/a> first appeared on Globe<\/i><\/a>. 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