COWELL ‘EXCITED’ ABOUT AMERICAN IDOL EXIT
SIMON COWELL can’t wait to leave AMERICAN IDOL - he’s compared his immine nt exit to the final few weeks of school.
The music mogul will depart the talent show’s panel after the current s eason to focus on taking his U.K. series The X Factor to the U.S. next ye ar (11).
And although Cowell recognises the show transformed his career, he admi ts he is excited about working on new projects.
He tells his fellow Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres on her TV chat show, "I am feeling a bit sad because we’re nearly there, but at the same time… do you remember, sort of, those last three weeks when you were leaving sc hool and you kind of couldn’t wait to get out? "It’s a little bit like that. It’s kind of exciting. I’m not being ungr ateful. I am feeling a bit sad because I’ve had a fantastic time and the show changed my life but I just kind of knew it was time to do something different."
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