Cowell a Beatles fan
2009-09-12 22:27
Los Angeles - The Beatles once got in trouble over a flip comment about Jesus. Now Simon Cowell has ruffled feathers with a quip about the Beatles.
Cowell says that he really was joking when he claimed the legendary group wouldn't have made the cut on American Idol or Britain's Got Talent.
After drawing fire for the remark, the producer and TV talent-show judge said on Friday he's repeatedly referred to the Beatles as the group he wished he could have signed.
Cowell was on CBS television's The Early Show on Wednesday when he was asked how the Beatles would have done as contestants. He replied he would have taken the group - minus drummer Ringo Starr.
John Lennon's 1966 remark that the Beatles were more popular than Christ provoked angry protests in America.
- AP