Howard Stern Confirms Idol Judge Rumors

Posted by Chris Lansdell on 02.08.2010

Says he'd do it for the right price...

Howard Stern today confirmed on his Sirius XM show that American Idol producers are indeed interested in him replacing Simon Cowell on the show. And he's interested in doing it. Some highlights:

On doing the show: "I'll do that for $100 million. For $100 million a year, to judge a karaoke contest? Ok. Why not? It might be possible. We'll see. Name a person who could bring more excitement to that show than me."

On his judging style: "If I was the judge on 'American Idol,' looks would play into the judging, too. I would be honest with them. I would say, 'Look at you. You're out of shape, go work out.' It would be sort of like 'The Biggest Loser' and 'American Idol' combined."

On previous winners: "And believe me, I'll find some Kelly Clarksons out there. First of all, I would have straightened out that Adam Lambert, number one. That's why his career tanked -- the kid had more publicity than anyone and he f---ed up. And Number 2, I wouldn't even put through that good looking kid who won, that Kris Allen. He never would have even been through. Carrie Underwood -- I would've told her to lose weight. I remember she was chubby, and look at her -- she looked great on the Super Bowl. And Fantasia Barrino...I like you, but you gotta clean up your act."

On the current judges: "I'm gonna buy one of those taser guns; I'm gonna tase Ellen DeGeneres. 'Go ahead Ellen, why don't you do that dumb dance you do on your show? Here's my taser.' Can you imagine me sitting there with like a little ping-pong paddle, and I smack Randy Jackson's belly every time he opens his dopey mouth?"

On General Larry Platt: "I like that song. He'd be in Hollywood right now, that guy."

On keeping his Sirius show: "Hell, no...I'm just gonna do what Oprah pulled on Sirius XM. I'm gonna ask Sirius for $50 million not to show up and i'll just record a phone conversation with Robin once a week."