‘Idol’ Chatter With Carmen Rasmusen

TV Guide Online chatted with ousted ‘American Idol 2′ finalist Carmen Rasmusen and asked her how she felt about the mean comments recently from judges Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell. “Before each show, my parents would always tell me, ‘Carmen, we love you and we think you’re great’,” she explained. “So, when they were saying mean things to me on stage, I just remembered, ‘Okay, I know that my parents think I’m great, and I’ve gone this far, so I can handle anything. And Simon was the one who got me here, so even though he’s saying mean things, he must believe in me’.”