‘Idol’ Honcho Addresses Contestant’s Naughty Photos

‘American Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe tells Entertainment Weekly he has not seen any of the risque internet pictures of contestant Antonella Barba, and only learned of the alleged oral sex shots from EW. “We have really good background checks on everybody, and we deal with that every season,” he explained. “It’s sad, isn’t it, that your best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the web?” Read more.