Simon Cowell Learns To Deal With TV Seeking Goofsters

Simon Cowell tells the New York Post that he was ready for goofsters going to auditions just so they could make fools of themselves and get on national TV for a second season of ‘American Idol’. “One guy came in and he just had a look on his face and I knew what he was up to,” says Cowell. “He did this terrible audition, looked at me in anticipation and I said, ‘Actually, you’re very good.’ He went, ‘What?!’ I said, ‘I don’t think you understand. You actually have a talent.’ He said, ‘Are you serious?’ I said, ‘I’m totally serious. I don’t know why you’re playing the fool because you’re very, very good and I think you have a career.’ ” Cowell laughs. “He was completely and utterly stumped.”