Ryan on LKL for Idol Gives Back
Ryan was on Larry King Live yesterday with the American Idol judges to talk about this week’s Idol Gives Back and American Idol.
Larry kicked off by asking Ryan about season nine. Ryan threw a question over to Simon, who started laughing, then told Larry that Simon had reached under his seat and adjusted it seconds before air so it dropped to the floor. Ryan explained why the ratings are down, then Simon called him pompous because he doesn’t talk that that in real life, so Ryan asked him why his shirt is open far enough to be embarrassing to the studio.
Larry explained about which charities will benefit from Idol Gives Back and asked Ryan how the idea came about. Ryan said it was Simon Fuller’s idea and it’s raised more than $140 million so far. Ryan and the judges talked a little about the charities, Children’s Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save The Children and the United Nations Foundation, and the different places they’d seen the charities’ work in action.
Ryan explained that the show this week will take place on two stages, one hosted by him and the other Queen Latifah, and listed some of the performers, one of whom is stuck in Europe because Eyjafjallajökull has erupted and closed down air traffic.
The conversation turned to the tension between Ryan and Simon and whether it’s real. Ryan said Simon is a friend, Simon said Ryan is a friend 99% of the time, Kara said they’re like brothers and they love each other, and Larry wanted to know why Simon referred to Ryan as ‘madame’.
Ryan posted a couple of twitpics from the set:
You can read a full transcript of the show on CNN Transcripts
Full set of videos on MJ’s Blog
