“After awhile, you start to go on automatic pilot. And there were too many times, Oprah, where I was sitting there bored, and I thought, ‘[At] the end of the day, the audience doesn’t tune in to watch me being bored. They deserve more than that. But I can’t hide it when I’m bored. I just can’t fake it.’”

-Simon Cowell explaining to Oprah Winfrey why he’s ready to walk away from American Idol despite the show’s success.

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