American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres is looking back over her first year on the hit reality show – and has vowed to be more mean next year.
The chatshow host joined the Idol panel of judges after Paula Abdul quit, but Ellen came under fire early on in the season from critics saying she was ‘too soft’ on the contestants.
So now with Simon Cowell also quitting the show, Ellen has vowed to be a ‘little harder’ on the wannabe singers.
She told USA Today: “Your first year anywhere is going to be tough, because you’re trying to figure out what your role is.
“I think next year my role will be to be exactly who I am, sometimes funny and sometimes serious, and I think I’ll probably learn to be a little harder on people without being rude.
“But I think it was a fine line for me to walk this year.
“It’s always been Simon’s show. There’s a whole dynamic there. You want to be respectful, and it was his last year, and so a lot was going on that needed to happen.
“I think next year will be a different year. No one can replace Simon, just like I wasn’t replacing Paula.”
Source: Splash News