American Idol Apologizes to Mark Mudd
Mark Mudd auditioned on American Idol in Louisville, Kentucky, and sang a George Jones song called White Lightning. From the start the judges all prejudged Mark, and made comments that showed their obvious lack of understanding for his southern culture. After the judges gave Mark the thumbs down left with the following comment:
"Be careful in whatever you do."
Paula Abdul immediately shot back:
"Is that a threat?"
Whoa! Simmer down Paula. It’s just southern slang, and it’s meant to mean something like "take care."
After American Idol realized how offended southerners might be they issued the following apology:
"We apologize to any viewers who were offended by the misinterpretation of the contestant’s comment to "be careful" upon completion of his audition in Louisville, KY. Our visits to audition cities are relatively brief and sometimes regional greetings and salutations are lost in translation. We had not heard that phrase from any other contestants during the day, so it took everyone by surprise. We now know better and look forward to visiting Louisville again someday."
The judges might also apologize for mocking Mudd as he walked into the room. It’s obvious they saw him as white trash, and prejudged him before he even opened his mouth. Sad.
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heres what really happened:
GUY: be careful
simon: that was a threat
paula. yeah, that was a threat. etc etc
simon was the first person to say it was a threat but as usual in All the media stories, the focus is on paula. most stories dont even mention that simon also said the threat thing and that he said it Before her!
Simon was the first person to ask him if it was a threat. Paula only said it after simon did. and kara seemed scared too. and honestly, can you blame paula? we all know whats happened between her and psycho contestants!
I’m from KY and it is a common expression. If I’m leaving work I tell my co-worker to be careful quite often, especially if I know she is traveling a lot.
I hate the fact that no matter what we do, they will always try to find a way to stereotype KY and make us all look bad. It’s sad that that type of prejudice is still considered acceptable when racism and sexism are so highly fought against. Who is standing up for the “mountain folk” and why is it okay to make fun of them?
There was no misunderstanding! The judges are just ignorant. I am from the south and it is a very normal comment. I feel sorry for the guy!
asian girl from texas – i say be careful on a daily basis.
those judges obviously said out of ignorance.