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Clay Aiken Disses ‘American Idol’ Judges: Stop Being So NICE!

Clay Aiken openly disses the current generation of American Idol judges, waxing nostalgic to back when the panel was much meaner.

(Photo Credit: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Politico) “I mean we could save so much time,” Aiken suggested, recommending that the series cut empty praise from the panel of judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood. (Photo Credit: Mike Windle/Getty Images for The Hollywood Christmas Parade)“I grew from the criticisms — many of them not all of them,” admitted Clay Aiken. (Photo Credit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) “I realized that I could do more to improve people’s lives by singing than I ever was going to be able to do in in the political world,” Clay Aiken claimed, promoting his Christmas album with an absurd line.

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