Poking his head up out of the hole in the ground in which he’s been living for the past four years, original “American Idol” co-host (and frequent Entertainment Weekly Hot Sheet whipping boy) Brian Dunkleman admitted recently that walking away from the ratings Goliath might not have been the most savvy career move in history.
Gosh, ya think?!
Dunkleman goes on to stress that it was his own decision to leave the show (i.e., he says he wasn’t fired, though that seems to be the conventional wisdom), and that he aspired to be a performer, rather than someone who merely introduced other performers. Still, his skin must go just a wee bit green every time he hears Ryan Seacrest on the radio, sees Ryan’s giant grinning mug on LA-area billboards, tunes in to E! or New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, or goes shopping for outrageously metrosexual fashions at Nordstrom.
On the bright side, with the new, older age limit for American Idol, there might just be room for Dunkleman on next year’s show…if he starts practicing his “I Will Survive” cover tomorrow, and puts in a groveling phone call to Seacrest to reserve a spot in the auditions.
