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Executioner Dana Gets Catty The meanest moments from Top Chef guest judge Dana Cowin of Food television’s harshest judges. & Wine Magazine said a dish served up by Piers Season 6’s Laurine Wickett tasted like Gets Personal “cat food.” Miraculously, Laurine wasn’t America’s Got Talent show- eliminated that night, which says more cases a wide variety of acts, but about the value of Cowin’s opinion than occasionally a contestant’s charm out- Wickett’s cooking. Or, maybe Cowin strips their talent. Still, that’s no excuse x/ actually enjoys the taste of Fancy Feast. for Piers Morgan’s attitude towards Mauri- y F o cio Herrera, calling his performance “kind

n o ; J usti n of the cheesiest, disco nonsense.” In Jillian Wants Herrera’s defense, on another episode to Kill You of AGT, Piers called Michael Bublé ttor av n/B Jillian is a known drill cheesy. Maybe he meant it seargeant, so it’s not as a compliment? ; 20 th Cen tur sh N e ws

a shocking that The X ; T r ae Pa Biggest Loser judge has little patience for Heidi’s Rug Burrrn Janice Goes All In contestants not giving Klum is Project Runway’s Fashion’s Queen of Mean, America’s 100%. When a Season insult impressario, with

Gordon ; G r e g Gayne/FO Next Top Model’s Janice Dickinson Goes Off A 6 contestant’s will was critiques that are almost strikes fear into underweight girls wavering, Michaels as sharp as her clothing The heat of the kitchen oven pales with low self-esteem everywhere with informed him that “The style. In Season 8, she in comparison to the temperature of her over-the-top insults. Dickinson only way you’re com- slammed Christopher Gordon Ramsay’s temper, a fact Season 4 saying that an aspiring model resem- ing off this treadmill is Hill’s wrap, calling it contestant Matt learned the hard way when bles “a child prostitute” in a picture if you die on it.” Jillian a “dirty old rug.” Her the Hell’s Kitchen and Michelin-star chef spat out during Season 2 has to take the cake, made her point, but comment was clear, the contestant’s signature dish, proclaiming it though—not that she’d ever eat one. undercut the point of concise and devastat- “one of the worst combinations I’ve tasted in 21 the show altogether. ing; not only did the years of cooking. Piss off, will you?!” In case What good is $250,000 wrap look like unclean anyone missed Ramsay’s point, the chef if you’re dead? carpet. It looked like simon threw the entire plate of food in the N BC; Ba rb a r Nitk e/L if e tim Te l ev isio n; Dean o /S pl L ubi n/ Kay/Rex US clockwis e from l ft : Ken M c Kay/Rex last year’s unclean trash to clear things up. says carpet. Ouch. A list of Simon Cowell’s most memorable insults, ranging from mean to really, really mean.

My only issue with you My advice would be if you There’s as much chance of It sounded like If you would be singing is that I don’t think you want to pursue a career in You have the you being a pop star or a rock cats jumping off like this two thousand have, at the moment, the music business, don’t.” personality of a star as me flying to the moon the Empire State years ago, people would any star quality.” American Idol tomorrow for breakfast.” Building.” have stoned you.” American Idol handle.”The X Factor The X Factor American Idol American Idol

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