You Think Simon Cowell Is Cold Hearted? Think Again

Adding insult to injury, the lame excuse which followed, courtesy of the mind[less] you will only find on the Fox network:

"Look, in his defense, Simon felt Chris was cynically deflecting his criticism," a FOX executive explained. "It was unfortunate... he clearly was unaware the camera was on him when he rolled his eyes, and he was hardly making a rude gesture to the victims."