Simon Didn't Vote Off Archuleta's Dad

Jeff Archuleta did plenty of things to get himself banned from "Idol" -- but piss off Simon Cowell wasn't one of them.


We asked the "A.I." judge what he thought about David's stage dad from hell -- but for once Simon had nothing but nice things to say.

As TMZ first reported, Jeff is "banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs." He will be allowed to sit in the audience during the live show, but he's 86'd from anything backstage.



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1. So all the TMZ haters were WRONG? Hmmmph.

Posted at 11:12AM on May 10th 2008 by what evah!!!

2. Well....and there you have it!

Posted at 11:13AM on May 10th 2008 by WTF

3. WHO CARES, WHAT A BUNCH NO NEWS!!

Posted at 11:17AM on May 10th 2008 by NUMbnuts

4. how come there is no hot girls left in AI? there was a couple left but they got voted off...

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Posted at 11:21AM on May 10th 2008 by serge

5. Dad should have been banned weeks ago for wearing that stupid cap!

Posted at 11:33AM on May 10th 2008 by raven

6. Go simon! His mom is cute too! ok, well TMZ, please stop trying to find dirt on this poor kid. What has he ever done to deserve all this media BS? It was like you were desperately trying to get dirt on him with those questions, and you failed miserably. Please, act human once in a while...

Posted at 11:39AM on May 10th 2008 by jill

7. This is really funny.....

I always thought Simon was a big a$$hole and that he thought he was the $hit but he stopped and talked to these looser reports for longer than most would have.....

Even with the "just one more question" being said like four or five times, he still answered all the paps questions and didn't tell them to go f**k themselves as I would have been if I was out with my man and my mum....

Wow thanx TMZ for showing me that he isn't the arrogant, self righteous, a$$ that I thought he was.

Posted at 11:41AM on May 10th 2008 by The Princess

8. Simon is in so total control of everything. He is a genius.

Posted at 11:41AM on May 10th 2008 by chicken stripper

9. Serge...are you retarded? If not you are a total F$^&^$G JERK AND FIRST CLASS A**HOLE

Posted at 12:09PM on May 10th 2008 by WTF

10. GO BACK TO ENGLAND

Posted at 12:35PM on May 10th 2008 by jojo

11. yea exactly ... i don't get why if you hate TMZ .. why post here! so the story WAS true ...

i love you Simon ... you're hilarious :)

Posted at 12:41PM on May 10th 2008 by raven

12. What hot girls got voted off? Brooke? no way is she hot

oh yes the other cute country singer one was

Posted at 1:14PM on May 10th 2008 by Mack

13. "THE CRUSHER" go David Archuleta....

Posted at 1:25PM on May 10th 2008 by MEKO

14. Hey guys, Tell me why TMZ is so obsessed about David Archuleta's Dad? I cannot see why and how Jeff Archuleta could turn you guys on like crazy! Is he really that hot?

Posted at 1:34PM on May 10th 2008 by sam

15. David A stinks. His voice is nice NOT GREAT like AI wants us to believe but he is the biggest phony I have ever seen. I hope he doesn't win. Then again, if he does it will be just like Taylor Hicks. A nobody. David Cook is the best-he shoul dhope to get voted off like Chris Daughtry. THen there are no ties to AI. David A will sell to little girls only and he isn't even cute. Just a phony phony phony.

Posted at 2:11PM on May 10th 2008 by reallyirked

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