Victoria Beckham made her much-anticipated guest appearance on American Idol this week and managed to hold her own against Simon Cowell – but critics weren’t impressed.
Posh was brought in as one of a few guest judges who filled Paula’s slot during the audition stages and actually contributed well to the panel, even giving Simon some stick at one point.
When Simon branded one performer’s audition ‘dull’ during Wednesday night’s broadcast, Victoria was quick to disagree, and then told Simon off for rolling his eyes.
She scolded him: “Why do you do that?’ He said: ‘Do what?’ She replied: ‘That thing where you roll your eyes. It takes so much nerve to stand there and do that.”
But fashion designer Posh’s appearance didn’t win her any fans and I’ve got to say I half agree. On the second day of auditions in Boston her navy dress was classy and her hair looked cute, but on day one, her dodgy lace headband was a BIG fashion faux pas. And what’s with the overly made-up, tanorexic look? She made sun-worshipping Simon look pale and wan.
New York paper, The Village Voice, called her face “too crazy for the close-up” while the LA Times said her “gaunt appearance was so off-putting it might have cost her the slot that Ellen DeGeneres eventually won”. Harsh, but her arms were so skinny you just wanted to force-feed her a burger. Vickie B did, however, bond well with fellow female judge Kara DioGuardi and they both took a shine to one of the charming male auditionees and told another off for being rude.
They even had a laugh together when one hopeful identified Posh as “David Beckham’s wife”.
Kara giggled to Victoria: ‘That’s all you are honey, sorry’.
Needless to say, that auditionee received a resounding NO.
