Chris Daughtry misquoted by Rolling Stones on Idol
Apparently Chris Daughtry was misquoted by Rolling Stone on what he said about American Idol in their recent interview.
After the media began bashing Daughtry, the producer for Idol told Rolling Stone that Daughtry had called to apologize and said that he was “misquoted or taken out of context.”
Rolling Stone later, added the interview transcript and audio from their phone conversation.
Click Here to view the interview transcript and audio from the phone conversation between Daughtry and Rolling Stone.
Meanwhile, Daughtry posted the following on his official blog to clear things up.
“I’m, I’m, I’m, I’m…..Just being honest!
It’s so sad that when you’re asked something and you answer honestly….you’re made out to be the bad guy. Yes, I’m referring to the Rolling Stone post. The funny thing is, if you heard the whole conversation you would’ve heard all the good things I said about the show as well. Like for instance: How it’s an amazing platform to launch a career…..”If you take it seriously!!!!” Let’s not forget I was a struggling artist for 11 years that never got any respect or notoriety so know that I’m eternally grateful for the opportunity that Idol gave me. And that’s where my comments came from. It all started when the interviewer (who was great by the way) asked me where the “Idol stigma everyone talks about” comes from. Ya know….the reason people never take anyone from the show serious in the real world and why people say “oh they came from AI, they’re not real artists.” So, I answered that I don’t feel that enough “artists” try out for the show because of how many people they focus on that are obviously there for comedic and entertainment value. And when you focus enough on people that aren’t serious about it then it’s hard for the audience to take you as an artist serious. And it’s also hard as a potential contestant to think it’s a good way to get seen because you’re afraid of being made a joke of. I also said I think it’s AWESOME that they are letting the contestants play their own instruments and that I feel that will show something in the contestants that people (the audience) never get to see….but that wasn’t printed. My long winded point is this….I was never trying to “DISS” the show or “BITE THE HAND THAT FED ME” so to speak. I was simply giving my input on what I think would spice the show up a bit.
Sorry for being honest. God bless!-Chris”
Shame on Rolling Stone!
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EXACTLY…SHAME ON ROLLING STONE. I GUESS THEY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO BUT TO TWIST AN INTERVIEW TO TRY AND MAKE THE INTERVIEWEE LOOK BAD. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, WE STILL LIVE IN AMERICA AND UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OR HER OPINION WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL. AND LETS FACE IT, CHRIS GAVE HIS OPINION HONESTLY AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN THINKING IT ANYWAY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS CHRIS DAUGHTRY AND HIS HONESTY!
He wasn’t misquoted by Rolling Stone. The complete article is posted on their site. He just opened his mouth and inserted his foot.
Yeah, shame on Rolling Stone for cleaning up the audio transcript and making Chris sound more intelligent by deleting a billion “likes” and “you knows”. He said what he said. I don’t actually disagree with him that much, but don’t try to say they “misquoted” you. Just own up to it.