Simon Cowell mocked for cringe Jennifer Hudson…
The decide is being judged.
Simon Cowell was ruthlessly mocked online for how he walked through the well-known “Spirit Tunnel” on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
Before his sit-down interview with the host, Cowell, 65, ventured down the hallway while surrounded by Hudson’s crew members, who sang about Cowell to the tune of “The Greatest Showman.”
Simon Cowell goes through the “Spirit Tunnel” on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
Simon Cowell awkwardly claps in the “Spirit Tunnel.”
Simon Cowell was mocked for his look on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
The former “American Idol” decide awkwardly clapped his arms and smiled as he made his manner down the hall.
Once he reached the end of the hallway, Cowell turned back to the crew and said, “Can I do that again?”
Simon Cowell surrounded by the “Jennifer Hudson Show” crew.
Simon Cowell will get through the “Spirit Tunnel.”
At the start of the interview, Cowell gushed that he “absolutely loved” going through the “Spirit Tunnel.”
“I asked where you came up with the idea, and they told me the idea. It’s like the best way of coming on the show, seriously, I’ve ever done in my life,” Cowell told the “American Idol” alum, before asking Hudson if he can “steal” the idea for “America’s Got Talent.”
Simon Cowell on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
Simon Cowell and Jennifer Hudson.
“If you invite us to do it for you,” Hudson replied, which Cowell agreed to.
“I think it’s brilliant,” the British TV character added. “It’s seriously brilliant. I want to do it twice. I might do it on the way back.”
Simon Cowell seems on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
While Cowell loved the “Spirit Tunnel,” social media critics had been less impressed with how he acted in the hallway.
“Is this his first time clapping? Why is he clapping like that?😂,” one individual commented on the speak show’s Instagram clip of Cowell’s entrance.
“He’s judged music for over a decade and somehow never found out how to clap on beat 😳,” another fan wrote.
Simon Cowell on “America’s Got Talent” Season 20. Trae Patton/NBC via Getty Images
“I love you down Simon…. But you only mean from the shoulders up,” a different individual said.
A fourth viewer remarked, “I think we just seen Simon Cowell nervous for the first time in history.”
“This changes completely how I see Simon. He’s not so scary anymore. Lol,” another remark read.
“AI Simon Cowell,” another person wrote.
“This so cringe,” a different fan added.
Simon Cowell after the “American Idol” finals at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood in 2002. Amanda Edwards/Splash News
Simon Cowell attends “America’s Got Talent” Season 16 in Aug. 2021. WireImage
Others, however, defended Cowell and identified that he broke his back in an e-bike accident in 2020 and had to bear a six-hour surgical procedure.
“It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn’t have been able to walk,” he told “Extra” in Feb. 2021.
“I knew I’d broken my back the minute I landed,” Cowell added, “it was really, really kind of sudden and it hurt.”
Simon Cowell driving his e-bike in Los Angeles on September 19, 2025. BACKGRID
In a separate interview with People at the time, Cowell said he struggled with the “helplessness” during his recovery period.
“I’ve never been in this situation in my life where you literally can’t move. The pain was off the charts,” he explained. “But you’ve got to stay positive… I made a promise to myself I’d be fitter than I was before I had the accident. Sure enough, that’s what happened.”
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