Is Simon Cowell Jealous of Ryan Seacrest??

Posted by Chrissie on August 19th, 2008 filed in American Idol

For any American Idol fan, Ryan Seacrest is a household name, and during the AI season, is said and repeated several times weekly. Since his exposure on American Idol, Ryan has gone on to do a huge amount of work in the entertainment industry and has been very successful in entertainment news, and in the production of many hit reality shows for the stars such as ‘Denise Richards: It’s Complicated’.

It is no secret that Ryan’s career has skyrocketed in lightyears, all thanks to American Idol, and sources are now saying that this ‘overnight fame’ has caused some eyes to go green with envy for Simon Cowell. Ryan says he enjoys a healthy competitive relationship with Simon, but Simon on the other hand, is said to be not so pleased with how things are faring for Ryan these days…

Ryan says: “If anything in my life is positive in terms of business, Simon actually feels a pain in his stomach or his side. If we’re in a restaurant Simon will get up and walk outside. He doesn’t want to hear it. He does not want to be around if a good phone call comes in.”

Ryan has also been the victim of incessant gay jokes during the judging of American Idol, but says he’s not bothered by it. In fact, he encourages it, no publicity is bad, right? He says ‘I’m short, I’m fat, I’m tanned…I don’t mind at all.”

(Who told Ryan Seacrest he was fat though I wonder??)

In the end, Ryan is a workaholic because he loves what he does. He’s worked very hard to build his own media empire with production contracts with E! Entertainment news television network, KIIS FM radio, and his work on American Idol. His Idol work alone in fact brings him some hefty bacon to the tune of 13.3 million a year.

His secret? Hard work, and being in the right place at the right time, with the willingness to put in the time and energy to get what you want. And as for Simon, Ryan says pffttt.

Is Simon Cowell really jealous of Ryan? What do you think? I find it hard to catch this one…Simon is an industry name and a mogul in his own right, probably even bigger than Ryan at this point. But you know, green eyed monsters have been found in weirder corners as well…..

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