Idol Dad Banned From Rehearsals

Posted by chrissie on May 13th, 2008 filed in American Idol

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes? Or how the parents are really handling all of this newfound fame and glory for their kids? We never really hear about any of the real life stuff unless someone’s made a sex tape, been a former porn star, gotten arrested, or has a rap sheet.

So, this year, and only just recently, things have gotten a little heated in the backstage scenes of American Idol.David Archuleta apparently has a stage dad from hell, and the Idol producers are NOT happy. Last week, David’s dad was seen yelling at David to the point of reducing David to tears, and producers quickly learned that this stage dad had control issues that were less than appropriate for the already tense set of American Idol.

David’s dad, Jeff crossed the line by insisting that David change the lyrics to ‘Stand by Me’. The change was to include a verse from Sean Kingston’s ‘Beautiful Girls’ and because copyrights need to be purchased for every song performed, Idol producers were racking up some bills as a result.

They put their foot down, Jeff got irate, and he’s facing some consequences. The Associated Press is reporting now that Jeff Archuleta, David’s dad, has now been banned from any Idol rehearsals. Jeff will not be allowed to help David prepare for the show’s performances, which for David, the producers are thinking it may be a good thing.

At this point however, both Fox and the Archuleta’s aren’t commenting, so everyone is just pretending it all didn’t happen I guess.

Now David will be able to perform without the added stress, but will this help him or hurt him? Well, we will know this week, won’t we?

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