Quentin Alexander Says “American Idol Situation is Wack” and Harry Connick, Jr Reacts

On American Idol 2015 top 7 performance episode night, April 15, 2015, Quentin Alexander was upset over the bottom two. He said, “Two of the best singers in the competition are left…this is wack.” Judge Harry Connick, Jr did not like the comment and called Quentin’s remarks “highly disrespectful.” Quentin approached the judges table and explained that he was not criticizing the show but the situation.

“What’s wack? It’s a competition!”

Quentin was glad that he was able to explain what he meant when he said “wack.”

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Watch the video below (His comments starts around the 3:45 mark):

Update: This is what Quentin told Billboard about the incident on Idol live show last night.

“I want to clarify: I wasn’t disrespectful with anyone. It was me being honest with the moment and honest with myself and honest with everyone else. I love Harry Connick Jr. I would never disrespect this man that gave me this opportunity. It was just a conversation that was aired on TV. No negativity, no hard feelings. We shook hands [afterwards] and I hope that he is not feeling any bad things. My intention was not to disrespect him. We all know that I have those eyes. And everything goes through my eyes. And it looked like I was going to go punch him, but I would never do that. I respect him too much.”

“If I could re-do the night, I wouldn’t do anything differently,” said Alexander. “I wouldn’t change anything about my performances, I wouldn’t change that moment with Harry because ultimately, it is the real. It’s a reality television show. The truth is it was real emotions — real feelings, real relationships… That was a real moment for myself as well as the world. For me, it felt like my family was being ripped apart. It hurt. So for me to go back and change and put on a façade and paint on a smile, that would be disrespectful to myself and to America [because I would be] lying.”