And even after all these years, Simon Cowell thinks Kelly Clarkson, the very first American Idol, is still the best.

Simon Cowell has a few regrets. During an appearance on The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast, Cowell apologized for his famously harsh comments toward contestants when he was a judge on ...

Indeed, the former American Idol judge apologized for how he treated contestants in the early years of the competition series. “I wasn’t trying to be a d--k on purpose,” Simon told The New York Times ...