The reports that Howard Stern is being considered as a replacement for Simon Cowell on American Idol initially sounded like idle Hollywood chatter, but. … people are with Idol, it probably wouldn’t be too hard to get enough interested parties to donate Stern’s salary. That way he works for four months, cuts loose, and we will never have to deal with the possibility of finding another Clay Aiken or Chris Daughtry again. [Rolling Stone]. HOWARD STERN , SIMON COWELL …

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