Open mouth. Insert foot?

Mar 18, 2008- Permalink

I’m pretty sure that Kristy Lee Cook wasn’t planning to say anything raunchy to American Idol judge Simon Cowell when she said that, if she stuck around another week, “I can blow you out of your socks and you know it.”

Simon for once was speechless and tactful, while fellow AI judge Randy Jackson immediately went “Whoa, whoa!” and suggested that host Ryan Seacrest not go there. Seacrest was doing his best not to laugh, his voice cracking as he went on, while Paula Abdul had the possibilities of the phrase fly over her head, adding, “Aim for that. Blow him out of his socks.”

Cowell, grinning ear to ear, managed to stay quiet, while Seacrest finally ventured that, “It’s hot! Turn on the air, Debbie!”

A great live TV moment that hit the border of family TV but didn’t cross it, but the big question is whether FOX’s Standards & Practices people will snip it out for the West Coast airing.

Of course, Cook’s online bio on the Idol site says her favorite quote is: “Rope it, ride it, wrestle it, cowgirl it.” I bet.