Was Jeff Archuleta Banned from Idol for Trying to Make a Side Deal?

Posted by thefunnystone on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 3:15 PM EDT
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We told you last week that Jeff Archuleta had been banned from backstage at Idol for various reasons, including TMZ's story that he cost the show lots of money when he changed some lyrics to son David Archuleta's song. The National Ledger now reports that the last straw that got Stage Dad from Hell banned was the fact that he tried to make a side deal with one of Idol's sponsors while they were on a video shoot. Apparently, Jeff may have tried to get an endorsement deal for David and harassed the sponsors. Sounds like Ford to us, as that's the only video shoot the contestants do each week. Could David be a Ford spokesperson? It'd be nothing like Syesha, the Ford ringer this year. Besides, David probably can't reach the pedals yet. Also, in the commercials, they might not like the awkward gasping.

jasoncastro
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 3:27 PM Reply with quote
Location: California

I, for one, am extremely glad that Mr. "Stage Dad from Hell" Archuleta has been banned.

Thanks for the info on this story.

David St Hubbins
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 3:45 PM Reply with quote
Location: Dickville, Vaginia

Yeah that'd be a great ad- (AND...ACTION! GO DAVID!) "Hi, heh heh... I'm David, uh, Archuleta, and..gasp..heh...um...

(CUT! C'MON DAVID! LET'S GET THIS RIGHT SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME. ARCHULETA FORD F-150 AD, TAKE 39. AND... GO!)

"Um...Hi, I'm, uh, David, heh heh..."

(CUT! GOD DAMMIT, YOU FUCKING MIDGET! TAKE 40, AND... ACTION!)

Hi, I'm David Archuleta and... well... heh heh heh...gasp..."

(CUT! NEVER MIND. THAT'S A RAP PEOPLE!)

jman987654
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 3:50 PM Reply with quote
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Someone needs to move to Utah and specialize in psychiatric care for Bullied Show-Biz Children... I think David is going to seriously need it before too much longer. I'm not at all surprised that he looks more and more like he's getting ready to crack from all the pressure, it probably explains whey he cried so much over seeing cheerleaders show up when he went home... because they get to have fun and be normal while HE prolly has to worry about being denied sustenance for forgetting lyrics or refusing to interject popular contemporary lyrics into the severely boring dreck he is forced to sing weeks after week. If ever there was candidate for the karmic justice of contracting some kind of horribly painful but ultimately non-life-threatening disease, I'd say that Jeff Archuleta fits the bill (but then again... so do Nigel and Simon and Simon and Randy and Paula and Ryan).

love, J-Mo :)

swab29
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 3:55 PM Reply with quote
Location: Salt Lake City

Oh man i just saw a commercial for the Tuesday show. "Watch the final showdown with Double D!"

Wait what...?

Did they not realize what other thing in the universe uses that term? Yeah I cannot wait to check out Double D's on this tuesdays show, maybe it will be more interesting than Cook and Archuleta!

Mulishass
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 4:02 PM Reply with quote
Location: The Sticks

Swab29... AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

CastorTroy
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 4:08 PM Reply with quote

Maybe he can play a crash test dummy.

hyperVen5
Posted: 5/17/2008 at 4:57 PM Reply with quote
Location: somewhere only we know

How about do a commercial about FATHER-SON bonding while taking a road trip in a car, then they argue, the get hit by a truck, but miraculously, only the car didn't get injured. The magic of Ford.

Kinda found it funny when they delivered the results in final 3 round, the stage parents were dramatizing the whole thing in their facial expressions.

peabody429
Posted: 5/18/2008 at 12:59 AM Reply with quote

"Ummm, H-Hi!!! I'm Starchie! Gosh! Buy a.. gosh, buy a Ford, please? Daddy says I get a bigger cage and more water if you do. Gosh (lick, lick), that would be swell!

"Wanna hear me sing some Elvis? Daddy said it's ok, but I can't move my hips. Whatever that means."

Smartie
Posted: 5/18/2008 at 1:55 AM Reply with quote
Anorexia Face Location: are they ceiling Lauren fat?? :O

I will never look at Sesame Street the same way.......

vikesrule
Posted: 5/18/2008 at 5:26 AM Reply with quote
Location: Baltimore

Since the producers pick the winner, I'm sure they're torn. They need Archuleta to win so they can ensure the tweens that AI is for them. "Two 17 years olds in a row! Keep watching and make mommy and daddy watch too!!" will be their new marketing ploy. But they don't want daddy getting involved in his contract. So, do they go for the other David and try to sell his album as rock, well rock for people who think Josh Grobin rocks.

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