Rachel Crow says a report published by TMZ is false–Nicole Scherzinger did not engage in a thirty-minute crying session after the teenage singer’s surprise elimination on Thursday’s “The X Factor.”
Rather, she cried for an hour and a half.
Crow confirmed to reporters on a media call that Scherzinger was “devastated” by the outcome, which saw Crow eliminated after Nicole, unwilling to be the one to send Marcus Canty home, voted to bring the results to “Deadlock.”
Deadlock means that the contestant who received the lowest number of votes goes home, and as Marcus Canty received more support than Rachel Crow, he survived a third trip to the bottom group.
Crow, however, demonstrated immense optimism on the call, noting that she holds no ill-will towards Scherzinger–or any of the judges–over what happened during a very emotional results show.
That respect for the judges indeed extends to Antonio “LA” Reid. Though some felt LA’s mention of Rachel’s rumored Hollywood interest was a tactic to “sabotage” her by suggesting she didn’t need votes from “X Factor” viewers, she believes he is a “very nice man” who likely just wanted to bring up evidence of there being real excitement in her ability.
And though she opted to go with her own song choices–rather than Simon’s–this week, she did not have any negative words to share about her mentor.