'X Factor' Contestant Drops Pants During Performance, Disgusts Judges (VIDEO)
'The X Factor' (Wed., 8PM ET on FOX) premiere was filled with inspirational stories and impressive vocal performances, but also featured one moment that was considerably less uplifting. A male performer unexpectedly dropped his pants in the middle of a song, disgusting Paula Abdul and everyone else in attendance.As the flasher, who claimed to be a classically trained musician, sang "Let's get nude, don't be a prude," he pulled down his pants. The judges and live audience shrieked in horror, and Paula Abdul walked to a bathroom backstage, feeling sick to her stomach. Simon Cowell could only sit there stone-faced, looking disgusted, as the man sang, "I'm a stud," repeatedly.
After the performance, L.A. Reid chastised the flasher. "That was offensive, disgusting, distasteful, upsetting ... get him out of the building, please."
The show decided to air the moment, and blurred out the man's privates with a big X. Oddly enough, no security dragged the man off-stage, so his no-bottoms performance continued uninterrupted for several minutes. If 'The X Factor' was looking for a cringe-worthy "William Hung" type moment to get people talking, it found one, no pun intended.
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