Simon Cowell Thinks Rebecca Black's "Friday" Is "Brilliant"

Rebecca Black doesn't have to worry about any cyberbullying from Simon Cowell.

The X Factor creator counts himself as a fan of the 13-year-old YouTube sensation who's been drawing criticism for the viral hit "Friday," according to EW.

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"Love it!" Cowell says. "I've never seen anything cause so much controversy. I think it's genius. The fact that everyone's getting upset about it is hysterical. Any song to do with the weekend annoys you. It reminds me of 'Saturday Night;' do you remember that [1994] song by Whigfield? It's what we call a 'hair-dryer song,' a song girls sing into their hair dryers as they're getting ready to go out. But the fact that it's making people so angry is brilliant."

As a former judge on American Idol, Cowell is familiar with his occasionally blunt, colorfully phrased comments making people angry.

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Do you agree with Cowell about "Friday"?