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The mother of tin-eared American Idol crooner John Stevens is coming to her son's defense. According to Entertainment Tonight, Lynn Stevens went to Idol producers after she heard a radio deejay tell his listeners not to worry about John because, at his first concert, "somebody will take him out." That prompted Idol exec producer Nigel Lythgoe to do a little PR for the poor fella. "I can't believe, really, what's happening to America," he told ET. "This 16-year-old came on this show and bought into the fact that if you like him, you pick up a telephone and vote for him. He, nor his family, ever bought into the fact that America would turn like this on somebody. And it's totally unfair." Speaking of unfair...
The mother of tin-eared American Idol crooner John Stevens is coming to her son's defense. According to Entertainment Tonight, Lynn Stevens went to Idol producers after she heard a radio deejay tell his listeners not to worry about John because, at his first concert, "somebody will take him out." That prompted Idol exec producer Nigel Lythgoe to do a little PR for the poor fella. "I can't believe, really, what's happening to America," he told ET. "This 16-year-old came on this show and bought into the fact that if you like him, you pick up a telephone and vote for him. He, nor his family, ever bought into the fact that America would turn like this on somebody. And it's totally unfair." Speaking of unfair...