Rick the guy who called out Howard and how bad AGT was today was outstanding! Starts off by saying old school Howard would of ripped this show a new one, how phoney it is, how badly produced it is, and how scripted it is, how acts are set up to fail Just basically got Howard to fess up that the show acts are produced and what the acts will do is determined by the producers of AGT and how is that a talent show if they dictate what talent is seen You could just hear Howard fuming as the call went on, someone got an ass reaming over that In the end the best, again, was Rick just saying how old school Howard would of railed this show. Old school Howard died especially against Nick Cannon. He used to make fun of his phonetics for hours when he first started on the show and how he got the job. New school Howard, they are bestest of friends
Either that or Howard let it happen as a passive aggressive way to rip on AGT. To show that he's too cool to be part of that show. Yeah, Howard, too cool after doing it for 4 fucking years and going full retard with the bullshit about what a great show it is.
Didn't hear the call, obviously, but I wouldn't be surprised if Howard actively encourages negative AGT calls from here on out. Why not? He's fired.
That's what will tell if this was something which pissed Howard off or he let happen. If he didn't like it, it'd be gone from the replays.
The call was likely staged. Nothing on the stern show these days is spontaneous or real and everything is scripted and serves the purpose of forwarding an agenda. If anything, this was Howards way of getting back at agt for firing him.
I love how Howard said "Look, at the end of the day, this is a TV show" when Rick accused the show of basically being rigged.
This. There's no way it just "gets thru". Wiggys paving his exit ramp and praying the ratings don't go up at all next season.