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"Ellen DeGeneres jokes that she&amp;apos;s to blame for Simon Cowell quitting American Idol.&amp;quot;He announced he&amp;apos;s leaving on my first day!&amp;quot; the new judge says in an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to air Tuesday. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m trying not to take it personally.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDeGeneres continues, &amp;quot;But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he&amp;apos;s made the show what it is. He&amp;apos;s a huge part of that show but he wanted a change.&amp;quot;I wish him all the luck in the world hosting The Tonight Show,&amp;quot; she quips.\r\nCheck out Paula Abdul&amp;apos;s wackiest outfits of all timeCowell announced Monday that the 9th season -- which debuts Tuesday on Fox -- would be his last. He plans to focus on bringing his UK hit The X Factor stateside.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I felt like doing something different,&amp;quot; Cowell explained at Fox&amp;apos;s Winter Television Critics&amp;apos; Association press event in Pasadena, Calif. &amp;quot;I want to leave Idol this year bigger and better than it&amp;apos;s been before.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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