Nigel Lythgoe: 'American Idol' exit is sad, but it was time to move on

Nigel Lythgoe said his decision to step down as American Idol's executive producer was a necessary one, but that apparently didn't make the break-up any easier.

"I'm really sad even talking about it," said Lythgoe during a Thursday's broadcast of Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show.

I'm really sad even talking about it," said Lythgoe during a Thursday's broadcast of Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show.

"It is one of those things that's a love of your life that you need to give up, purely and simply because I have to move on and the program has to move on as well. I hope they don't tweak it too much because it's a very simple format and that's the beauty of it."


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