Simon Cowell Warned By Execs About Gay Jokes

American Idol execs reportedly telling Cowell & Seacrest to respect their new co-star.

Ellen DeGeneres is bringing on a season of change on American Idol. Now that we've figured out where she's going to be sitting on the judges' panel, it's time to look at the moral implications of her arrival.

It's reported that Fox execs are making that exact consideration. Apparently they've told Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest to close the curtain on their homosexual banter-teasing. Cowell's said to the one who first started picking on Seacrest, and the host has taken the abuse well. But now a Fox insider has shared the following: “With an openly gay woman coming on board, an effort is being made to make her feel welcome... Simon’s been told, and to a lesser extent Ryan too, that the act is played out anyway, so no more ribbing each other about being gay. The Idol bosses don’t want it.”

It's said many of the execs found the teasing offensive, especially because the show has a large following of young children. Simon Fuller, Idol's executive producer, is said to be the one with the biggest beef of all.

Meanwhile Idol star Adam Lambert is quelching rumors of his boyfriend breakup in a very interesting display...read about it here.