Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres Not Talking?

Uh oh!

Many of us are excited to finally see Ellen Degeneres's big American Idol judging debut. But now we're getting word that Ellen and Simon Cowell aren't even on speaking terms! Could this mean a whole lot of tension in Simon's last season as an American Idol judge?

It seems kind of crazy that Ellen Degeneres wouldn't get along with someone. Especially someone who plays such a prominent member of a show Ellen is new to. But allegedly, Ellen is just not happy with Simon and his actions on the show.  According to a source, "Their relationship started poorly but now the situation has escalated."

It seems that Simon Cowell was late to the first taping of American Idol. Not surprising to any of us because we have come to learn that Simon is always late for everything. And we've kind of accepted that he's allowed to be late because the show is basically his. But Ellen doesn't feel this way. One source is saying Simon was an hour and a half late to the first taping, while another source disagrees and says Simon was exactly 14 minutes late.

Anyway, Ellen wasn't impressed by Simon's lateness and the show ended up taping without him. And when he arrived, the tension between the two was very apparent. According to a source, "There's two camps on the show this season... It's a lot more tense than previous seasons. It seems as if Ellen has decided to try to take control since Simon is on his way out and that's created problems."

Do you really think Ellen Degeneres would try to take control of the show on her very first day? I hope these reports are false, because I'm not looking forward to a tension-filled American Idol!