Mum’s the word about Ryan Seacrest’s Twitter spoiler, as ‘American Idol’ ratings drop

It's been 17 hours since Ryan Seacrest spoiled the outcome of last night's "American Idol" elimination for the West Coast. (Nice knowin' ya, Lacey!)

His actions, at least, ignited a Twitter revolt, and at most, sunk ratings for the show to an all-time low. Of course, for "Idol" that means 20 million viewers still tuned in to watch someone get the boot, a bigger audience than anything else on Wednesday night.

Despite fan outrage, and having possibly sunk ratings, Seacrest didn't mention his rather large snafu on his morning radio show Thursday, nor has he tweeted an apology.

When asked about the incident, reps for Fox, 19 Entertainment and "Idol's" producers responded only with a "no comment." Seacrest's personal reps won't return our e-mails at all. Apparently, everyone is pretending it never happened.

At the same time, Seacrest was only too happy to talk up his faux feud with Simon Cowell on his radio show. (Their yawn-inducing head-butting sunk Simon to an all-time low in our "American Idol" judge power rankings this week.)

"Just for the record, it's all part of the show," Seacrest said. "We went to dinner last night. And I paid."

Yeah, thanks for the news flash, Ryan.

– Denise Martin

Photo credit: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

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