ABOVE:: interview segment where American Idol Season 2 finalist Corey Clark sets the record straight about his 2002 arrest.
On Sunday, May 18, 2014, we got together for a video interview with Corey Clark, the American Idol finalist from Season 2 who was dismissed from the show as announced on the April 1, 2003 broadcast. Mr. Clark and nine other ex-Idol hopefuls have a pending lawsuit filed in Federal Court in New York City against American Idol Productions among other defendants. Mr. Clark has stated that he has proof that the show has been discriminatory against African-American contestants and is seeking legal redress.
Our interview with Mr. Clark went approximately five hours, and we will be putting the video footage online over the next several days. For now, here's a segment of the interview in which Mr. Clark talks in full detail about his arrest in October 2002 that led to his dismissal from American Idol more than five months later. It is fair to say that the fallout from this pivotal event in Mr. Clark's life still affects him to this day.
Think you've heard it all? Think you know all the details? Don't answer until you've heard Corey Clark tell his story in his own words. Note that the footage is uncensored for language, and in certain brief instances, there will be language that could be considered Not Safe for Work.
During the course of the interview, Mr. Clark talks about several people who were involved in the events he describes. In the interest of getting all sides to the story, anyone mentioned who would like to interview with us to tell his or her side can contact us at
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For those experiencing long buffering times, you can listen to the interview in audio-only format:
1st INTERVIEW: May 18, 2014
Part i:
Part II:
Part III:
Part IV:
2nd INTERVIEW: October 26, 2014
full interview:
3rd INTERVIEW: November 25, 2014
full interview:
Corey Clark: Unfiltered, Part I (approx. 91 min)
Corey Clark: Unfiltered, Part II (approx. 58 min)
In Part I, Mr. Clark discusses the American Idol audition process, how Simon Cowell affected his decision to continue his career in music, his 2002 arrest, the charges being dismissed then mysteriously reinstated, The Smoking Gun, his dismissal from American Idol, and being blacklisted from the music industry.
In Part II, Mr. Clark discusses The Book Deal That Wasn't, his 2005 interview with ABC, Paula Abdul, the discovery of new facts that cast old beliefs in a new light, and goes in-depth about his current lawsuit against American Idol Productions and other defendants.
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Corey Clark: Unfiltered, Part 3 (approx. 51 min)
In Part III, Mr. Clark discusses the legal and strategic underpinnings of his lawsuit, talks more about Paula Abdul and his reasons for embarking on the alleged affair, and gives his honest--and shocking-- thoughts about Simon Cowell, Paula, and Randy Jackson. He called Randy a ...what?!
In this interview:
• Corey spills the behind-the-scenes details about his American Idol audition process.
• Corey talks about the Smoking Gun website article that led to his dismissal including a shocking revelation about what American Idol knew concerning Corey's legal situation before the article came out and what Corey says Idol did with that information.
• Corey discusses his post-Idol career and his contention that he was blacklisted from the music industry.
• What really happened between Corey Clark and Paula Abdul?
• Corey talks about his showbiz experiences before Idol including his days with R&B star Ne-Yo.
• Corey goes into great detail about his lawsuit against Idol and discusses the evidence he was able to obtain to bolster his case.
• How will this case affect the American Idol judges? Will any judges, past or present, be named as defendants or have to give testimony?
• What does Corey really think about Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul?
• Corey discusses his feelings of race relations and racial equality not only as it concerns American Idol, but how he sees things in the larger society.
• And much, much more!
To keep in touch with Corey Clark or to check out his music, we provide the following links:
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