According to Star, Heidi Klum is “ruling the roost” at AGT now that “top dog” Simon Cowell has taken time off to heal from his recent back injury, and that attitude isn’t sitting well with Klum’s fellow judges.
The outlet contended that Klum, who was a fairly recent addition to the panel, is supposed to share “equal billing” with Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara, but “you wouldn’t know it from the way [Klum’s] acting,” a so-called “spy” told the tabloid.
Klum has supposedly been “talking over her fellow judges at meetings, messaging them at all hours with her ideas, and trying to dictate work schedules.” Naturally, Mandel and Vergara find this behavior abrasive, the source insisted.
She’s elbowing Howie and Sofia to the side, and it’s not cool – especially for Howie, who has way more seasons under his belt than she does.
In case it wasn’t already clear, the source added that Mandel was “really bent out of shape,” about it all. The source seemed to believe the only remedy for the judges was to wait with bated breath for the return of Simon Cowell, who would supposedly take back his rightful place as the leader.
“Everyone’s going to have to put up with Heidi’s bossy ways until he returns,” said the source, concluding, “’The sooner the better,’ they say!” Isn’t it strange (and by strange we mean an incredibly common trope in the tabloids) that whenever a woman takes charge in the workplace, she’s supposedly being bossy? Besides, both Sofia Vergara and Howie Mandel seem very capable of handling a strong personality, since they have very strong personalities themselves.