The 51-year-old talk show host and stand-up comic should have turned down the American Idol offer. DeGeneres is a gazillionaire thanks to her talk show and residuals from her situation comedies -- she doesn't need the extra income. The American Idol producers should have chosen an up-an-comer as the new judge.

I agree that Ellen DeGeneres won't have any problem being tough, it's almost impossible for a stand-up comic to be a nice person. Rosie O'Donnell was proclaimed as the "Queen of Nice" when she had her talk show, but she turned out to be one of the most vicious women on the face of the Earth.

The problem isn't that DeGeneres won't be tough enough, the problem is that she will be too preoccupied trying to be funny.

DeGeneres will be an unqualified disaster as a judge on American Idol, she's awkard and will have a difficult time interacting with the other judges.

American Idol fans should demand that DeGeneres be booted from the popular show.
Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.