Daily Dish - Lumpy the next American Idol?

…as a judge?

It seems that our blobby blue friend has found himself yet another guilty pleasure: American Idol.

Sources close to Lumpy’s Agent have passed on the word that Lumpy is “extremely interested” in becoming the next judge for American Idol and may be in line to be the next guest judge for American Idol after Kristin Chenoweth.

Negotiations with the Fox people have allegedly been underway for some time.

According to a source not so close to Lumpy’s Agent, the major sticking point in the negotiations has been the Fox execs’ concern about how Lumpy would potentially upset the on-air chemistry of the judges on the show.

The recent revelation about the friction between the Lumpster and the RPattz earlier this year on the set of the Twilight sequel may have made the suits over at Fox nervous.

Perhaps they don’t want a repeat performance between their star Simon Cowell and Lumpy? Or could it be that Mr. Cowell has been voicing concerns about being upstaged by Lumpy?

When asked to comment on the situation, Lumpy’s Agent said, “Look, I can’t confirm or deny any of my client’s potential projects at this time. But I can say that Lumpy enjoys watching American Idol and Episode 2 of QuitIt! is coming in September.”

Daily Dish SHOCKER – Da RPattz on da warpath!

First the revelation that Lumpy was allegedly canned from the new Twilight sequel, and now this.

A source close to People Magazine sent us this magazine cover from an issue that was yanked at the last minute by Twilight star Robert Pattinson’s people.

The article in the kiboshed issue focuses on the on set tensions between RPattz and Lumpy, highlighting RPattz’s feelings of insecurity about a new competitive threat to his stardom. A quote from the now unpublished article has him saying, “Look, this Lumpy bloke had the attention of all the girls on the set, including Kristen. You see, that’s f*****g unnatural, them cavorting with some alien from another planet. Is he even vaccinated?”

One of our fans brought to our attention this video, which shows that the RPattz has a rivalry with his former Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe as well. So it looks like Lumpy is not the only victim of RPattz’s jealousy-driven wrath.

Lumpy and his Agent were unavailable for comment. An MNU van stopped by earlier this afternoon at the production office and picked up Lumpy’s Agent for questioning about food replicator operating instructions.

Daily Dish SHOCKER – Lumpy dropped from the Twilight sequel?!

Our celebrity sleuths have uncovered information that Lumpy had a semi-starring role in the Twilight movie sequel New Moon! But the shocking revelation here is that Lumpy’s role in the film is now on the cutting floor!!

According to sources, everything was apparently all hunky-dory earlier in this year, with principal filming progressing swimmingly, as can be seen from the exclusive still photo from the movie presented here. Lumpy was cast to play a secret member of the Volturi coven. But alas, Twilight production insiders say Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson went ballistic, Christian Bale-style due to increasing on set friction with the Lumpster.

Our insiders say that the RPattz couldn’t deal with Lumpy’s star power on the set, claiming that the Lumpster was allegedly “sabotaging my scenes, man. It’s f*****g unbelievable. I’m trying to do my scenes with Kristen, and this blue alien bugger is knocking over lighting rigs and doing whatever to break my concentration. I don’t even think he’s a member of SAG!”

After one too many on-set altercations between the Lumpster and the RPattz, the producer apparently gave the blue one the heave-ho.

When asked to comment, Lumpy’s Agent said, “This has been a difficult ordeal for all of us in Lumpy’s camp. We even had an awesome co-promotion campaign planned at the recent Comic-Con in San Diego to promote Twilight with his groundbreaking iPhone game show QuitIt! What am I going to do with all these energy drinks, t-shirts, vampire teeth, and posters now?”

Lumpy was not available for comment. He's apparently hiding from the MNU.