Kristy Lee Cook unloads on Simon Cowell in interview

American Idol superstar Kristy Lee Cook doesn't have anything nice to say about Simon Cowell in a new interview with Michele Amabile Angermiller of the Hollywood Reporter.

She said that Simon is "not an artist." She has a lot of anger issues more than four years after the show. Wow.

From THR:

THR: How do you feel about Keith Urban joining the panel?

Cook: I am so happy that he is there. He is a very good singer and knows what he’s talking about. He writes music, he plays music, he sings music and is an artist. That was not the same for Simon Cowell. He is not an artist. He doesn’t know anything about being on stage singing in front of thousands of people. It’s a lot different looking at it from a singer’s standpoint.

THR: Speaking of Simon, have you checked out X Factor yet?

Cook: I wouldn’t tune in to see Simon! [Laughs] He wasn’t very fair to me [on American Idol] because he doesn’t like country artists. One of the things that made me very mad with him, is when I was eliminated off the show, I saw him backstage and he came up to me and said, "I had you picked to be in the title this year.” So he basically saw me in the top two. And I said "I never would have guessed that. All I knew was you hated me." Maybe if he would have said something nice, like I think you are a good contender or something, I might have had a chance. He is who he is. I would tune in to see Britney, though.

THR: You go back with Britney Spears -- when you were in your teens, she had a production company, BNL Productions, that you were signed to. Now that she’s mentoring the teen category on X Factor, how do you think she’ll do?

Cook: She was so sweet. I met her a couple of times. ... She has been in the business so long and she knows how it works, so I think she’s going to do well. They will really like working with her. It is very hard to get up there in front of thousands of people and millions of viewers. That’s like David Archuleta -- he forgot his lyrics. She has a good reason to be nervous for them, because if they have a judge that is stern, they are going to be hard on them and she doesn’t want them to mess up.