It’s official: Jennifer Lopez called Ryan Seacrest’s radio show this morning to confirm that she is, indeed, leaving ‘American Idol’ after two years. Jennifer reportedly was in tears as she made the announcement. It sounds like she was torn about this. Doing reality TV while also having an acting and singing career just got to be too much for Jennifer.

“I really have been torn … When I signed on to Idol I signed on to do one year and wound up doing two years because I just fell so in love with the show, everybody there, you guys … I always said I’ve never felt so much a part of a family of something, working on it and I did with Idol … it was just such a lovely surprise in my life. It worked together well for a while, but it just gets more complicated … something had to give, something has to give.”

So now both Jennifer and Steven Tyler are gone. What about Randy Jackson? I say he can NOT leave ‘American Idol’ now. Somebody (besides Ryan Seacrest) has to return! Do we need to start a “Save Randy” petition now? LOL

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