L.A. Reid -- You Were So Rude To Your 'X Factor' Contestants

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L.A. Reid — You were so mean on the Oct. 10 episode of ‘X Factor’ — you completely degraded the group you were given to mentor, the ‘Over 25s.’ Get over yourself and try to help these people succeed!

L.A. Reid — I was so disappointed when I saw you have a hissy fit after getting “stuck” with the “Over 25s” group on last night’s X Factor.

It all started when L.A. was given the “Over 25s” to mentor. He angrily slammed down the phone and walked away from the show’s producers!

Meanwhile, in an interview before he was told about his group, he said, if he was given the Over 25s, “I’d have to say I have no interest.” Real nice, L.A!

His group is comprised of Jason Brock, Daryl Back, David Correy, Tara Simon, Tate Stevens and Vino Alan. I’m sorry, but there is definitely talent here — they wouldn’t be picked from thousands and thousands of auditions to make the top 24 if they had nothing special about them.

“I can’t really say that there’s anybody who stands out in the category,” he said to the camera.

As he introduced Justin Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun to help him critique the contestents, he gave them the biggest slap in the face of all.

He said he was ”a little bit disappointed” to have them as a group! Incredibly rude and demoralizing!

He didn’t make it better when he basically threw up his hands and said, oh well, now I have to figure out how to get one of you guys to win!

His arrogance really shined through when he added that he would “take credit” if one of his “over 25s” did actually win the competition.

L.A. — you need to be supportive and encouraging of your talent. You are supposed to mentor and guide them, not tear them down.

Do you agree, HollywoodLifers?

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It was very unprofessional of him. He was my favorite judge last year. I realize he is not as comfortable working with country or rock, but it is part of the job he signed on for. Can’t help but wonder if it was a ploy to gain more support for his dejected contestants who really do deserve to be there(except for that Tara Simon chick). I sure felt sorry for them.

I feel that if he should not told them he didn’t want this group that could have put a damper on their attitudes toward singing. If he didn’t want them he should down than. I feel he was childish about who he got and he could have had a better attitude about things.

I was thinking the same thing, Every judge and their group that they were assigned too fits perfectly! He has amazing talent in that group. It was all fake. This getup was all just for publicity.

Never liked him anyway. He’s old. OF COARSE HE’S GETTING THE OLDER ONES! Hate this show. I want entertainment. I swear, I get a headache EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS BULLS*IT!