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So we gotta talk about this: the Simon kiss. Oh. My. God.
Hello, somebody!

You know they're going to use that on like every promo clip from now on — it's gonna be Idol's favorite thing!
Oh my God, when they put it in slow motion — wow! I look at it and am like, is that me?

I loved it this week when you said you wanted to get another kiss from Simon.
I wanted to, and he said, ''Man, no kiss for you today!'' And then I really wanted to come back and say, ''Baby, it was your pleasure!'' That's what I wanted to nail him with last night.

You know that night when he said, ''I could kiss you right now,'' I knew Ryan was going to pull you down there to kiss him. I could just see it coming!
I did not know that! Not at all!

That is the kind of thing they love — it's sensational!
It makes for good TV, right?

Yep, totally. Switching subjects, is your daughter going to go on tour with you?
They're trying to make preparations for her right now.

Maybe I just missed it early on, but during your goodbye video, I realized I hadn't heard that much about your daughter throughout the competition.
Yah, after the audition and everything, I wanted to keep her separate from what's going on. Because she is still small — she's only four years old. Now, I'll go crazy over my daughter! I don't play when it comes to her, and that's one part that I would like to keep private. I don't want pictures of her out. I want life to be as normal as possible for her. For TV interviews and stuff, they asked if she'd do it, and I said, she'll be here, but she'll never appear on the show.

Finally, LaKisha: Simon tended to say you were yelling a lot of times during your songs. What's your rebuttal?
I know! I'm like, dude, you're nailing me to the wall here. I don't think I was yelling at all. I don't know what he was hearing. How could he tell me that he loved it when I did Jennifer Holliday's song? And he loved Whitney Houston's ''I Have Nothing,'' and then turn around tell me don't do Fantasia? I'm treating them all the same, baby.

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