Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie are breaking their silence on “American Idol”‘s controversial contestant Caleb Kennedy’s exit from the competition.
Kennedy departed the long-running series after an offensive video surfaced online of the South Carolina native hanging out with a friend wearing a white hood similar to the ones worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
RELATED: Chayce Beckham Wows ‘American Idol’ With His New Hit Single ’23’ “First and foremost, as judges, we love these kids,” Bryan, 44, told People magazine. “We get emotionally involved in these kids.
We want the best for Caleb. As far as the nuances on how ABC gets viewed, either way, decisions got made and it’s our job as judges to show up and do our best job and comment on the kids
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