The kooky top 9 finalist said goodbye to American Idol last April Fools Day with a light heart. However Megan Joy Corkrey managed to insult judge Simon Cowell’s ego when she said that she didn’t care about what the judges think of her “Turn Your Lights Down Low” performance. But now, the mother of one is saying she does care. Megan Joy revealed the morning after elimination, “I really didn’t mean to upset him. I had no idea that it was going to be like that. I didn’t want people to think I didn’t care about the competition. I just didn’t care that Simon didn’t like my song.” She adds,

“I did care about what the judges thought because I wanted to keep progressing, but not personally for myself. If they don’t like what I do, that’s fine, but I’m not going to take it to heart, because I am who I am and I’m not going to change that. I sing how I sing, and if they don’t like it that’s cool. It’s not going to hurt my feelings.

Megan Joy Corkrey never hid the truth that she missed her son very much so she isn’t particularly sad leaving American Idol behind. She says to IdolTracker: “I am tired and very excited to see my son. It’s been a couple of months. Every minute that passes is harder … It’s never fun to get cut from a competition. I was excited to show America that I could belt songs out like the rest of them. I was bummed not to have that chance. But I get to go home to my son, so how am I’m feeling? It’s kind of a tossup.” As for the bird sounds she made during elimination night, Megan Joy reveals,

“I love birds and I’m just a big dork. I love making animal noises, and sometimes people think I’m funny, and I just decided to make a couple people laugh. The two people that think I’m funny … I just make noises all the time. All day yesterday I was like, ‘Guys, I think I’m going home. Please caw for me! Be my bird friends!’ And they were like, ‘Of course we will.”

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