Lately Simon Cowell has been SPITTING VENOM! He had some choice words for some past idol contestants Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Hicks, and Kellie Pickler.

On Jennifer Hudson calling American Idol a “stepping stone”:

“Jennifer Hudson said American Idol was a ’stepping stone’ for her. Stepping stone? It was her big opportunity to become noticed and she got noticed and she got Dreamgirls,” Cowell said, noting that other past contestants “deliberately turn against the show that made them successful. The reason (people) come on the show is because all the doors had been slammed in their face.”

On the lackluster sales of Taylor Hicks debut CD:

“They (Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson) loved him. I couldn’t stand him. I didn’t get it,” Cowell snapped, adding that “at the end of the day you have to find a bona fide recording artist. Just because you win the show doesn’t mean you will sell a lot of records. Chris (Daughtry) is the one who sold the albums, not Taylor.”

On Kellie Pickler’s NEW BREASTS:

“It’s like she went to Dolly Parton school or something. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life…It was everything. The hair, the dress, the new [wink, wink]…Me and Randy were like ‘where did they come from?’

What can you say, Simon’s never been one to hold his tongue. He’s always gonna keep it real about how he feels.