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27 Nov, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Incredible how the biggest star/career launched by "American Idol", 20 years later, is...Ryan Seacrest.
The guy whose job was...to say "welcome back to American Idol" four times an episode. But he seen his opportunities and he took 'em.
The only person in show business under 75 who aspired to be Dick Clark, and he got it. Inspiring really.
Well it's the same kind of thing.
The sheer 2002 of this picture. Yet somehow the guy on the left is probably going to be a billionaire and the guy on the right...IDK.

Or IDK maybe he peaked a few years ago. Those morning show gigs can be super-lucrative and last forever though.

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