As reported, “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell’s ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour was assaulted and choked following the show’s finale on Wednesday. The choker, Janice Thibodeaux, has spoken about the reason she did it from jail.

“I wasn’t cool with Simon Cowell choking Paula Abdul on the show last week and with her crying-out ‘help’ as he did so,” said the woman, referring to a moment where Simon PRETENDED to choke Paula. “Nobody said anything about that so I wanted to confront him about it because that is not appropriate behavior, is it?”

Thibodeaux says she used to be a security guard for Idol, but bought a ticket for the big finale. She says she decided to confront Seymour instead when she saw her there.

“She was taking some photographs with her camera and I knew she was his girlfriend so I went up to her to tell her how I felt. We started arguing and then I put my hands around her neck and started choking her just like Simon had done with Paula,” Thibodeaux explained. “Then I walked away and I was tackled by the police but I don’t regret what I did because of what Simon did to Paula, nobody seemed to care about that.”

Thibodeaux is being held on $52,000 bail. Her family insisted yesterday that she is not crazy.

Credit: RollingStone.com