Yes, as Drudge points out, this did happen last night on American Idol:

COWELL ROLLS EYES AFTER ‘IDOL’ CONTESTANT SENDS CONDOLENCES…

However…

The reaction struck me as reacting to the timing of the bad singer’s Virginia Tech remarks. Simon hadn’t finished his tear-down of the guy!

Closer to the end of the show, Cowell did have some empathetic remarks for the Virgnia Tech families and for the American Idol contestants who, he said, were having a tough week because of it. Americans love to hate Cowell, but there are more important things to care about. More important things to get mad about this week.

For instance: My trust in justice and the judgment of Americans has been in doubt lately. If Melinda DooLittle doesn’t win, I don’t know if I can recover in time to face Election 2008.

UPDATE: A reader agrees with my defense of Simon:

Watching last night, I thought it was Chris, not Simon, who was clearly out of line. I was disgusted that he would use the VTech tragedy to solicit votes. By the timing – right after awkwardly defending himself about being “nasally” – that was plainly what he did. My guess is Simon has a similar sentiment. I want this guy off the show more than Sanjaya now.