American Idol: Seacrest, Out?

Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell have been trading spicy barbs throughout the new season of American Idol, but tonight’s show was really outrageous. Consider the following exchange:

Seacrest: What do you consider the hardest part of this contest?

Melinda Doolittle: Wow, um, I would have to say the high heels and these dresses. I like my tennis shoes and my sweatpants. I’m sorry…

Seacrest: Simon, any advice on the high heels?

Cowell: You should know, Ryan.

Seacrest: Stay out of my closet!

Cowell: Come out!

Seacrest: This is about the top twelve, okay? Not your wishes…

What’s going on here? It wasn’t that long ago that Ryan got all pissed off and hung up on Kathy Griffin when she called into his radio show and suggested that the pics of his kiss with Teri Hatcher looked awkward. Now he’s seemingly flirting with Simon and making jokes about his sexual orientation. I think this is a good sign…

Soon we’ll all be able to sigh in relief when he stops pretending to kiss women and hooks up with that marine who Clay Aiken supposedly fisted. Now that’s what I’m talking about!

Update: Here’s a video of the entire event from Best Week Ever.