LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- It 's no secret that `` American Idol '' judge Simon Cowell often shows no mercy toward aspiring singers . Quirky , tattooed contestant Megan Joy Corkrey discovered that Wednesday night during the elimination round on the popular singing competition . Megan Joy said she and Simon Cowell remain on good terms . Megan Joy , who dropped her last name , told Cowell that she `` did n't really care '' about his criticisms of her Tuesday night performance of Bob Marley 's `` Turn The Lights Down Low , '' which he described as `` boring , indulgent and monotonous . '' Those comments sealed the 23-year-old single mother 's fate . Host Ryan Seacrest asked Cowell if he would be using the `` save '' rule in Megan 's case . Cowell demurred : `` Megan , with the greatest respect , when you said that you do n't care -- nor do we . So I 'm not going to pretend that we 're even going to contemplate saving you , '' replied Cowell . `` I do n't care that Simon did n't like that song , '' Joy said in an interview with CNN on Friday . `` I truly did n't and I still do n't . I still loved it , I sang it the way I wanted to . '' Watch what CNN 's Michelle Wright said about Megan Joy » . Despite all the bickering , Joy says that she and Cowell remain on good terms . After Wednesday 's program , she says they both laughed and he told her that he enjoyed watching her . Watch what CNN 's Lisa Respers France thought of performance » . Furthermore , the self-described `` dork '' says her `` American Idol '' experience has opened new doors to her future . `` Before all this competition , I thought I was just going to be a stay-at-home mom , '' Joy said . `` Now , I am interested to see all sorts of different things I could possibly try and dabble . ... I 'm excited to just see what 's out there . '' And those bizarre moments onstage Wednesday when she flapped her arms and squawked like a bird ? Joy says that 's just her personality . `` I do a lot of sound effects all the time , bird noises , animal noises , '' she said . `` Wednesday , I kind of had a feeling it was going to be me ... so I decided that I 'm just going to be myself and be silly out there . ''
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