Nicole Scherzinger is taking ownership of voting out Rachel Crow on last week's "X Factor," whether Paula Abdul was whispering in her ear or not!
After TMZ posted video of Abdul telling Nicole, "Just let it go to a deadlock" by saving Marcus Canty, the former Pussycat Doll appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night to own up to her choice once and for all.
"It's crazy because in the moment and under pressure it's not as easy to just be like, 'Hey, this what I'm going to do and you're going home' and you have to say, 'I'm sending you home'. I owned the decision that I made right then."
She then brought up a positive to come from the mess, "I'm really happy for Rachel because I think she has a deal with Disney now."
Simon Cowell, who was also on Kimmel, added it's time to look to the future, saying "It all starts again this week. Clean sheet. There won't be any of that nonsense anymore."
Watch the video above -- plus find out why Paula almost walked off the Kimmel set!
