Understatement of the year

"It was my decision," he said. "I'm not saying it was a good decision because, obviously, with the success of the show, it's a difficult decision to think back on and think I did the right thing."

Of course, at the time, nearly everone I know assumed Brian Dunkleman would be a star in another capacity and Ryan Seacrest would wind up in a corner slot on Hollywood Squares.

It might still happen, but right now, Seacrest is banging Playboy models and I can't really criticize him for that.