Caleb Johnson is learning to choose his words carefully when it comes to life in the spotlight.
Following a recent American Idol performance episode in which the remaining finalists sang tracks selected for them by fans, the aspiring rocker went off a bit on the experience and on Internet users in general.
Caleb Johnson could be a future rock star. Watch him sing "Still of the Night" now.
2. Caleb Johnson - "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"
Caleb Johnson does not want to miss a thing. Watch this American Idol performance now.
3. Caleb Johnson - "Sting Me"
Caleb Johnson covers a Black Crowes classic for this rock audition. Listen to his take on "Sting Me" now.
4. Caleb Johnson - "Undo It"
Caleb Johnson goes Carrie Underwood on us for this performance. Do you like his take on "Undo It?"
5. Caleb Johnson - "Family Tree"
Did Caleb Johnson make King of Leon proud with his version of "Family Tree?" Decide for yourself now.
6. Caleb Johnson - "Faithfully"
Caleb Johnson is on quite the American Idol journey. How did he fare on "Faithfully?"
7. Caleb Johnson - "Chain of Fools"
Caleb Johnson sings "Chain of Fools" for this American Idol performance. Nice work, man!
8. Caleb Johnson - "Dazed and Confused"
Caleb Johnson is dazed and confused. And doing awfully well for himself on American Idol!
9. Caleb Johnson - "The Edge of Glory"
Move over, Lady Gaga. Caleb Johnson is here to sing "Edge of Glory."
10. Caleb Johnson - "Skyfall"
Caleb Johnson does his best impression of Adele for "Skyfall. What do you think?
11. Caleb Johnson - "Working Man"
Caleb Johnson is just a "Working Man." At least for the purposes of this American Idol performance.
12. Caleb Johnson - "Pressure and Time"
Caleb Johnson takes to the American Idol stage here with a take on "Pressure and Time." A job pretty well done!
"I don't really enjoy having to see somebody telling me what song I need to sing," Johnson said. "I think at this point of the competition, I can pick and choose my own songs and represent me."
It was the producers' idea, of course, to have viewers select the singles for a week, but Caleb then got himself into major trouble when asked about the affect social media now has on American Idol.
"It gives access to a bunch of retards to talk to me," he replied.
Yeah. Oops.
Following a wave of criticism for using this word in such a pejorative context, Johnson issued an apology over the weekend via Facebook.
"For the record that juvenile comment I made in the interview was not directed towards my fans but to the wackos that send hundreds of hate messages a day to me," he wrote, adding:
"You guys are amazing and I cannot thank you enough for your support. Sorry if it offended anybody it was the wrong choice of words . Also I greatly appreciate it when you guys give me song suggestions but it gets really overwhelming at the volume it comes in so please understand ! Rock on!"
Earlier this season, Johnson was also stated a mea culpa after seemingly making light of people with life-threatening peanut allergies.
He's one of four contestants remaining on American Idol.
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