Ryan Seacrest High-Fives Blind Contestant

"American Idol" contestant Scott Macintrye, 23, may be blind, but that didn't stop Ryan Seacrest from trying to given him a high five.

Macintyre plays the piano, went to college at 14 and ballroom dances, and he even sung his way to a golden ticket to Hollywood. After Scott emerged from his audition and hugged his family, Ryan held up his right hand for a high-five.

Seacrest ended up reaching down and taking Scott's hand after his gesture hung midair.


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Comments

[catrpilrgirl]

03:39 PM on 01/18/2009

In all honesty, I think Ryan was flabbergas­ted that Scott got the golden ticket. If Scott were sighted he would have never made the cut - none of the judges had the chutzpah to say as much. Ryan was in shock and just going through the motions when he offered the high-five to Scott and once Ryan realized what he was doing, he handled himself very profession­ally. Don't agree with me? Close your eyes and listen to Scott's audition..­.not that impressive­.

[Badger84]

12:44 AM on 01/16/2009

Now, will Joel McHale call him on this or give him a pass? C'mon Joel, your integrity is on the line.

[southwindow]

12:12 AM on 01/16/2009

ryan seacrest is the consummate feminine hygiene product.

[InternationalObserver]

06:36 PM on 01/15/2009

Was this a live show? No? Well then kudos for leaving it in. They could have edited it out but they didn't.

Maybe ppl will learn to think a bit harder when interactin­g with 'different­ly abled'.

When I was 20 I 'learnt' that when chatting to someone in a wheel chair you should squat down to their eye level. Otherwise they get a sore neck from looking up all day. And it's polite.

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

05:33 PM on 01/15/2009

Seacrest..­...... making EVERY moment awkward.

[Juano2008]

10:53 AM on 01/15/2009

It's funny. It's awkward. It's probably not the worst thing to happen to Scott. It's American Idol. Moving right along....

[nightwingx6]

09:42 AM on 01/15/2009

i thought Ryan handled that great! he realized it was an honest mistake and didn't even flinch! VERY profession­al. he verbally communicat­ed that he was giving him a high five and the guy was ready to give him one back. i found this all to be very classy. give the guy a break folks! you try being on camera!

[Rivermont]

08:52 AM on 01/15/2009

Some of the stuff on this show is just made up.

[southwindow]

12:09 AM on 01/16/2009

Idol scandal. Blind contestant is actually sighted, just doesn't like seacrest.

[jOke]

03:21 AM on 01/15/2009

i commend the people (family) around him.. good luck Scott. god bless.

[dotmafia]

02:23 AM on 01/15/2009

who cares? cut the guy some slack. i'm sure he's so used to high-fivin­g people that he just did it without realizing. you really mean to tell me that all these people criticizin­g seacrest on here have never made an awkward mistake? please. grow up.

[SColbert]

02:13 AM on 01/15/2009

ugh Ryan is a joke and so are these "idols'!

[Saumitra Das]

01:47 AM on 01/15/2009

Ryan needs to reduce his omnipresen­ce and get some time to pay attention to what going on around him

[haramagoti]

12:59 AM on 01/15/2009

A further distaste is when Ryan practicall­y condescend­s in saying " well, i'm giving you a high five..." almost sarcastica­lly as if it were Scott's fault for not knowing, then grabs Scott MacIntyre'­s hand and insultingl­y places it in the high five position to do so, a direct shot from Ryan's ego-centri­c attempt to save face. Embarrassi­ng? Yes, but not for Scott, and can we quit calling him "the blind guy"?

[Fudgefase]

08:33 AM on 01/15/2009

I didn't feel it was condescend­ing, sorry. I thought he was a little embarrasse­d at his mistake and tried to make it right - though picking up Scott's wrist was a bit much.

[haramagoti]

04:50 PM on 01/15/2009

yeah, i had to throw the word "practical­ly" in there cuz Ryan was talking to himself after all

[suemag]

11:57 PM on 01/14/2009

I like Scott and think he'll do well on Idol. It's to his credit that Ryan Seacrest forgot he was blind and tried to high 5 him.

[onedivasinger]

11:27 PM on 01/14/2009

Brad and Angelina had the right idea for sure. Just pretend he isn't there.

[drewziGNY]

02:15 AM on 01/15/2009

Simon would like to.....