The Sky is Falling - Prince on American Idol?

Good lawd what is the world coming to??? Last night, a wee bit before ten p.m., I heard my cellphone buzzing. I saw that it was Sweet Sis calling. (NB - there are two Ji sis' in the world - Sassy Sis, M.D. and Sweet Sis.) Sweet Sis, with urgency in her voice, told me to turn on FOX because Prince was on 'American Idol'. (Hereinafter "AI") I frantically turned it on only to see the last three seconds of the only short man I have ever loved. Sweet Sis said she had been trying to call me since the beginning but our home phone just kept ringing. (Oops, NB to friends and family, the Ji household no longer has a landline.) So, I missed it.

Upon further reflection friends, I must say that I am highly disturbed that His Holy Purpleness would feel the need to perform on a show such as AI. In fact, right after Sweet Sis called, I felt a tightness in my chest. At the time I was, perhaps, in too much denial to realize that said tightness was a direct result of Prince performing on a show that is so beneath him. AI is so far beneath Prince that it is difficult to put into words.

So the question must be asked: Why on earth would Prince, one of the all-time truly gifted geniuses of an artist, feel the need to perform on AI? I forgive Prince for performing with Beyonce, I'm even able to deal with the fact that he is a JW, but this? I, Ji, am completely at a loss.

*My love for you Prince is and always will be in tact but c'mon baby you gotta cut me some slack. Stop dropping these bombs on me. We're here (insert motioning with fingers between Ji and Prince's eyes) remember?