@katiecouric: Ellen on "American Idol"

DeGeneres dismissed any controversy about her new gig on "Idol" saying, "I'm just someone who also has an opinion."

"There's a big music element in my life," she said.

Ellen replaced Paula Abdul as judge on the hit singing show.

"Will you have a hard time being brutally honest," Couric asked.

"I won't have a hard time being brutally honest," Ellen replied. "But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest."

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