I still like Jason. I bought his Forever in Blue Jeans - it is actually really good. The one thing Paula got right before Paulagate was how good his low register sounds.
Rapunzel, many different rumors have been all over the internet - the cover being blown off the rigging of the show by Paula reading a scripted response, by saying Jason was not good before he even performed - was it because she was drunk, medicated, wanted to dance instead of judge, she was distracted because her family was there; you choose!
Damage control was done all day long. There were so many interviews today with Ryan, Paula and the vocal coach, all chiming in on what happened. Paula says she was talking about David's song, not Jason's.
But it isn't what most people heard.