American Idol threatens to boil Steven Tyler’s bunny!

After much speculation as to whether or not American Idol‘s reigning judges will return for another season, Steven Tyler is the first to officially tap out. He issued the following statement:

“After some long … hard … thoughts,” (sounds painful) “I’ve decided it’s time for me to let go of my mistress ‘American Idol’ before she boils my rabbit.”

We couldn’t have put it more eloquently. (Gen Y: That’s a reference to the movie Fatal Attraction where Glen Close boils her lover’s pet rabbit.)

Tyler continued, “I strayed from my first love, AEROSMITH, and I’m back – but instead of begging on my hands and knees, I’ve got two fists in the air and I’m kicking the door open with my band. The next few years are going to be dedicated to kicking some serious ass – the ultimate in auditory takeover.”

Steven then goes on to shamelessly plug his new album. Hey, Aerosmith hasn’t lasted 40+ years in the music biz by passing up free publicity opps as GOLDEN as IDOL! So, out of MAD respect for the ‘Bad Boys from Boston,’ we’ll relay that information to you now:

“On Nov. 6, we are unleashing our new album, Music from Another Dimension on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and way beyond the stars. IDOL was over-the-top fun, and I loved every minute of it … Now it’s time to bring Rock Back. ERMAHGERD.”

Idol co-creator and executive producer, Simon Fuller, released a statement saying, “I completely understand his desire to get back to his life as the singer in America’s greatest-ever rock band. AMERICAN IDOL will miss him!”

TH5 will miss Steven too!