This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.

What was that like?

contains adult language and content and is not intended for all audiences.

Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to What was that like?

I'm your host Scott Johnson.

This is a show where we talk to regular people, people just like you or just like me, who have found themselves

in an extremely unusual situation. We hear their stories and get inside their head

because we all want to know what was that like.

More information about each episode at what was that like.com.

Here we've all experienced embarrassment at some point. It's not something anyone enjoys or wants to go through. But there's another level of

embarrassment, humiliation. I think it's safe to say that very few people have experienced the level of embarrassment or humiliation that

William has. Imagine being on the most popular talent show in the country, American Idol, and failing badly.

The judges laugh at you and send you home.

One of them even calls your singing grotesque.

Then the video of that terrible audition gets broadcast on television

and ends up going viral worldwide.

So your huge failure is seen by millions of people everywhere and

your name becomes synonymous with that bad performance. That's what happened to William.

What I just described is what most people know about William Hung,

but there's a lot more to his story, which you're about to find out.

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