America’s Got Talent: Heidi Klum bristles after comedian Usama Siddiquee calls her a ‘tramp’

Heidi Klum bristled as a comedian called her a ‘tramp’ on Tuesday’s third live episode of America’s Got Talent.

Stand-up comic Usama Siddiquee, from Plano, Texas, began his set with an endearing video about being stuck at home with his parents during the coronavirus quarantine.

The Bengali-American then joked about flying in a post-9/11 world as a ‘brown dude’ named Usama, and got laughs as he said his backpack made him look like a suicide bomber. 

Usama, however, lost the audience during a bit about how a club DJ could make anything sound cool.

He joked that ‘as long as he adds a beat drop’ a DJ could utter anything, including phrases insulting women. 

The comic beatboxed and spat out phrases like, ‘Women shouldn’t vote,’ and ‘Get back to the kitchen, girl,’ adding between licks, ‘When that beat drops, so does feminism.’

Heidi, 47, stared at him with dismay, pursing her lips and looking distinctly unamused.

‘Heidi, if I called you a tramp, you’d be like, ”How dare you, right?”,’ Usama went on. ‘But if I was like, ”Tramp. Tramp. Tramp. Tramp,” you’d be like, ”Well, I do get loose on occasion.”

After the contestant finished, judge Howie Mandel, 64, praised his skill in a tough situation, but said he knew his fellow judges weren’t feeling his work so much, and turned to Heidi.

‘Being called a tramp was my least uncomfortable part of the whole thing,’ Heidi told Usama, her lips curling into a tight smile. ‘But that’s just me. Let’s see what America thinks.’

‘Just you,’ Howie echoed, picking up where she left off. ‘She’s the only woman that doesn’t want to be called a tramp.’

New judge Sofia Vergara, 48, said that she had laughed, but also wondered if she should be laughing.

‘I recommend for you to be in a sitcom,’ she advised Usama. ‘You should try being an actor, because you have that energy. You can do anything. Your material, it was kind of risky tonight though.’

The season 15 show was filmed at Universal Studios Hollywood, and featured just three judges, with Howie at the center, between Sofia and Heidi.

There was no guest judge despite the absence of Simon Cowell, 60, who was recuperating after having broken his back in an e-bike accident.

‘We realize Simon is irreplaceable, but who wouldn’t want to take part in the most gorgeous man-sandwich in history?’ Howie asked. ‘All kidding aside, Simon… we love you, our hearts and thoughts are with you. Buddy, come back really fast—it’s not the same without you.’

Just five of the quarterfinal show’s 11 acts would go through to the semifinals and get a chance to compete for AGT’s $1 million prize and a show in Las Vegas, but Howie predicted it would be hard for voters to choose.

He told at least five acts they were his ‘favorite’ during the show, because everyone was so good.

The first contestants to perform were Dance Town Family, a 49-person dance troupe from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which swayed to Cuban music as waves crashed on a beach behind them.

‘That was perfection,’ Sofia told them after they finished, while Howie described it as ‘COVID-meets-conga,’ and Heidi felt sure they had ‘danced their way closer to Vegas.’

Next up was Nashville singer-songwriter Nolan Neal, 39, who moved the judges with his original song Send Me A Butterfly, and his recovery from a 24-year alcohol addiction.

The singer urged those struggling to ‘just hold out. I swear, it gets better.’

‘I hear so much emotion in your voice when you sing,’ Heidi told him. ‘I hear sadness, but I hear a lot of hope, too.’

The W.A.F.F.L.E. Crew, a dance act from New York’s Bronx neighborhood, had earned Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer during AGT’s auditions.

At first, life was good, but they soon felt beset by ‘death and destruction all around,’ they said.

They lost three close friends, lived in the center of the COVID-19 epidemic, and ached for the country’s racial divide when they had only hoped to unite people.

On Universal Studios’ ‘New York City’ lot, they danced to hip-hop and won the judges over once again, with Heidi saying it ‘felt like an old Hollywood musical done modern.’

‘I think you guys are the coolest thing I have seen in a long time,’ Sofia raved.

Before they left the stage, a member of the group urged Simon to ‘read the manual before getting on a scooter. Please!’

Australian singer Annie Jones, 12, got mixed reviews for her cover of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s Rain On Me, though she was thrilled to tour the Harry Potter set.

Malik DOPE, a 27-year-old drummer from Washington D.C., rocked with his electric dance-drum act.

He played for his dying father, who was likely watching him on TV for the last time.

‘Before he goes, I want him to see his son pursuing his dream super-hard,’ Malik emphasized.

Howie loved him, saying, ‘You’re not just a guy who does music. You become the music.’

Max Major, a Las Vegas-based mentalist and magician, astounded the judges with an incredible feat of ‘mind-reading.’

By embedding subliminal images of the sun in his video package, he got Howie and a panel of TV viewers to magically draw that same image on their own notepads, and naturally drew the same thing himself.

Bone-Breakers, a contortionist act from Conakry, West Africa, wowed the judges with their moves, which Howie called ‘painful to watch.’

Sheldon Riley, a singer from Sydney, Australia, crooned a haunting version of Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head while covered by a jeweled mask.

In a bit of odd advice, Howie said Sheldon should never reveal himself, as his mask made him an Everyman—yet Sheldon had chosen it after years of bullying made him want to hide.

Heidi cheered the singer by saying that he was ‘quite beautiful, from the glimpses that we do see,’ which made Sheldon tear up and reply that he was ‘so proud’ to meet her.

‘As a little boy I used to sneak around and watch you in my laundry room,’ he said, thanking Heidi for giving him a ‘voice to express my fashion, and understand.’

Sheldon then quoted Heidi’s famous phrase from Project Runway, ‘In fashion, one day you’re in, the next day, you’re out’—and declared to applause that he would no longer hide who he was.

Brazilian acrobat Alan Silva, who was bullied as a kid for his short stature, seemed equally fearless during his aerial silks routine, performed outdoors at Universal Plaza.

After flying around the stage, Alan allowed himself to plunge suddenly down toward a field of spikes, which terrified the judges as they watched.

Howie later revealed that Alan almost hadn’t done the last bit, because the stage was slippery, there was too much wind, and it was a routine on which he’d once broken his neck.

Last up was Cristina Rae, a Nashville singer who’d earned Heidi’s Golden Buzzer during auditions, and had Howie calling her rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallejulah ‘flawless.’

‘I can’t think of a better way to end what I think is so far the most spectacular evening that we’ve had on season 15,’ he said. 

Howie added: ‘America, I don’t know how you’re going to do it, but I’m glad it’s you, and not us.’

America’s Got Talent will air its results show Wednesday on NBC.