Caleb Johnson, one of the top four remaining contestants of American Idol season 13, gets himself in trouble after calling his fans "retards" for suggesting songs to him via Twitter to perform each week. He now apologizes for his offensive remark.

The rock 'n' roll singer was not so content with last week's fan song choice of "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith. During an interview with AfterBuzzTV after the Top 5 elimination round on Thursday night (May 1), Johnson talked about his views on social media -- he was clearly frustrated with the overwhelming amount of song suggestions coming from the viewers.

"It gives access to a bunch of retards to talk to me, and I don't really enjoy having to see somebody telling me what song I need to sing," he said to the host Jason Ikeler. "I think at this point in the competition I can pick and choose my own songs and represent me. I don't need 10,000 people telling me, 'You should sing this, you should sing that, listen to me.' Fortunately, guys, I'm going to listen to myself, whether you like it or not."

The 23-year-old Idol wannabe soon realized that he made an immature mistake, so he took to his Facebook page to write an apology to his fans. "For the record, that juvenile comment I made in the interview was not directed toward my fans but to the wackos that send hundreds of hate messages a day to me!" he wrote. "You guys are amazing and I cannot thank you enough for your support. Sorry if it offended anybody; it was the wrong choice of words. Also, I greatly appreciate it when you guys give me song suggestions, but it gets really overwhelming at the volume it comes in, so please understand! Rock on! J"

Caleb Johnson actually liked the selection of "In the Still of the Night" by Whitesnake that he sang on stage last Wednesday night (April 30).

What song should he sing this week? Would his previous action affect his chances of becoming the American Idol?