![FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows the slightly smashed acoustic guitar played by Elvis Presley during the final tour before his death in 1977 on display at the National FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows the slightly smashed acoustic guitar played by Elvis Presley during the final tour before his death in 1977 on display at the National](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2p4a62e/file-this-april-22-2013-file-photo-shows-the-slightly-smashed-acoustic-guitar-played-by-elvis-presley-during-the-final-tour-before-his-death-in-1977-on-display-at-the-national-music-museum-in-vermillion-s-d-the-guitar-was-donated-to-the-museum-in-2013-by-memphis-based-blues-guitarist-robert-johnson-a-federal-judge-has-been-asked-to-determine-if-johnson-rightfully-owned-the-broken-instrument-when-he-donated-it-last-year-the-museum-insists-in-a-lawsuit-that-it-is-the-legal-owner-of-the-guitar-the-king-played-during-his-1977-tour-collector-larry-moss-says-johnson-sold-him-the-guitar-ear-2p4a62e.jpg)
FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows the slightly smashed acoustic guitar played by Elvis Presley during the final tour before his death in 1977 on display at the National
![libertarian biologist on X: "This guitar was the LAST gift he received from his father before he passed away a year earlier. This judge should be fired. #xfactor2021 #xfactor #dmitryshurov #cruelty" / libertarian biologist on X: "This guitar was the LAST gift he received from his father before he passed away a year earlier. This judge should be fired. #xfactor2021 #xfactor #dmitryshurov #cruelty" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1382078920263094278/pu/img/YLuKfg4pGbLSzstk.jpg)
libertarian biologist on X: "This guitar was the LAST gift he received from his father before he passed away a year earlier. This judge should be fired. #xfactor2021 #xfactor #dmitryshurov #cruelty" /
![X factor judge smashes contestants guitar that belonged to his dead father just because his music was “mediocre s**t” : r/facepalm X factor judge smashes contestants guitar that belonged to his dead father just because his music was “mediocre s**t” : r/facepalm](https://external-preview.redd.it/aNQNnc3yAtNYeQxZB-G0vA2n1esLWqV-foZbFijiRac.png?width=640&crop=smart&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fc6e1a435446b52b6599a554ffa6a16c283055a)
X factor judge smashes contestants guitar that belonged to his dead father just because his music was “mediocre s**t” : r/facepalm
![X Factor: Simon Cowell SMASHED contestant's guitar after growing frustration at bad auditions - Mirror Online X Factor: Simon Cowell SMASHED contestant's guitar after growing frustration at bad auditions - Mirror Online](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HKnEVDWD/poster.jpg)
X Factor: Simon Cowell SMASHED contestant's guitar after growing frustration at bad auditions - Mirror Online
![X Factor: Simon Cowell SMASHED contestant's guitar after growing frustration at bad auditions - Mirror Online X Factor: Simon Cowell SMASHED contestant's guitar after growing frustration at bad auditions - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4129312.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/CS68113821Simon-smashing-gu.jpg)