 He’s a raw human being, and I think what happened last night was the perfect example of that and how emotional of a person he is.The producers played up the exchange in what "Music Times" termed "what seemed like shady circumstances" to replay the incident throughout the week in show promos and at the beginning of the Top 5 show.An "AI" source also stated that for fairness purposes the judges and contestants have a strict wall of silence between them and only interact onstage so Connick Jr. and Alexander have not had contact since last week.