Tyler’s ‘Idol’ dish

Singer Steven Tyler said he “loved and hated” his two-year stint as a judge on “American Idol” but admitted the TV singing contest was “not my cup of tea.”

Tyler, who announced last month that he was quitting after two years as a judge, told Rolling Stone magazine that he took the job partly to wait out an internal feud in his band, Aerosmith.

“It was something to do while the storm blew by, to be honest,” he said.

“I loved it and hated it. It was a great job, I sat next to J. Lo and I made a ton of money. It was a moment in life, and it became larger than life,” he said.

Tyler and singer Jennifer Lopez, who is also leaving the show, were brought onto “Idol” two years ago after the exit of mean British judge Simon Cowell.

The Aerosmith rocker said he had come under pressure from producers to fill the nasty-judge role left by Cowell.

“They wanted me to take the piss out of the kids, and I don’t have that in me,” he said. “That’s not what I’m about. That’s more about that other guy. Not me.”

Aerosmith — made up of frontman Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford — since patched up years of internal strife and has been working on the first album of new material since 2001.

Fox announced last week that Mariah Carey would take one of the vacant seats next season.