DON'T MESS WIT DA 'CREST!

Here’s my follow-up 411 to last week’s scoop that raging RYAN SEACREST – “The $45 Million Man” who fronts “American Idol” – ripped into LA radio show bosses ON-AIR after they told him: “Talk less – play more music!”

Infuriated because his must-hear KIIS-FM morning show rates high – and rakes in BIG buck$$$ – Seacrest got scary, snarling into his mic: “Maybe I should go to a different station! How’s this sound?...THIS IS RYAN SEACREST ON POWER 106!”

Ryan was “livid…he took it as an absolute insult,” said a station insider. KIIS execs really wet their Armani jeans when Ryan followed orders literally – and all but stopped talking for a week.

Out went the fun “sleaze reports,” gossip chit-chat with sidekick ELLEN K and star interviews – as turntables spun endless music.

“It wasn’t the same show and everybody knew it,” said a source. “It wasn’t fun and exciting anymore.”

Finally, Ryan’s bloviating bosses swallowed their pride, backed off and “told Ryan to run the show as he sees fit.”

My Favorite Metrosexual instantly banged back into high gear, opening the new week with hot guests like LADY GAGA, ASHTON KUTCHER, JOAN RIVERS, JORDIN SPARKS, etc. – and unleashing hottie Ellen for gossip-starved fans.

“Seacrest…IN!”