Paula Abdul needs to stay off the drugs
By now you've dissected Tuesday night's American Idol performance by Paula Abdul, who was so wasted on something (high on life, maybe?) that she said in front of the contestants and the entire audience that she thought Jason Castro sang twice -- but he only sang once (see video above). And she gave both songs not-so-good reviews. The nerve!
While Randy Jackson tried to cover for her and Ryan Seacrest tried to make a joke out of it, Simon Cowell tried to allay his fears of Abdul passing out right then by asking her who her favorite was. As nervous laughter filtered through the crowd, she settled on David Cook, who must have been thrilled. "It's just so hard," Paula whined about judging. No, being an underwater welder is hard; being an Idol judge is called career life support.
"It got very confusing ... the producers come up to us in the dark and said, 'We are not going to have you guys judge after each performer, we are going to have all the performers go once, then twice and at the end critique them,' " she told Entertainment Tonight. Surprised by the change, she lamented, ""I was trying to give my critique for Jason Castro, and scribbled Jason's name, and that was David's! ... We all just screwed up everything."
And yet, Paula, you're the only judge that made the mistake. Hmmm ... She gave another long-winded explanation on Ryan Seacrest's radio show Wednesday morning, but it was so circuitous we can't even recount it for you -- much like your average episode of American Idol!
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Everyone should stop being such a critic and look at their own lives and mistakes
Posted by: Angela | May 10, 2008 at 07:14 PM
It was 58 and hazy today. Just like Paula Abdul
-from David Letterman
Posted by: mumbles | May 01, 2008 at 03:11 PM
does Paula have MS?
Posted by: ja | May 01, 2008 at 07:51 AM
This show is such a waste of time. Talent does not matter. Popularity does. The best thing is for people not to win-that way they can sign their own contract and do things their own way.
Paula is a train wreck. Sooner or later she will do something that will not be covered up. It is just a matter of time...
Posted by: Carrie | May 01, 2008 at 07:40 AM
Wasted people make mistakes. Sober people don't make that many mistakes.
Posted by: | May 01, 2008 at 07:30 AM
Wasted people make mistakes. Sober people don't make that many mistakes.
Posted by: | May 01, 2008 at 07:29 AM
Idol does a practice show prior to the one we see on TV. The brief recaps at the end with the phone numbers come from the practice show. I think Paula was critiquing Castro's 2nd song from the practice show, leaving Randy no choice but to cover her gaffe!
Posted by: Jon | May 01, 2008 at 06:09 AM
Please everyone Paula is not perfect just like the rest of us... I've had a great opportunity to meet her live, and she is a wonderful person to talk to. and by the way....... she was not on drugs...
Posted by: Lise | April 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
everybody makes mistakes!
Posted by: | April 30, 2008 at 10:18 PM
she is an alkee n a druggie
Youe should have seen her on QVC---what a joke!
Posted by: Ro | April 30, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Creative people make mistakes. Robots don't make mistakes.
Posted by: | April 30, 2008 at 06:07 PM
Creative people make mistakes. Robots don't make mistakes.
Posted by: | April 30, 2008 at 06:06 PM
Creative people make mistakes. Robots don't make mistakes.
Posted by: | April 30, 2008 at 06:06 PM
What a tard. How about that? Even the JUDGES aren't paying attention to American Idol!
Posted by: Adam | April 30, 2008 at 03:20 PM