Paula Abdul Says She Has Quit American Idol

Posted by smarterthanpickler on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 at 4:58 PM EDT
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The crazy has been taken out of American Idol :(

Paula Abdul just twittered this message...

PaulaAbdul...With sadness in my heart, I’ve

decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent

What will Fox's team of psychiatrists now do to keep themselves busy? With Paula gone, who will Simon grope under the judges' desk? And who will the male contestants have sex with?

VFTW has mixed emotions about Paula leaving. On one hand, she's a useless, batshit crazy lunatic. But she's our useless, batshit crazy lunatic, so we'll miss her.

Only one thing's clear for sure: This is completely Kara Dioguardi's fault, along with everything else that"s wrong in life. It looks like we were right, Kara was clearly brought in last year as a replacement to get rid of the drug addled mess that is Paula Abdul. Idol just won't be the same without her drunken antics.


azurebird
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 5:28 PM Reply with quote
Joined: March 2008 Location: Where I'm supposed to be

Often with her "loopy" antics, I still liked the woman. Now AI is going to suck more than ever! Where is that sweet side going to come from? Not Kara. She's a rotten spoiled bitch to the core. AI is going down guys! HELL YEAH! Season 9 is going to be very interesting. ;) (hehe)

jawajedi
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 5:40 PM Reply with quote
Will ideate for food Joined: March 2007 Location: nefarious spoilsport

I'm leaning toward publicity stunt. Maybe she has a production schedule conflict with the auditions before the judges, and this provides an "excused absence" as they say at the schoolhouse.

Perhaps all will be worked out by Hollywood Week, after a great outpouring of fans begging TPTB to bring back Pauler.

xdahlia
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 5:40 PM Reply with quote
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this sucks. she was the best part of the show. simon's overrated. kick kara out. and who cares about randy?

TheDancingCookie
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:00 PM Reply with quote
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Given how staged everything on AI is I can't help but think this is fake. But I am jaded and believe in aliens so pretty much anything is possible in my head....

Boogerr
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:09 PM Reply with quote
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Idol wouldn't give Paula more money. So she quit.

FU Idol

Smartie
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:13 PM Reply with quote
I Run This Joint! Joined: April 2007 Location: Tarding for Normund & Jackie

Fox has released a statement confirming it :(

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Imma gunna start a pattission.

bittersweet symphony
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:16 PM Reply with quote
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"And who will the male contestants have sex with?"

...I lol'd.

Not going to lie, I was surprised she called it quits.

I'll miss the drunken antics so very much. Kara cannot fill this void. :(

poochie
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:27 PM Reply with quote
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Simon has said things very close to "I wouldn't do the show if Paula weren't part of it." I'd love it if someone could find the strongest such quotes of his.

Esmerelda Fitzmonster
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:49 PM Reply with quote
Joined: March 2009 Location: dirty jerz

"There's nobody in the world like Paula. Genuinely. I couldn't do the show without Paula...she is what she is, she is unpredictable, passionate, genuinely passionate about these kids, odd...I can't even begin to think about how we would go about casting for another Paula, other than going outside of this universe...She and I, I have to do this show with Paula. I can't imagine it without her." - Simon's "60 Minutes" interview outtake in 2007.

I see a shark being jumped and cleared by a mile.

LadyJane
Posted: 8/4/2009 at 6:51 PM Reply with quote
Joined: March 2009 Location: earth...

*is sad* :(

For all the craziness, Paula was the only one who seemed slightly genuinely nice. Randy is a big idiot, Simon is a self-absorbed jerk who's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is, and Kara... well, you know.

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