It’s official kittens. Paula Abdul will not be providing us with her slurred salutations and mascara laced tears any longer on ‘American Idol’.
That’s correct, producers managed to give Ryan Seacrest a butt-load amount of money to stay, that brought back Kara DioGuardi despite all my hate-mail asking them not to, and satisfied Simon Cowell’s wallet enough for a few more seasons…but alas, no Paula.
In true celeb fashion, Abdul announced that she would not return to the glorified karaoke contest via her Twitter.
Via E!:
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all…being a part of a show that I helped from day1 become an international phenomenon.”
Is it me, or did it go from sincere to snarl with that last little dig?
Fox then confirmed the former Laker Girl’s split from the show.
“Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show.”
Though neither side released exactly why Paula has chosen to depart, it has been widely speculated that she was upset with producers’ decision to pay her little compared to her male (and Seacrest) counterparts.
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