Nigel Brings a Paula Beatdown

Looks like Paula Abdul's statements about Idol producers letting her deranged, obbsessed fan audition against her wishes is ruffling some feathers:

A former American Idol producer is firing back at Paula Abdul, who criticized the show for allowing alleged stalker Paula Goodspeed to audition. "You do not take somebody in that room that you believe is a danger to herself or a danger to Paula," Nigel Lythgoe told PEOPLE at Thursday's Superstars of Dance press day in Los Angeles. "That would not enter our heads. ...Lythgoe said doesn't remember Abdul's request to have Goodspeed removed. "This is three years ago," he said. "I honestly say I can't remember the conversation. If Paula said, that's what she said, I believe her." ..."I'm not angry with Paula," he said. "I think Paula's in a position of: 'It wasn't my fault,' and reaching out from that point of view. For her family's sake, it should really be dropped." [people]

Seriously, if they pulled this shit on Paula -- that's f'd up. Plain and simple. And she deserves the right to complain about it.