I was just watching the View. Baba Wawa went on record to say, quoting Paula Abdul, that American Idol producers (and even Simon Cowell) knew that obsessed fan Goodspeed (below, recently committed suicide outside of Paula's LA home) had been stalking Abdul at the time of her appearance on American Idol. Paula said she expressed her discomfort at having her appear on the show, but they ignored her concerns and let her tryout anyway. Paula said she's gone through a lot of BS because of American Idol. Based on her comments and Walters' presentation of these quotes, it sounds like Paula is on her way out. More to come...
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Paula Abdul is blaming American Idol producers for allowing known stalker Paula Goodspeed to get close to her. Abdul, in a Sirius XM radio interview on Barbara Live! with Barbara Walters Monday night, said that she was familiar with Goodspeed – which prompted her to beg producers not to let her audition for Season 5 of the FOX talent show. Despite Abdul's requests, the producers went ahead and ushered Goodspeed into the room. "She had been writing disturbing letters for 17 years, almost 18 years," Abdul, 46, said in the interview. "We had restraining orders at times." ... For years before that, Goodspeed was kept at a distance from Abdul, simply because she didn't have the singer-dancer's home address. Said the Idol judge, "For me, I was lucky enough that all the letters would come through the fan club. But come American Idol, when anyone could audition, she showed up." ... Abdul said that on the day of Goodspeed's audition, Idol producers told her they had found – and were about to bring in – a fan who was "crazy about" Paula. Abdul immediately objected. "I said, 'This girl is a stalker of mine. Please do not let her in.' Everyone knew. I was shaking." The producers overrode her protests, said Abdul, citing what they said would be the "entertainment value" of someone like Goodspeed – despite the potential peril – because it would "be fun for them to cause me stress." [people]
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paula is not on her way out. or even near. she was just on another morning show where she was asked if she is on her way out. she said No and I guess simon has said he refuses to do the show without her. so the answer is NO, she is not on her way out.
you figure if you were gonna stalk someone you could do better that paula abdul.
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