Paula Abdul's Craziest Moments
Straight up, now tell us: What's your favorite wacky <A href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/paula-abdul/78920' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Paula Abdul</font></a> moment? Would it be her bickering with <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Simon</font></a> on <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/american-idol/65307/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Idol'</font></a> or breaking into tears over her favorite 'AI' contestants? How about her many meltdowns on <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Hey Paula,'</font></a> or her infamously incoherent TV interview? It's an embarrassment of riches with the pop diva-turned-reality TV star, as our trip down Abdul memory lane proves <P align="right">-- By <a href="http://www.aimpages.com/channelsurfgirl/profile.html" target="_blank">Kimberly Potts</a>
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Paula at the Super Bowl
Abdul reportedly planned to sing her new single, 'Dance Like There's No Tomorrow,' live for pre-Super Bowl festivities. But insiders suggested her voice wasn't live-performance-ready ("massive disaster" was bandied about); the pregame show will go on, with a pretaped <A href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/paula-abdul/78920' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Paula</font></a> singing and <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/american-idol/65307/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Idol'</font></a> judge <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/randy-jackson/437569' target='_blank'>Randy Jackson</a> dancing?!
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Dancing With Her 'Brother'
The only thing funnier than rejected <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/american-idol/65307/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Idol'</font></a> contestant Renaldo Lapuz and his 'We're Brothers Forever' performance was Abdul's accompanying dance moves. In what is certainly just the first of many goofy jigs this season, Paula boogied her way through a tune that was definitely not made for dancin'.
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Paula's Gift
On her now-defunct reality series <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Hey Paula,'</font></a> Abdul melted down when the entire stock of her jewelry line sold out on QVC, forcing her to pay for baubles to pass out to friends. "I'm tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am," she said, after being told that even "the gift" has to pay for her own, um, gifts.
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Being a <a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/bratz/28288/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Bratz'</font></a>
When <A href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/paula-abdul/78920' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Paula</font></a> got an e-mail informing her that she'd been fired after "months of hard work" choreographing the live-action 'Bratz' movie, she railed "I get screwed over so much, and I work so hard," she sobbed. "Where's God when you need him? Because this does not make any sense." Are you there God? It's her, Paula.
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Too Many Assistants Spoilers the Diva
On another <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Hey Paula'</font></a> ep, Abdul broke down after discovering her current assistant hadn't loaded her cell phone with contacts. She then proceeded into a full-on trip to crazy town that resulted in her wondering about yet ANOTHER assistant, "Who's gonna train her to take care of me? Me?" Certainly not!
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Team Paula's MIA
Traveling with four assistants, Abdul burst into sobs in another <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Hey Paula'</font></a> ep when she learned her hair/makeup guy and her "interview consultant" might not make it to New York because of a snowstorm. "I love you guys, but I need help!" she cried. "Do you guys understand that, or do I need to explain more?!" Oh, we got it.
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<i>The</i> Interview
She blamed it on technical glitches -- and denied there were any chemical factors -- but Abdul's preseason <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/american-idol/65307/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Idol'</font></a> interview on a Seattle TV station in January '07 was classic Paula, complete with slurred speech, weird gestures and herky-jerky rocking. Ironically, she told interviewers, "Any publicity is good publicity." She would know.
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On the Other Hand
Maybe not all publicity is good publicity, especially when it's about your publicity. Abdul's rant against a former publicist became public in May '07, after a tape of a phone call leaked onto the Web. "I don't understand how this man can call me a whining b****. I've never in my life been called a whining b**** and a loser." (Not to her face.)
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Eau de Abdul
Abdul's <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Hey Paula'</font></a> trip to a perfume company provided yet another loopy scene, as the "exhausted" star seemed to almost nod off while sampling the test scents. Later, she donned a lab coat and said she felt like a "mad scientist" while testing the oils and flirting with company employees. What does crazy smell like?
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Beam Me Up, Dave
You have to hand it to Abdul: She's not afraid to poke fun at herself. In a March 2007 appearance on <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/the-late-show-with-david-letterman/49114/main' target='_blank'>'Late Show With David Letterman,'</a> she gave a unique explanation for her trademark kookiness: "This behavior is because, it happened, many, many years ago, I was abducted by aliens and my body's just a vessel." Makes sense to us.
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Live From New York, It's Paula
Abdul also joined in the fun when <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/saturday-night-live/62573/main' target='_blank'>'Saturday Night Live'</a> spoofed the <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/corey-clark/556454' target='_blank'>Corey Clark</a> scandal, in which the <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/american-idol/65307/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Idol'</font></a> reject claimed to have slept with her. "You need to perfect the clap a little more," Abdul told 'SNL'-er <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/amy-poehler/273694' target='_blank'>Amy Poehler</a>, who was portraying her. "And be a lot more [SIC] sexier so contestants will be willing to sleep with you."
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Brotherly Love
Despite her often contentious relationship with fellow judge <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Simon Cowell</font></a>, Abdul said it was Cowell who saved her job on the show after Clark made his claims. Simon stepped up to defend her and demanded that Fox keep her on board, says Abdul. "There's the times when he's like a big brother or a lover," she said. Or both ...?
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Dream Lover
In one of 'Idol''s best-ever skits (sooo much better than those lame car commercials the contestants get stuck with), <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'>Simon</a> and Paula pretended that their mutual hatred is all an act: Simon feeds Paula strawberries and whipped cream and the two proceed to smooch. It turns out to be Simon's -- and a nation's -- nightmare.
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Face Time
Of course, sometimes <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'>Simon</a> and Paula truly can't get along. During one memorable blow-up during a Hollywood round, Paula got in Simon's face, claiming he was trying to intimidate her and <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/randy-jackson/437569' target='_blank'>Randy</a> into voting a certain way. Producer <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/nigel-lythgoe/100495' target='_blank'>Nigel Lythgoe</a> was called over to mediate, and, as Ari Gold would say, they "hugged it out, b****." (But not to her face!)
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P. Abdul
It seems only fitting that Abdul has some wacko fans. Once, when she gave a urine sample at the doctor's office, the test cup was stolen -- by one of the physician's employees. Said Paula, "Needless to say, he got fired. In hindsight it's a funny story." And by "funny," we assume she means "creepy." Or <br>weird -- weird would cover it.
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On the Radio
It's not just bad news that sets her off. On <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/hey-paula/1342145/main' target='_blank'>'Hey Paula'</a> after finding out she might host her own national radio show, Abdul pumped her fists in the air, let out a big "Yaaay!" and began to sob. Why? Because this happy announcement gave her the "knowingness" that the road ahead would be smooth. We feel your pain, Paula.
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Feng Shui, Her Way
Woe to the interior designer who fails to capture Paula's "essence." She was so unhappy with her rental home that she demanded another makeover. The most offending piece? A white birdcage. "They're freaky," she said. "I always think there's going to be a stuffed animal that has blood dripping out of its mouth." Now THAT'S a common concern.
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What'd She Say?!
We're sure it made sense when <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Simon</font></a> said it ... In one of her wackiest nonsensical 'Idol' ramblings, she told contestants, "Simon gave me advice he always refers to a fortune cookie and says the moth who finds the melon finds the corn flake always finds the melon, and one of you didn't pick the right fortune." Huh?
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<a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/simon-cowell/329871' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Simon</font></a> Strikes Again
In that same ep, when host <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/ryan-seacrest/329869' target='_blank'>Ryan Seacrest</a> asked Abdul why she thought two of the contestants were the lowest vote-getters, she responded, "Simon said because one of them ate pizza and the other ate salad." Cowell later admitted that he often whispered in Abdul's ear to spur such ramblings. Oh, great -- encourage her, Simon.
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The Nose Knows
The official story behind Paula's broken nose was that she suffered the injury while trying to avoid stepping on her Chihuahua Tulip. Rumor had it that Paula's fracture was actually the result of a hissy fit in which she tossed a glass at the wall and caught a shard of it with her face. You know what? Good story either way.
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Paula Gets Nailed
When Abdul showed up on 'Idol' with her arm in a sling in 2004, many assumed she'd broken it in a fall. Instead, she'd gotten a nasty infection from unclean tools at an L.A. nail salon. She lost her thumbnail as a result and went through a year of medical treatments to clear up the staph. Nothing funny to see here, folks, move along.
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Am I Caught in a Hit and Run?
When she hit another car in '04 while changing lanes (and didn't stop!), the driver of the dinged vehicle snapped a cell phone pic of her and wrote down her license plate number, which made tracking Abdul down a snap for police. She was given probation and a fine. But no mandatory driving lessons. Where's the justice?
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Partying With Paula
While attending a soiree at L.A. club Xenii in '06, Abdul was involved in an altercation in which she claimed a man threw her against a wall. Later, the <br>ever-busy Abdul rumor mill suggested she was actually upset about not getting immediate entree into the venue. Whichever way, that's some downer down time.
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Take Your Meds
In an '05 People mag profile, she claimed her fragile state was due to reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a neuropathic disease that causes chronic pain, and had been treated with surgery and heavy meds. She said a breakthrough had her off the drugs, and for a few months the loopiness abated. Then it seemed, alas, that the treatment stopped working.
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Movin' on Up
Sometimes Paula's kookiness is endearing, like when she gave <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/ellen-degeneres/17737' target='_blank'>Ellen DeGeneres</a> an impromptu dance lesson, with specific tips on how to shake her groove thang like a certain dry-cleaning-shop owner from <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/the-jeffersons/62870/main' target='_blank'>a certain '70s classic sitcom</a>. "Let's do the George Jefferson," she told DeGeneres.
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She's Been Touched
<a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/elliott-yamin/556193/main' target='_blank'>Elliott Yamin</a> was an Abdul fave during 'Idol' season 5, which led to an emotional spillover after one Yamin performance. "I spent the day yesterday watching the tapes of when everyone first started, and you've moved me from the beginning," she wept. Sweet sentiments, though even nice guy Yamin recently admitted that Paula was "a little nuts."
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Cry Me a River
Abdul's less-than-lucky love life landed her on a 2006 <a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/phil-mcgraw/343170' target='_blank'>Dr. Phil</a> special that shed some light on her frequent sobbing jags. "I have a fear of abandonment, so when I feel that the guy's going to leave because I'm crying, I get very emotional," she told the TV doc. "I spin out of control." We're sure that goes over REAL big with the fellas.
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<a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/ryan-seacrest/329869' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>Seacrest</font></a> Out
After poking fun at each other on <a href='http://television.aol.com/show/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/62758/main' target='_blank'>Leno</a> in spring '06, Paula and Ryan Seacrest weren't speaking for a while. They made up after she told him, "I have nothing but love for you. I'm the one who told you when we first started that I had a crush on you. [You] ignored me, so I had to move on." And Ryan could finally breathe again.
