Forget the singers: the most dramatic part of American Idol next year may be the fight between Paula Abdul and the show’s producers. Why else would she tell Barbara Walters that they’d ignored her pleas not to let stalker Paula Goodspeed, who killed herself outside Abdul’s home last month, audition for the show in 2005? According to Abdul, producers felt the woman had too much “entertainment value” and it would “be fun for them to cause me some stress.”
“She had been writing disturbing letters for 17 years, almost 18 years,” said Paula. “We had restraining orders at times.” It wasn’t until Idol that Goodspeed was able to directly interact with the Forever Your Girl singer, and her missives became considerably more violent after the televised audition. “She said the only way I will serve her purpose is when I’m up in heaven being her guardian angel.”
When asked if she was still happy working with the alleged scumsuckers that put this troubled woman on TV , Abdul commented, “Well, I’m under contract.” Gotta wonder how long that will be the case.
