Paula Abdul Is Walking A Very Thin Line
Paula Abdul's manager called out the producers of American Idol over the weekend and said they better offer Paula a new contract worth lots of money or she is going to walk.
"She's not a happy camper as a result of what's going on. She's hurt. She's angry. I think at this point we're going to be considering everything, including some kind of a competition show. She has tremendous ideas for a whole variety of shows."
Is anyone else laughing as hard as me at the idea of Paula hosting a competition show? The only idea I can think of for a show would be to have like a Mystery Science 3K show where people watch old episodes of Hey Paula and make jokes about it. Oh, or who can come up with the best drinking game for all her American Idol appearances. Everytime Paula slurs a word you drink. Everytime she says "I liked it," or "You look great," you take two drinks. Every episode is timed to get you hammered in 22 minutes plus commercials.
A lot of what her manager says is just a bunch of hot air and bluster to get people on Paula's side, but she was the one who threatened to walk last year which caused Idol to bring in Kara DioGuardi. With Kara there, Paula has much less leverage to ask for a huge raise. Last year Paula made about $2.5M which is very generous for what she brings to the show. There are a lot of has beens out there who can play the complimentary role to a contestant and spar with Simon.
If she thinks she is going to get Ryan money or her manager has a dream of buying a yacht with his commission or something because he thinks she is going to get a Ryan Seacrest type deal, I think he is going to be really disappointed.
