Abdul Says Cowell Prevented Her Firing
'Idol' Judge Was In Hot Seat After Clark Sex Claims
Posted: 1:06 pm PST January 12, 2007
NEW YORK -- Paula Abdul may have been fired from "American Idol" if not for Simon Cowell.Abdul told the New York Post that when contestant Corey Clark claimed they had sex and producers were thinking of kicking her off the show, Cowell is the one who stepped up for her.Fox later cleared Abdul of doing anything inappropriate.Abdul said Cowell is like "a big brother or a lover" sometimes, but when he's "annoyed" about something, she gets "the brunt of it."Meanwhile, TMZ.com is reporting on Abdul's strange behavior during a satellite interview about "American Idol" with the Fox television affiliate in Seattle.The site said Abdul "slurred and giggled her way through the interview."Abdul's representative told TMZ that the appearance was "much ado about nothing" "much ado about nothing" and blamed "technical problems with the satellite" transmission that left Abdul "distracted and confused."
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