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Paula Abdul Stalker Apparently Commits Stalky Suicide; We've Got Her "Idol" Audition Tape

Posted by Lindy Parker

 

Let's face it, Paula Abdul has probably seen some weird shit in her day.  If the worst-of American Idol auditions weren't enough, she herself has provided more than adequate on-camera crazy to fill Vh1 countdown.  However, it turns out, Paula's got herself a stalker that makes her run as the kookiest of the Idol judges look like a term in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Paula Godspeed, season six idol reject and devoted Abdul groupie, died of a drug overdose Tuesday that is believed to have been a suicide.  Her body was found in her car, which was parked outside Paula Abdul's house.  Honestly, if there's a worse way to end your day, we're not sure what it is: Paula Abdul spends sixteen hours shooting on the American Idol set, and drives home intending to drink a bottle of wine and watch a dvd of her greatest hits, but instead finds her house has been swarmed by police and paramedics trying to revive a girl of whom she only has a vague recollection that involves the girl's full-sized Paula portraits, and an unfortunate crocheted shawl.  While the whole thing is obviously deeply sad, it does put Paula's own nutty shenanigans in perspective.  

In memoriam, here's a clip of Paula Godspeed's 2006 audition:


Comments

Mitchie said:

Weird how crazy attracts crazy.

November 14, 2008 10:39 PM

About Lindy Parker

Lindy Parker has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, dance instructor and a purveyor of dreams, one beer at a time. She now writes for nerve.com's TV blog, "The Remote Island." She loves Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez and also, straight-to-video releases with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's possible she reads more teen fiction than she should. She hails from Los Angeles, her hometown and soul mate, but she lives in Brooklyn, the fling she'll never forget.

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