Paula Abdul: "I've Never Had a Drinking Problem"
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Though her demeanor on American Idol was oft-mocked, Paula Abdul wants to set the record straight: she was never intoxicated on live television.
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In fact, she claims she's never been drunk at all.
"I've never had a drinking problem, even though I've been in this business for quite some time," Abdul said on CBS News' Sunday Morning. "I've never physically been drunk in my life. I've never been drunk in my life! I don't use recreational drugs -- but I am goofy."
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Though fellow judge Simon Cowell frequently mocked her kooky sense of humor throughout her eight seasons on the show, Abdul insisted that "the people on Idol know that none of that [drug abuse] existed, ever."
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When CBS News' Julie Chen tells Abdul that audiences don't give her enough credit for "having a brain," the Live to Dance creator, 48, scoffed at the notion.
"I am intelligent. Having a brain, that's a concept, yes, with Paula Abdul," she said. "I have a brain."
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6Well judging by her speech, she either drinks, or she's gonna having a stroke, because sober people don't slur their speech like that. Unless of course, you're "Rocky Balboa" than you have an excuse because he was a tad slow.
liar liar pants on fire!!!!!!
can't wait to see you on ur new show babys!!
Of course she doesn't. She drinks. She slurs her words and falls down. No problem!
She's said before she used to take handfulls of prescription painkillers for a chronic back problem and it was very, very apparent she was wasted on them on tv quite a few times. It's irrelevant that she doesn't drink.
I believe you somewhat..no alcohol no recreational drugs BUT you are/used to be on something prescribed like pills. Sorry, I love Paula but I've seen her "zonked" several times on tv..AI and interviews..that was more than plain old goofiness!