Wednesday April 30, 2008
Paula Abdul arrives at the Lili Claire Foundation 10th annual benefit dinner and auction held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on October 13, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA.
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Paula Abdul was not drunk at Tuesday night's American Idol, despite a TMZ.com report that blamed booze on her strange performance.
The alcohol claims are "absolutely not true," her rep told Usmagazine.com in a statement.
TMZ.com says the judge was "bubbly" after "at least one martini" at a lunch at Maggiano's restaurant in L.A. four hours before the show began.
But Abdul had another explanation for why she commented on two of contestant Jason Castro's songs – when he had only sung one (watch the wacky exchange here).
"It got very confusing," she told Entertainment Tonight after the show wrapped.
She explained: "The producers come up to us in the dark and said, 'We are not going to have you guys judge after each performer, we are going to have all the performers go once, then twice and at the end critique them.'"
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Posted by Alissa R at 9:30 am ET
