Friday, May 8, 2009

Paula Abdul Forgot to Take Her Meds Again (thank heavens)


We are riding this Paula Abdul crazy train regularly this week and we have no intention of giving up our seat until this crazy train stops or crashes.

A few days ago Paula revealed to Ladies Home Journal that she'd battled a 12-year addiction to painkillers. Remember? However, now she claims the magazine got it wrong and took her remarks out of context.

She told two radio shows Thursday she never said she had been addicted to painkillers or checked into rehab.

"It was very stressful for me to hear that and to be quoted saying something. I never said," Abdul told hosts on the Detroit radio show "Mojo in the Morning."

"I've never checked into a rehab clinic. I've never been addicted or abused drugs, and I've never abused alcohol. I've never even been drunk in my life," she said.

When hosts of the Dallas-based radio show "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" asked Abdul if it had been difficult to talk about her struggle with addiction, she replied, "I didn't. I was quoted as saying something I didn't say."

She said the facility where she was reported to have retreated to detox – La Costa Resort and Spa – is a vacation spot, not a clinic and that she went there for "mud baths and facials," not to dry out.

But the magazine interview features Abdul's vivid description of her withdrawal.

"I could have killed myself.... Withdrawal - it's the worst thing ... I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating. But at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been," she told Ladies Home Journal.

For their part, Ladies Home Journal is sticking by its story.

"We definitely stand by out reporting. We're happy that she shared her journey with us," said Mariella Azcuy, a publicist for the magazine.

The issue is set to hit stands on Tuesday.

Abdul earlier said her "handlers" would release a statement, but when asked if Abdul planned to take legal action against the magazine, her rep Jeff Ballard said only, "Paula is moving forward."

Paula is crazy and we love it! She should just remain silent because she's digging herself into a hole.

PS: Did any of you all watch her lip sync into TWO mics on American Idol Wednesday night?!




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