Articles tagged with: Paula Abdul painkillers
‘I Am Not A Drug Addict’ Garbles Paula Abdul
It made so much sense when Paula Abdul admitted her addiction to painkillers. The behaviour. The slurred speech. The extended tolerance of Randy Jackson. Yes, when Paula Abdul admitted that she'd spent 12 years off her box on a cocktail of medication, everything became clear. Simon Cowell's teeth hadn't sent her down a path to insanity. The inexplicable popularity of Danny Gokey hadn't turned her synapses to mush. It was the drugs. Except it wasn't. Paula Abdul has claimed that her statements were taken out of context. Apparently you can take harrowing descriptions of withdrawal out of context now. Who knew?
Paula Abdul: Opposites Attract (Her To A Buttload Of Painkillers)
Let's say American Idol is a family. Who would Paula Abdul be? Correct, she'd be your aggressive, incoherent, substance-addled mother. That's right - not your drunk mother or your mentally ill mother. Your substance-addled mother. Paula Abdul has finally revealed that she's been addicted to prescription painkillers for 12 years. and she went to rehab last year to get better. Silly Paula Abdul - this now means that the chances of her interrupting an American Idol episode to burp the theme-tune to Quincy or start licking her own chair are greatly reduced. And why else would we watch it? For the singing? Please.
