Paula Abdul explains departure from American Idol

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 4:07pm

Paula said her departure from the show was not only about money. She claims that she was more valuable than the way the show was treating her.

"I had to stand on my principle," Abdul, 47, tells TV Guide. "I am going to miss the experience of watching young talent evolve into a place where they get to take off and soar."

The former Idol judge, who calls the show an amazing experience, says her decision was not solely about a paycheck dispute. "I stand on principle where many people stand on money," she says. I am a hard-working artist. I have lasted in this business for 23 years. And you cannot do that unless you are good at what you do."

That success seems to have given Abdul a confidence that will last in her post-Idol career. "I believe in myself and you have to have your own self respect," Abdul says. "And sometimes decisions are very difficult to make, but I have always believed that at the core I am a survivor. There is not one thing I have done that I have really set my mind to that I havve failed at."

So what is next, "I definitely want to do a talk show because it would be different," she says. "It would be a lot of fun variety with a ton of unexpected stuff and tributes to everyday people getting their big chance."

Abdul, who has been busy shooting a guest role on Lifetime's comedy Drop Dead Diva, says just because she's no longer sitting beside Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson does not mean she will not tune in to TV's top talent search. "I had some really unforgettable moments that hit plateaus for me and I'm very blessed to have been a part of what made television history," she says.

And finally, Abdul expressed gratitude to her fans. "The fans all should know I adore, love, appreciate and respect how much they have expressed their outpouring of love and support for me," Abdul says. "That is what keeps me going in lots of ways."

http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/08/31/paula-abdul-says-leaving-idol-wasnt-about-money/
Updated On: 8/31/09 at 04:07 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 4:30pm

"I had to stand on my principle,"

Which means, 'They won't give me the money I asked for."

[Pgenre]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 4:35pm

Or, she has no principAL to stand on.

P

Posted: 8/31/09 at 5:16pm

"I definitely want to do a talk show"

As she has already been a singer who can't sing and am actor who doesn't act, this seems perfect, as she can not talk well either.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 5:29pm

Can Paula actually sing?

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/1/09 at 8:42am

Yeah, because we don't have enough talk shows on tv.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/09 at 1:19pm

Her talk show can be called "American Idle."

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/1/09 at 11:29pm

Or "Welcome to Obscurity"

[Pippin]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 12:00am

"Mornings with Paula Abdull"

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 12:43am

I have lasted in this business for 23 years.

In all fairness shouldn't she subtract some of those middle years?

[scott68]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 12:45am

Pgenre, in the immortal words of Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[Pgenre]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 1:18am

The words were William Goldman's not Mandy Patinkin's but nice try.

P

P.S. No "principal" (with an al, not an le) = no $, lover
Updated On: 9/2/09 at 01:18 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 5:39am

P.S. No "principal" (with an al, not an le) = no $, lover


Yea, we got it, it's just not nearly as clever as you think.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 4:00pm

You can tell me what I think with the voices of many?

THAT's talent.

P

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 11:28pm

"I stand on principle where many people stand on money," she says. I am a hard-working artist. I have lasted in this business for 23 years. And you cannot do that unless you are good at what you do."

23 imaginary years do not make you good at anything. Some people are delusional.