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Now it is official. Paula Abdul is leaving American Idol. And in some small way, she will be missed. Her standing up and dancing to songs no matter how terrible they sounded will forever be burned into my memory. At the end of the day it comes down to dollars and cents. She was asking for $20 million a year for her to stay on the show and the Idol producers were only offering a 30% raise. Apparently this chick only made $2 million a year all the way back from the beginning.

I also know that Paula has had some alcohol problems in the past and I loved tuning in to see if she had some booze in her system both during the audition phase and during the actual contest stage. Simon Cowell inked a deal worth $145 million a year and Ryan Seacrest inked a $40 million 3 year deal with the show. I personally think that the Idol producers were thinking about giving her the boot when they hired Kara DioGuardi but Paula and her reps are insisting that she made the choice to leave all on her own.

Paula took things to her Twitter account saying, ” With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to Idol. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day one become an international phenomenon.” I wouldn’t go all the way to say that she helped the show in any way but I guess that is a delusion of grandeur. So long Paula! Have a drink on me! See you… never anywhere again.

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