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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:35 am
I'm starting to have mixed feelings. On one hand, I too can lose my ability to speak like an intelligent person when extremely nervous so I feel for her there. But then on the other hand, she needs to stop with the whacky cutesy act when she's in a situation where they're expecting to deal with a professional ADULT and not a child who needs taking care of. Geez, Paula ~ would it kill you to just get more sleep, set up a better work schedule and actually show up on time to events?! It's hard to have sympathy for you when you make a hell of lot then the rest of us.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:46 am
she needs better people around her!! That staff meeting to try and help the situation was a joke! None of them offered any info that was a solution, they just said it was up to her to do good interviews and keep all appts! WTH? these ppl are paid by her to help her........they all suck, esp her manager! her staff needs to allow time in her schedule for sleep...they dont need to schedule all those things in 1 day.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:50 pm
I agree, Pamy. She needs to fire the whole bunch.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 06, 2007 - 5:53 pm
the more I think of it the more it pisses me off that her staff is so horrible. I wish I knew how to contact her and ask her if she really feels her staff takes care of her needs or if she might be better off with a more competant staff
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 6:04 am
I do feel badly for Paula. I can’t believe that she had all those people sitting around her dining room table and only ONE person was offering the suggestion that she keep her two commitments that week. The other people looked like deer caught in the headlights. I don’t blame her for dissolving into tears. Her staff did not seem to support her. Heck, I would have offered the suggestion to make some charity appearances to boost her image. Find a charity she believes in and hold an auction of some of her personal possessions and donate the proceeds to the charity. (She seems to get replenishments from the gift suites) Hold a dance camp for a few days for some deserving children. Something to take the focus off of her persona and emphasize that she does for others…trade on the celebrity for good causes. She’s got the attention of the audience since she made a name for herself as a dancer, singer, entertainer and now as a judge on American Idol. It just seems as though her people are packaging a product for sales purposes only. There’s gotta be more to life than that. No wonder she feels like a piece of meat. When she goes to these various cities for AI preliminary appearances, she could contact local officials and find a local children’s group to meet with…local acting theatre, local choral group, etc. The description of wacky cutesy is right on! At a certain point, you just have to take personal responsibility for your actions and your life choices. Okay, she decided to make entertainment her profession. If she is ill or tired, then she must schedule her life accordingly. That’s where she should partner with her manager/publicist and make smart choices. If she isn’t getting the sleeep she needs, then she’s just damaging her reputation by not being able to perform at that certain high level of entertainer. Maybe she’s just overextending her activities?? And during the week she has two commitments, one is for shopping. Okay, nothing wrong with that. If someone wanted to gift me with a dozen bags of fashion and accessories, I’d be right there also. But what about the rest of the week…one other appearance. That leaves three to five days where she can get her act together and pack a bag that’s got some sweatpants for travel!!! I don’t think this show will damage her status in terms of American Idol. People are quick to forgive and want her to be a part of that show. Again, as was said about her, she’s the heart of the judges.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 8:06 am
Did anyone else here happen to see on Rosie O'Donnell's web site (http://www.rosie.com/) that she mentions "Hey Paula" in one of her video blogs with Kelly (it's the one where they're talking about K's neck surgery). She made Kelly promise her if she ever decided to do a show like that to kill her. Kelly said she wouldn't even let her take the meeting. Even Rosie thinks it's a train wreck!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:31 am
BabyJax I saw that on Rosie's blog too.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:54 am
I don't think I'd rely too much lately on what Rosie considers a train wreck. In fact it may make some people like the show all the more. LOL
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:58 am
Oh now, Twinkie, let's not get that conversation going over here. I've had enough of that over at The View! 
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:15 am
Amen Babyjax!!!!
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Darn skippy she over extends herself, she needs to remember life is just too short to put up with that crap.She just needs to tell her publicist what she will/will not do.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 1:53 pm
Babyjax, I didn't start Rosie in the Hey Paula thread.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 6:51 pm
last ep...another example of a loser in her posse!!! she told that guy to save jewelry and when she confronted him he just sat there with a dumbfounded look on his face, no excuses, nothing. I would have fired him. She needs competant ppl working for her!! that is her biggest prob and where were her 2 useless packing assists in this ep???
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 7:43 pm
That "guy" was the merchandising rep for QVC. I don't think he's part of her posse. But yeah, I agree... he sat there and told her he'd hold out some jewelry and then he didn't.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:43 pm
I don't see what the problem is regarding the jewelry. Don't these shopping channels often have to tell customers that there will be a delay in shipping their order due to demand? She could have taken what she wanted and let a few customers wait, if free gifts for AI contestants was more important to her than the customers who are actually paying for her products. It's not like the jewelry was actually being snatched up by customers in the building. It's getting harder and harder to really sympathize with this grown woman. Yes, her staff should be looking out for her as far as not letting her make public appearances in this condition, but why does she let herself walk around in this condition? That's all on her. I can't imagine any amount of charity work that will cause people to forget that they're watching someone slowly break down. Charity work would be helpful if she had gained the reputation of a heartless snob who didn't care about others, but people already see her as someone with a big heart. Her current image problem can only be helped by an announcement that she is getting the help she needs for whatever her problem really is, rather than the usual denials that there's anything wrong.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 8:31 am
Actually, Curly, it's more complicated than that. Say they did a run of 10,000 pieces. And they sold out (sold all 10,000). That means there isn't any more... they would have to run another production order to get more pieces. And there is no way any manufacturer is gonna do a run for 20 pieces, or even 100 pieces. It's too expensive. So if QVC received orders for all the pieces that had been manufactured, that would've been it. None to take from a customer's order, because then it wouldn't be "backordered" it would be "never available."
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 9:22 am
Costa, I agree. also didnt realize the guy was a QVC guy but still she told him to save some and he didnt....so that means not just her posse sucks, the sucking continues with others she has to wk with.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 10:07 am
I have a feeling Paula isn't in a very good mood right now. I don't know if anybody here watches "Psych", but on their season premiere this weekend, they had Gina Gershon playing a character that was quite obviously supposed to be mimicking a very stoned Paula. I thought it was funny but I was thinking how pretty sure I am that it upset Paula.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 11:30 am
I finally caught up with this series on DVR last night. WOW She really needs new management. Because, regardless if this is how she always is or how she gets when she is busy and tired, who in there right mind would think her doing this show was good for her image. I found it painful and embarrassing. I agree with someone that said they had a hard time being sympathetic to this grown woman. If this is a woman that is desperately trying to help her public image, you would think she could fake it for the cameras. Whether she is really tired, hungry or getting a cold, I don't think she comes across as very intelligent at all.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 10:35 pm
After visiting the QVC site, I think all that nonsense about saving jewelry was just much ado about nothing. There are tons of pieces still available even today. Looking at it, I can't imagine that all her jewelry sold out that night. It looks like stuff I might've found attractive back in the 80's, but I can't imagine it's that popular today. They probably just showed the few instances where a piece did sell out. Should she be giving gifts to the AI contestants at all? Didn't she learn her lesson after buying that kid a cell phone years ago? She needs to keep a professional distance from those contestants.
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Monday, July 16, 2007 - 7:48 am
I think that part of me feels sorry that the requested jewelry was not set aside for Paula’s use. However, her attitude about how the lack of jewelry will reflect poorly on her ability to gift American Idol contestants and that she’d have to pay for these items out of her own pocket is just the epitome of a spoiled brat. There had to be a more diplomatic way of requesting such items. But to say that she’ll have to pay for them herself is just part and parcel what is wrong with the elite in society. They believe they have a sense of entitlement that is just selfish to the naked eye. I thought to myself, if I wanted to give a gift to my 10-12 closest friends, I would actually have to pay for them myself! Shame on me. I should contact the nearest jewelry manufacturer and insist they be set aside. What she should have been is grateful that she still has the name recognition, and public support to sell out of her jewelry collection. The more I watch this show, the less I like Ms. Abdul.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 12:13 am
After seeing this episode again, I realized that the narration was a bit misleading. When she spoke to the rep, we never heard him even acknowledge her request much less agree to set anything aside. Their discussion after the show was really about where she could get jewelry for the male contestants, because all they had in inventory was women's jewelry. Then she made that weird statement that she's not responsible for American Idol or something like that. If she created a tradition of making jewelry for the past contestants, why is it a problem for her to pay for some jewelry for half of this year's contestants with her own money? Why did she call that "disgusting" and try to make the guy out to be a sleezeball? He just kept looking at her like he had no idea what she was complaining about. He probably expected a very different response to a successful show. And when they had to wait around all day for the evening show, why didn't they use that time to sleep instead of hitting the QVC store? And why didn't she use take that opportunity to buy the guys some gifts, for that matter? And why doesn't she ever have any money on her?
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 5:14 am
I was thinking about the QVC show and if they truly did sell out of 10,000 pieces of jewelry, just think about how many paying customers will likely come back for more. Probably many! Do you really need 12 pieces for AI contestants that may be unlikely to purchase again? And if she did, why didn’t she place her own QVC order? It seems that most of the pieces were designed for females. Paula contributes to the brand recognition of the product and hopefully the design phase. But more designers would want the brand to succeed and would make the purchase of the actual goods to improve the sales. Why is she trying to buy favor with the AI contestants? It seemed that they liked her already for the kind thoughtful remarks she generally provided. To give the contestants a gift like that, even when equally distributed, sort of taints the process. I still can’t stop thinking about her general sense of entitlement…like I deserve these pieces of jewelry for all I’ve done and now what do I have to return to the AI contestants with? It’s really disappointing to watch her attitudes about such things. She does appear to work hard, being shuttled from event to event by her staff. But get a credit card or carry an emergency $20 if need be. The only part of the show I enjoy are the coherent narrative/interview segments when she sounds alert, confident and knowledgeable. In the rest she seems like a spoiled celebrity.
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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 8:11 am
Paula doesnt spend her own money on a freakin soda or chips..or coffee...why spend money on AI contestants..lol
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 3:03 pm
LOL Lady! I don't know, but the way she looks when she does those narratives, bug me. It's like her face is pumped fuller and so are her lips. She looks strange to me compared to how she looks on the rest of the show. I'm only catching this on reruns these days, if I do see it.
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