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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 4:24 pm
Maybe there's a connection between skinny and incoherent vs. alert and puffier. Perhaps whatever causes her to behave oddly and lose sleep is also what got her so skinny for all those red carpet gowns. Judging from her behavior on the last show, she apparently didn't get skinny from eating a lot of vegetables.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 4:27 pm
Paula started a "trend" back in Season 1 by giving the top 10 or 12 (can't remember which) jewelry she designed for them. So that's why it was important to her to have something to give to this lastest crop of contestants. And yes, she does design and approve the manufactured product. Most stars don't carry cash, credit cards, or anything but their phones. Hell, I think even one of our presidents hadda have someone pay for something for him once, cause he had no pocket money. Not carrying money is not big deal... it's what separates us (the unwashed masses) from them (the elites). More or less. Although I'm not unwashed, I did shower this a.m.!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 9:23 pm
Caught Paula co-hosting The View, although I usually don't watch that show. It didn't sound like she had control over the editing of her show, and joked that next time she'd sleep with the editor. She said her issue is that she was in a plane crash and has had 14 operations on her back. The only position she's comfortable in is straight up and down, making it hard for her to sleep. She also said she's allergic to painkillers. She's currently enjoying a break in her schedule and has had more time to catch up on her sleep than she had when the show was taping.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 10:15 pm
Again her ASSistants are pissing me off! She is breaking down, broken hearted the project she has put her heart into for the last few months (BRatz) and her freakin assistants stay in other room and laugh, they are either not paying attn to her or are laughing at her. If Paula is crazy or not she deserves better ppl....those girls do nothing and they seem to have a sense of entitlemnt. I hopw she fires them
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 4:40 am
Ditto what Pamy said.
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:08 am
Okay, so I just finished watching last night’s episode (still stranded in Philly, trying to get to NYC for Letterman appearance and aftermath). Here are my thoughts. I just feel Paula’s assistants are useless. And I am hoping in real life they are more considerate of Paula’s feelings, after all she provides their paychecks. The newest assistant really appeared to try to hit the ground running. She seemed genuinely interested in helping Paula get what she needed. But again, back to the brunette and the bleach blonde…how useless were they in packing? I’ve never seen such disorganization. You have x amount of stuff to pack in x amount of baggage. Are they just playing to the camera? Why can’t they just get down to work, fold and roll items properly and get their act together? It’s like watching a bunch of teenagers without a schedule or care in the world. Okay, then onto the reason Paula needed her hair/makeup staff and her consultant. First the hair/makeup…when she was in the car on the way to NYC distraught about how she needed her hair and makeup done, I thought to myself that she had makeup on and looked pretty darned great! Her hair was a little mussed, but nothing a good bottle of hairspray and a curling iron wouldn’t fix. And she’s been in this business for years. Shouldn’t she be able to put a look together and do her own hair and makeup in a pinch if need be? I know that stage makeup needs are heavier and more dramatic than regular life makeup needs. I guess she’s just used to this kind of treatment and is lost without the assistance. Again, I feel sorry for her about this…surrounded by three women and herself a female….and unable to put her makeup look together. Onto the consultant. A nice guy! Probably the first one in her entourage that genuinely seemed to care about her (with the exception of her newest assistant)!!! He was forthright and gave her topics and elaboration on those topics. Why Paula even dreamed of trying to possibly counter Dave Letterman’s possible remark about drugs by suggesting she’d say that she didn’t even know how to hold a bong, just gives credence to the fact that if you know the lingo that well, you may have been in the company of that element and possibly entertained yourself with said abuse. So, she should just say ‘I don’t use drugs.’ Period…end it there. Why try to be all cute and adorable about it and joke your way out of the situation when you are so clearly trying to repair the perception of your image? But more than that…Paula is an adult. Again, I hark back to her narratives and interview portions where she seems so adult, professional, well spoken and coherent. You particpate in the world, you see what’s going on, you read what’s going on…all so much so that you are in tears with your staff over repairing your image, how can you not be versed enough to come up with responses to interview questions without being coached. Now I understand that she’s used to having her consultant to support, encourage and coach her through these things, but after so many years in the industry, being a dancer, choreographer, singer, jewelry designer, wardrobe consultant, and all around entertainer, I am stunned that she can’t speak for herself without having been coached first. And other than holding her hand, could those topics/answers/coaching not have been provided over the telephone if need be? Is all of the entertainment industry this way??? I am looking at my own life wondering how is it that I can get myself dressed, presentable for an office environment or an evening out, put on my own makeup, drive myself around town, have a few dollars for the soda machine if I want in my purse, speak with confidence with coworkers, superiors and the general public without so much assistance. What’s wrong with me? and ps...a Big Thanks to Paula for stopping and spending a few seconds with the young teen who was such a big fan of Paula's. You could see that girl just had the thrill of her young life. And as often as Bravo runs reruns of these episodes, that girl is going to be able to watch it over and over again, making her father into a hero for taking off work to bring his daughter down there. Paula-if you'd missed this opportunity to take a photo with that young girl it would have broken my heart. I'm glad you took the time!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 11:01 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought talk shows had hair/makeup consultants on hand to make-up the guests. On Kathy Griffin, they showed her in the chair having her hair and makeup getting done to go on The View.
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 12:25 pm
I thought the same thing. But then there are probably guests that prefer to have their own stylists to do hair and makeup since they have more experience in knowing what their client would prefer.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 12:58 pm
I agree and I still dont know what those 2 assists do. They obvisouly suck since she had to hire a third!!! anyone know where we can write Paula, an addy that would actually get to her and not to her assistants that prolly sort her mail?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:01 pm
does Bravo have a message board for this show?
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:26 pm
They do. Here's a link: http://boards.bravotv.com/index.php?showforum=53
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:12 pm
I think after last night that I am going to have to give up on this show. She really bothers me. I agree with all of you that she has bad assistants but HELLO she is the adult, the boss and the one that has all say, stand up and make them do their job or fire them! I can not sit back and watch 30 mins of feeling sorry for herself. Paula is not one of the most talented people to me in the world. I think she should be lucky she has found a gig that would keep her in the public, allow her to afford to have assistants and that there is even an interest in following her around with cameras. I know that sounds mean. But, get over the pity party already, lady.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:57 pm
Thx Madison! I am curious to what they are saying over there and I figure if Paula was going to read a board it would be there
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 4:19 pm
So at the end of the day, it wasn't the end of the world if her stylist didn't make it in time for Letterman because The Late Show would have had a stylist available.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:10 pm
Watch this show again, y'all. You'll notice clues that reveal the editing is telling a different story than what really happened, just like last time with the jewelry. After the first couple of episodes I was saddened by Paula's situation, because it appeared she had a large group of people working for her and nobody really looking out for her. After watching more episodes my opinion is rapidly changing. Those assistants are getting a bad rap, and I feel very sorry for them now. I hope they're either paid very well, or that they had the dignity to quit, as it appeared Patty was ready to do. During a rerun of a previous episode I realized that in the scene with the people sitting around the table and Paula looking all distressed at what appeared to be a long list of commitments, it was really just a list of ideas for scenes in the "Hey, Paula" show. The people around the table probably worked for Bravo, so it would be understandable that they offered no real advice for her personal problems. I also noticed that she said herself that she felt sorry for her assistants because of the schedule she was keeping. In this latest episode the show begins at 2 a.m. following the QVC show. When they left the studio, I seem to recall one of the assistants saying they hadn't slept in 21 hours. By the time they got back to that hotel room it was probably close to 24. When Paula runs around doing anything but sleeping, her assistants are also deprived of their sleep. They reach the hotel and Paula begins to tell a story in confessional, and it is now becoming obvious to me that these confessionals are scripted and she's probably reading from a teleprompter or cue card. Hence the complete sentences. The story we're told is that they should've been sleeping, but instead they played around for a while. Then the assistants went to bed, Paula checked her email, found out she was no longer needed for the Bratz movie, and fell apart. The assistants started talking to her, got screamed at, and smiled at Paula's pain. Problem is, the wardrobe assistant in the yellow sweater had already changed clothes and gone to bed. When they show them supposedly getting yelled at, she's back in the yellow sweater and once again lifting the same white sweater off the bed that she had in her hand earlier when Paula was waiting for them to find the poop. What's more, the girls are in mid-sentence, clearly showing that this shot was cut from another conversation. So either Paula first yelled at the assistants and then went on to joke around with them and laugh her head off, or Paula was actually yelling at some other people and not the assistants. Judging from the sight of Patty walking in on her meltdown, my guess is that she yelled at the assistants much earlier and then they clowned around and went to bed. Either way, it was hilarious to me that she got angry at them for ruining her Emmy moment. It wouldn't surprise me if that whole scene was faked for "good TV." Since she's listed as an executive producer for the movie, it's very unclear as to what that message really said or what it meant. It could've simply meant that they didn't need her wardrobe ideas, but that she was still a producer, cast member, choreographer, etc. Considering how many times Paula has cried bitter tears over the most trivial things, I can understand why her assistants would have developed an immunity to her melodrama. My goodness. She actually cried because her joke writer wasn't there to hold her hand before she went on Letterman. There was no reason that conversation couldn't have happened over a telephone. Too bad the driver didn't take her through a neighborhood where people have real reasons to cry. How funny that the joke writer was on the phone trying to make sure Letterman set up Paula's jokes just right, but then told the camera that Paula is so great at being spontaneous. The new assistant looked almost ready to cry when talking about Paula's last minute decision to change their travel plans that had them packing in a rush. She said she was frustrated, not with the behavior of the assistants but with Paula herself. By the time this show is finished, everyone connected with Paula Abdul will have been made to look like villains. The assistants, the Bratz people, QVC,...Who's next? I hope that young fan somehow missed this show, because she could be crushed to see what her idol is really like. The most ironic statement came from another of the fans who said "She just always seems happy."
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 5:42 am
Found this on http://www.imdb.com “American Idol judge Paula Abdul has denied reports she was fired from the Bratz movie, insisting she turned the role down. The singer has blasted rumors she was dropped from the project by movie bosses, but blames her busy schedule for parting ways with the production. In a statement released to UsMagazine.com, her representative says, "She was not only taping American Idol three days at week, she was also filming her Bravo reality series Hey Paula five days a week as well. In addition, she was in the process of not only expanding her successful Qvc jewelry line but also coming up with the first scent in her new perfume line Sexy Thoughts. Something had to give and ultimately that was Bratz."” ---Okay, so then why is she crying over the loss of the Bratz job during the filming of the Hey Paula show? I suppose in the end, it’s called ‘spin.’
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 5:52 am
how dumb is her rep to even release that statement....does her rep even watch the show?lol
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 3:05 pm
She is just confused.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 6:54 pm
If something had to give, why was she so elated when she was given a shot at a radio show? Why would she even want a radio show when she can barely put sentences together? I thought I heard her doctor say her adrenal glands were shut down, in which case she needs to drop all her projects and get rest ASAP.
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Madison6666
Member
09-06-2006
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 7:25 am
Here’s what I try to keep in mind: Celebrities are a product, and a time-limited product that can expire. If they don’t strike while the iron is hot, then perhaps they miss many opportunities for income-earning potential before their expiration date. So, basically, I see that Paula overextends herself either by personal choice or from the prodding by her staff, some of which may be paid based on her earning power (like agent, manager, etc.). With all the projects she has going, everyone profits financially. Paula needs the publicist, assistants, wardrobe stylists, makeup and hair staff, manager, agent, etc. to continue to keep the ship in a forward direction. Hence, multiple projects = overextension = tired Paula = odd behavior Paula = weekly (maybe more) meltdown. And lest we not forget that perhaps there may be one or more medical conditions that impact everything and amplify her pain, mental state, and lack of rest. From what I witnessed in the last episode, (possible remodeling of house, decorating of possible rental home, getting radio show gig, visit to Oscar gift suite with two friends), I just, once again, felt sorry for Paula. First, she takes calls when she’s spending the afternoon with her two friends. She appears to be unable to say ‘no.’ So, complaining to the camera about her phone continuing to ring and not wanting to be filmed taking calls…turn the danged phone off. Or put it on vibrate and just disregard the incoming calls and let them go to voice mail. Most cell phones have voice mail. Anyone who REALLY wanted to speak with her that badly, would wait for a return call or call back later. Again, I have to remind myself that she is probably trying to keep all the balls in the air and strike while the iron continues to be hot with her career. But if she doesn’t take more personal responsibilty for her health, there may be no career to have b/c she won’t be around to enjoy it! Next, the decorating of the possible rental home. I can’t believe that Paula would want someone else to pick out how she wants an entire home to be decorated in her taste and trust that person, regardless of the length of time she knew said individual. Okay, so we learn that her hair stylist loves the decorator’s photos b/c they appear to have some of the style elements HE loves. Right there, you knew it was a scene set for a disaster. And the end result was pretty lovely. Especially for a time-limited rental where she was eventually going to move back into her own home. I thought that Paula was a little dramatic just insisting that she didn’t like the final product. She couldn’t pinpoint that many elements that she didn’t care for. She just gave it an overall grade of ‘F.’ I felt for the designer and we don’t learn if she got paid for those services either. I sure hope so! Maybe the show paid the designer off. And then Paula decides to remain in her own home. Heck, I remodeled a bathroom (one of two) during Christmas and another 6 weeks later and we have a small house and we remained there. Paula doesn’t even appear to be at her home very much, so why couldn’t she have just let them remodel one room at a time and continue to live there???? And finally, onto the radio gig…have I ever thought of Paula as a potential radio host? No, probably not. But if she reviews all her present commitments, doesn’t she realize she’s overextended already??? If she didn’t verbablize her happiness, I probably wouldn’t have believed it b/c she was crying in the same manner as when she LOST the Bratz consulting job. I thought to myself, hmmmm, it’s 17 minutes since the show started, must be time for another Paula meltdown. Have I become so jaded to think that EACH show must feature her meltdown and dissolution into a pool of tears of ‘woe is me?’ Okay, there’s my take for the week! We now return you to your train wreck, already in progress.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 7:30 am
Paula is dating Mike "Boogie" (from Big Brother 2 and All Stars) Malin's business partner. Another sign of the apocalypse? http://tinyurl.com/39ptvx
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 7:32 am

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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 7:35 am
Well, I suppose that has got to be a step up from dating Mike himself. It scared me seeing this thread at the top of the page again. I thought it may have gotten renewed for another season...LOL
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 8:10 am
Ohhh I thought it said she was dating Mike. Whew.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 10:49 am
The guy she is dating manages Ketchup, the restaurant.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 9:33 pm
Another sign of the apocalypse? Definitely!
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