Paula Abdul not returning to American Idol
Paula Abdul will not accept to return to American Idol's series for its upcoming ninth season.
The judge's manager says his client will ditch the FOX show unless producers change their tune.
"Very sadly, it does not appear that she's going to be back on Idol," Abdul's manager, David Sonenberg, who has yet to receive a proposal for her return, told The Los Angeles Times. The new season is set to premiere in January.
"I find it under these circumstances particularly unusual; I think unnecessarily hurtful," he added of the holdup. "I find it kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful that [Idol production companies Fremantle and 19 Entertainment] haven't stepped up and said what they want to do."
Both Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson are already under contract for the reality show's ninth season, and host Ryan Seacrest recently signed a whopping $45 million, three-year- deal. Only Abdul and new judge Kara DioGuardi are still hanging. DioGuardi signed only a one-year deal for the show's recently completed eighth season.
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