Paula Abdul is Still Shaken Up
Juan Soliz, PacificCoastNews.com
We all heard about the tragic incident that occurred outside Paula Abdul’s home not that long ago, when an obsessed fan and Idol reject committed suicide. When the situation happened, Paula was not at home, and we didn’t hear too much actually about how she felt about the situation, until now. Paula is more than a little unnerved over the situation, as anyone would be, and says she has been staying in different homes and hotels since the incident with round the clock security. She found the whole thing very tragic and upsetting, and of course, there is more to the story than we once heard. Paula Goodspeed, the fan and suicide victim in question, was mentally unstable and this was not the first time that she had attempted suicide. And, if you want to know the timing of things with Idol, the incident which happened 3 weeks ago, occurred during the infamous Hollywood Week of the American Idol competition. While Paula was working at the Kodak Theater and taping the show, Paula Goodspeed was outside her home overdosing on pills. Producers of American Idol were informed of the situating during the taping, and informed Paula Abdul of the situation after taping for the day had been finished. So Paula has been throwing herself into work with the new Idol season, and a newly taped MTV cheerleading squad competition called ‘Rah!’, as well as a Forever Your Girl accessories line she will be launching on HSN December 13th. And if that isn’t keeping her busy enough, she is also looking for a new place to live. A choice you can’t really blame her for. As far as the obsession between the victim and Paula are concerned, Paula says she would love to dish about it, but because there is an ongoing police investigation, she needs to hold her tongue. In fact, she can’t say anything at all about the Goodspeed obsession, though producers and those close to Idol are well aware of the years of stalking that Paula Abdul endured by this one girl. There were flowers sent to Paula just before the suicide, and Goodspeed would follow Paula from season to season and city to city during the Idol tours and auditions. But this isn’t the first time Paula has been the victim of an obsessed fan, as she told People Magazine about another rather bizarre situation that happened in 1993:
“this gentleman was writing letters everyday from prison saying he was getting out in 120 days, then 119 days, all the way down to he’s getting out and he’s coming to get my mom and I. Thank God we were in Canada for my touring, and after that we were in Washington and he made a threat against the President, so he’s in jail for the rest of his life, but he had tattoos of me all over his body.”
Once she finishes the touring with Idol and launches her accessories line, Paula is taking a much needed vacation. She says she is going so far away that nobody will be able to find her. We can’t imagine how stressful this has been for Paula, but we certainly hope she finds the R & R she needs and is back smiling for us in no time.
