Is Paula Ready to Kiss Idol Goodbye?
Juan Soliz, PacificCoastNews.com
We have been hearing a lot about this situation with Paula Abdul and her obsessed fan. Sadly, this was a fan story that that went way overboard in the tragic sense, with Paula’s obsessed fan coming to her demise with suicide. But this story although it seems new to us, is nothing new to Paula Abdul, as this particular fan had been obsessed with her for many, many years. In fact, it was not American Idol that brought this fan to Paula Abdul per se, but rather, this fan, Paula Goodspeed has been crazed over Abdul for years. Then it came to light that Paula Goodspeed wanted to audition for the show, American Idol, and in a recent interview with Barbara Walters, Paula Abdul expressed some concerns publicly for the first time since this incident happened. When Paula found out that her fan was wanting to audition for the show, she begged the producers not to let her into the room. But the producers ixnayed that request, and Paula feels that they allowed Goodspeed to audition for the sake of entertainment value. Paula specifically told the producers:
This girl is a stalker of mine. Please do not let her in.’ Everyone knew. I was shaking. She had been writing disturbing letters for 17 years, almost 18 years. We had restraining orders at times.
But, we all know how it turned out. And it may be this very audition that put Goodspeed over the edge. Or, at least it fuelled her obsessive flame when it comes to Paula Abdul. Shortly after this round of auditions, Goodspeed oddly appeared at other auditions in other cities where Idol auditions was being held. She also got Paula Abdul’s address as a result of this audition, because she followed her home from one of them. And Paula Abdul blames the producers of the show entirely for this. And it wasn’t just letters and home following that Goodspeed was guilty of. She had a history of sending naked pictures of herself to Paula Abdule, and even threatened Paula with bodily harm. She also told Paula (Abdul) that she will serve her final purpose when she is up in heaven being Abdul’s guardian angel. And it sounds like this is precisely what happened. When Barbara Walters asked Paula why she was still a part of Idol after all of this, Paula merely said ‘well, I’m under contract’. How long her contract is we do not know, but we do know that Paula will be with us for another season of Idol, and after that….who knows.
