nadia
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Post by nadia on Jul 25, 2006 23:30:13 GMT -4
How do people who have access to substantial sums of money end up with boob jobs like that? And why do they show them off?! Paula, Tori, are y'all blind?
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kafka
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Post by kafka on Jul 25, 2006 23:36:27 GMT -4
She seems to have never had a moment of her celeb life where she's been sane, sober, and comfortable with who she is. I've always had the same impression but I have to admit that I know very few details about her life in recent years. I don't watch American Idol but I've heard about the various rumours regarding drinking (or is it more than that?). So, I hope you'll be patient with me when I ask, this drinking/whatever thing is relatively new, isn't it? Wasn't there a period after she dealt with her bulimia where she wasn't (obviously) addicted to some other substance as compensation? When exactly did the claims of a substance abuse problem begin and does anyone know what specifically triggered them? I mean, I know she has always had a lot of problems and is insecure up the whazoo, but was it something more specific which pushed her from recovering bulimic into alcoholic, or whatever the hell she's doing now? Was it the pressure of being back in the spotlight, because it seemed as though she was relatively okay in that down-time between her singing career and the start of AI. I'm sorry for peppering you all with so many questions but there is no old thread for me to go back and reread all this.
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bitsygirl
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Post by bitsygirl on Jul 25, 2006 23:36:59 GMT -4
Her comments on AI are usually so inane I just want Simon to sit on her sometimes. Seriously has she ever made a sensible comment on that show? But that aside I do feel a bit sorry for her because she seems so messed up although maybe I shouldn't since a lot of her troubles seem self inflicted.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2006 23:41:04 GMT -4
I think that she was still messed up during her down time. Her second marriage broke up and was supposedly so horrible that she won't talk about it. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, didn't she pretty much need American Idol because she was broke?
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jilly
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Post by jilly on Jul 25, 2006 23:45:57 GMT -4
Geez, woman, put a shirt on. No one would ever know. Exactly! Do these celebs not own mirrors? Like the black actress that had an obvious hole in her boob. Why doesn't any kind friend pull them aside and give them the bad news? The only time I have enjoyed Paula on Idol is when she's smashed. She can be pretty funny. I'm mean, I know. Kafka this is just my speculation but I think she started having drinking problems after her second marriage failed. I watched the special she did with Dr. Phil. He was helping her find a man. She came across as really needy and desperate. I guess you'd have to be if you'd stoop to letting Dr. Phil find you a date. I think she's probably a nice person though. It's too bad she hasn't been lucky in love.
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Post by Yossarian on Jul 26, 2006 0:01:28 GMT -4
I read somewhere (hey, probably here!) that Paula didn't only have a problem with booze but that she also had a rather extreme fondness for painkillers. That could definitely explain why she seems to speak in slow motion ... and why she hasn't noticed that her boobs look so wrong.
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jilly
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Post by jilly on Jul 26, 2006 0:03:19 GMT -4
I read somewhere (hey, probably here!) that Paula didn't only have a problem with booze but that she also had a rather extreme fondness for painkillers. That could definitely explain why she seems to speak in slow motion ... and why she hasn't noticed that her boobs look so wrong. ] You're right! Didn't she have back problems? Something like that.
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Post by Yossarian on Jul 26, 2006 0:10:51 GMT -4
Yeah, I think the story was that she had some kind of recurrent injury stemming from her Lakers days.
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kafka
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Post by kafka on Jul 26, 2006 0:10:56 GMT -4
You're right! Didn't she have back problems? Something like that. Thanks Yossarian and Jilly. It sounds like the Liz Taylor explanation.... If you have the patience to keep answering my questions, what exactly broke up her marriage? Also, what ended her relationship with Emilio Estevez? I knew the answer to that last one a long time ago, but other bits of extraneous, irrelevent gossip must now occupy that portion of my mind. She always seemed so happy when she was with him. What always strikes me when Paula Abdul's name is mentioned is that 98% of people think of now and American Idol. I immediately think of "Cold-Hearted Snake" and the late 80s Paula. It makes me feel soooooooo damn old! What irritates me is that I think the Fox/AI people are enabling her problems in order to keep on with their smooth production values and keep on schedule for the ratings juggernaut. I don't even WATCH the show and I think she's in a bad state. Yet TPTB do nothing. It reminds me of the Robert Downey, Jr. situation during Ally McBeal, and I think it's rather disgraceful of them to be taking such advantage of her, her insecurity, her neediness and her desperation.
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Post by Yossarian on Jul 26, 2006 0:28:59 GMT -4
I don't really know any details about her break up with Emilio. They were fairly young when they hooked up so I guess their relationship probably just went the way 99.99% of Hollywood marriages do.
As for Fox' culpability in keeping her on TV it is certainly odd. Do the fans like her that much? If I was a Fox exec I'd be worried that she'd OD on TV (of course, that would be a ratings bonanza) or, more seriously, that her antics would end up driving their productions costs into the red. I mean, if her assistant is constantly having to wrangle her into some semblance of sobriety or if she is consistently late or unfit to work, then that could end up causing huge delays.
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