Video: Paula Abdul, hammered
posted at 7:54 pm on January 12, 2007 by Allahpundit
I was thinking of writing about the Democrats’ earmark debacle in the Senate and the irresistible, gloating headline on Jim DeMint’s press release about it. But it’s Friday night. Time to unwind. Time to dispense with the serious stuff for awhile and crack open a beer.
Or 12 beers, followed by a live televised interview. Like our pal Paula here apparently did.
Update: Paula’s spokesman, spinning like Kobe taking it to the rim:
“She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too,” said Ballard, referring to a new documentary series about the star’s life…
“She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. … And no, she is not on any kind of medication,” he said. “She was a little tired.”
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American Idol,, hic
normsrevenge on January 12, 2007 at 7:58 PM
There’s nothing wrong here that a 12-step program or a monkey in a stylish sweater can’t cure.
SailorDave on January 12, 2007 at 8:02 PM
Obviously, Paula likes her drinks “Straight Up”, but she appears almost “Knocked Out” here. Maybe this is the pilot episode for her new reality series on Bravo?
Ed Driscoll on January 12, 2007 at 8:04 PM
You know, I’ve always wondered what the judges drink during the auditions.
Slublog on January 12, 2007 at 8:07 PM
Wish she had put her interview off until she was, well, “more composed”. This interview didn’t do her image much good.
omegaram on January 12, 2007 at 8:13 PM
She really had that lateral “s” (shhhhh) thing going in her interview.
Hello, Betty Ford Clinic….
Dr. Gecko on January 12, 2007 at 8:15 PM
I think she held it together pretty well, at least she’s a “happy drunk” and didn’t go all Mel Gibson.
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 8:17 PM
That was a morning newscast. She was pretty spry for being out all night. At least I hope she was out all night and wasn’t that hammered first thing in the morning.
Mallard T. Drake on January 12, 2007 at 8:24 PM
I’ll have what she’s having.
Kini on January 12, 2007 at 8:30 PM
With a headline like that, it should be a porn flick. I guess she still has more class than Paris or Britney.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 12, 2007 at 8:33 PM
This is kind of sad, but she does look lovely.
Glynn on January 12, 2007 at 8:35 PM
Seattle has the best delusional poeple. can’t argue there.
R D on January 12, 2007 at 8:36 PM
Damn… she was drunk enough to put out and here I am in Ohio……
HerrMorgenholz on January 12, 2007 at 8:37 PM
She must have been out with Danny Devito.
vcferlita on January 12, 2007 at 8:37 PM
Darn, Wish I were there to
take advantagehelp her.shooter on January 12, 2007 at 8:37 PM
(As an aside, my wife was NOT impressed with that last comment)
HerrMorgenholz on January 12, 2007 at 8:37 PM
Oh, yeah, I dig the Abdulalama.
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 8:42 PM
Spinning? Try lying. One would have to be retarded to accept that Paula isn’t under the influence of a lot of something here. What’s sad is she doesn’t seem like the type of person who “needs” to be on something, but she clearly has a problem. Perhaps she started out doing whatever she’s doing at parties and got hooked, rather than someone who does it to escape, etc.
RightWinged on January 12, 2007 at 8:44 PM
I wish I was that happy when I’m “exhausted”…
Guardian on January 12, 2007 at 8:45 PM
Like she said, “any publicity is good publicity.” What a world we live in.
Honestly, though. I’ll never understand why people drink. I know I’m in a tiny minority on that, but it’s true.
Hack Ptui on January 12, 2007 at 8:51 PM
That is some SERIOUS slurring for someone NOT under the influence of drugs/alcohol.
Straight up now tell me, Paula, why not own up to drinking. Free country and all…
tickleddragon on January 12, 2007 at 8:52 PM
This just makes me want a Bloody Mary…
NTWR on January 12, 2007 at 8:52 PM
I don’t think I’ve been that “exhausted” since the night after graduation.
RedWinged Blackbird on January 12, 2007 at 8:53 PM
She’s not drunk, she’s just really really short. Everyone knows midgets are naturally happy. Ask Danny Devito.
Ugly on January 12, 2007 at 8:57 PM
I just want to know if she was wearing her dainty things or going commando.Now that would ruin her image, showing up on some goofy local news show after being out the night/morning before and holding it together as well as she did was pretty Ok to me.
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Nice job by the local anchors in not falling out of their chairs laughing at her.
…Shaken, not stirred.
Mojave Mark on January 12, 2007 at 9:07 PM
Spicolli: I’m So Wasted!
Mazztek on January 12, 2007 at 9:07 PM
She never drinks a lot.
I think I’d prefer it if they weren’t claiming she was sober, actually..
Reaps on January 12, 2007 at 9:44 PM
I vote commando.
This is the perfect thread for a Friday night. Beer and Paula Abdul in the mood.
infidel4life on January 12, 2007 at 9:45 PM
She’d have fit right in as a panelist on the Match Game with Charles Nelson Riley, Brett Somers and the rest of them. That would have been a hoot.
rslancer14 on January 12, 2007 at 9:46 PM
Dude, she’s more alcoholized than I am right now. Alcoholized is a word, right? ;)
Seixon on January 12, 2007 at 9:50 PM
I go with schnookered, Sexion, it comes out real clear when your,well,schnookered.
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:51 PM
Oops, Seixon, I meant,hiccup….
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:52 PM
God, I love you guys…..
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:52 PM
When is Paula Abdul going to fall out of her chair?
Can she generate enough power to even move her mouth and speak?
Maybe just enough.
Can she generate enough power from her brain while hammered to be able to place one foot before the other and walk after her interview?
Here are a few musical perfromances I enjoy.
I won’t here stuff like this on American Idol.
All I Ask of You from “Phantom of the Opera” live with Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson from Japan, with Andrew Lloyd Webber accompanying on piano.
Movie clip with full orchestra and studio mix, All I Ask of You, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, (Christine and Raoul), from Phantom of the Opera.
Giacoamo Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” sung by Mario Lanza.
Tito Puente y su orchestra con Sheila E y Pete Escovedo – seis manos de timbales.
Jimmy Bruno live, one of the top, most gifted jazz guitarists, digging in.
Roy Buchanan and Albert Collins two of my favorite blues guitar and over all blues styilists, live at Carnegie Hall.
William
William2006 on January 12, 2007 at 9:52 PM
ROAD TRIP!!!!
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:52 PM
It’s so nice to know that it’s never gonna end.
ballz2wallz on January 12, 2007 at 9:54 PM
http://www.nearlygood.com/audio/5stagesdrinking.html
bbz123 on January 12, 2007 at 9:54 PM
I’ve been tired. I’ve been sick. I’ve been drunk.
She’s drunk.
dostrick on January 12, 2007 at 10:17 PM
I think she’s been taking some of MJF’s Parkinson’s meds.
Ok. I’m going straight to hell for that one.
Nethicus on January 12, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Paula was a Laker girl at the same time my sister was a Laker girl- they were very tight….oh, the stories I could tell.
Tru2my2 on January 12, 2007 at 10:33 PM
I just fell off my chair watching her.
bloggless on January 12, 2007 at 10:33 PM
If I were her, that’s *certainly* what I’d be preferring.
Anwyn on January 12, 2007 at 11:28 PM
Screw the stories – we want pics!
infidel4life on January 12, 2007 at 11:28 PM
I’m proud Jim Demint is the junior Senator from my home state of South Carolina. :-) Lindsey Graham…not so much.
SouthernGent on January 12, 2007 at 11:34 PM
She will be in rehab and go on Oprah soon. Maybe write a book.
StuLongIsland on January 13, 2007 at 12:09 AM
She’s on her way over here, Stu, I’ll ask her about that.
bbz123 on January 13, 2007 at 12:17 AM
Paula displayed Britneyesque levels of “exhaustion”. Those 7 limoncellos will bite you in the ass…every…single…time.
Kid from Brooklyn on January 13, 2007 at 12:20 AM
Awww,
Be easy on these publicity reps there are days they wish they never got out of bed
EricPWJohnson on January 13, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Paula is still waaaay more adorable than the B girl, Kid, what can I say, I dig a happy tipsy babe, she would be much more pleasant to tuck in than most . At least she kept the booking and did not do the classic California flake.
bbz123 on January 13, 2007 at 12:30 AM
Joan Rivers drunk at the Logies was better
VinceP1974 on January 13, 2007 at 12:47 AM
Here she is
VinceP1974 on January 13, 2007 at 12:47 AM
At least she wasn’t this drunk.
Scot on January 13, 2007 at 12:59 AM
Scot, that is one of the rankest things I have ever seen.
Hliarious none the less!
bbz123 on January 13, 2007 at 1:07 AM
I thought Paula Abdul’s deal was painkillers, not alcohol, wasn’t it?
I can’t believe I commented on this…
Blacklake on January 13, 2007 at 2:11 AM
that’s a great bit.
jummy on January 13, 2007 at 2:27 AM
really short cute girls can’t ever get all the way pathetic. it’s an aesthetic constant. like the golden rectangle.
jummy on January 13, 2007 at 2:58 AM
Can’t help it – I like her. Cut her some slack, she’s probably got some unhappy stuff going on around her, but she seems like a nice kid. Hugs, Paula.
Halley on January 13, 2007 at 3:11 AM
Do you think Danny DeVito was at the party?
Black Adam on January 13, 2007 at 4:11 AM
Barbara Walters, in my opinion, rues the day she put that animal on her show.
RightWinged on January 13, 2007 at 5:18 AM
The next time Paula feels like getting “exhausted” I wonder if she’d like to get “exhausted” with me here in the Poconos? Drop in anytime Paula, literally.
Jeff on January 13, 2007 at 6:36 AM
The only reason all these celebs are getting drunk off their ass in public is because Bush is president, you know. It’s a form of protest. ;)
Seixon on January 13, 2007 at 7:48 AM
Alcoholized
Dude, she’s more alcoholized than I am right now. Alcoholized is a word, right? ;)
Alcoholize \Al”co*hol*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized; p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [Cf. F. alcooliser.] 1. To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] –Johnson.
2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Drtuddle on January 13, 2007 at 10:30 AM
I’m going to give her some mad props for having a good time.
Metro on January 13, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Here is a heartwrenching music video about drunk driving…for any of my friends here who have teenagers.
http://wm.atlrec.com/simple_plan/video/untitled_450.wmv
RushBaby on January 13, 2007 at 11:29 AM
That’s a fact!
In fact, the only reason that I don’t own a Gulf Stream V jet right now, that we have to replace our bathroom floor because it rotted under the top layer, that we are not relaxing in Maui, Hawaii right now, and that I am not eating a delicious Indian meal right now is because of George W. Bush!
That man! He is the cause of all things bad in the world!
Is he God incarnate, all Powerful, all Knowing, Omnipresent?
Gotta’ be, for he is blamed for everything, from Hurricane Katrina to poverty, to war, to Tsunamis, to you name it.
Now, excuse me while I try to think of something else to blame George W. Bush for.
Thank you.
William, another poor victim of George W. Bush, the all powerful scapegoat for everyone’s nastiness.
William2006 on January 13, 2007 at 11:35 AM
I didn’t know Paula was political. Who knew!
Glynn on January 13, 2007 at 11:38 AM
If I showed up like that representing myself and people I work for, I would be unemployed. Heck, she can drink all she wants but she i putting her face out into the public selling her product, herself and American Idol. I don’t know much about Simon Crowel, seem like a straight forward guy, I would take her act into consideration.
StuLongIsland on January 13, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Or, you could just go straight for the throat and crack open some crack. I’d say she’s lucky that she didn’t just fall right out on live TV.
RalphyBoy on January 13, 2007 at 12:51 PM
I have to admit, she did a lot better drunk than I would have done ether drunk or sober. How many of us would have handled an appearance on LIVE tv without doing something to make a fool of ourselfs in one manner or another? Not too many is my guess.
Add that to the fact that she just looks good and I’d say: Not bad, Paula! Not bad at all!
RedinBlueCounty on January 13, 2007 at 1:05 PM
Excellent Video. For those who have PowerPoint here is a powerful presentation. “Click Here”
Wade on January 13, 2007 at 1:47 PM
I remember seeing those ads here in Texas Wade. They were very powerful and heartbreaking.
Scot on January 13, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Well, at least you won’t have to waste your money on roofies.
TheSev on January 13, 2007 at 8:34 PM
It wouldn’t be as much fun to watch Paula O’douls.
Buck Turgidson on January 14, 2007 at 1:11 AM
It would have been interesting if the anchors had thrown in a Corey Clark question! Would Paula have become “belligerent”?
Oh, the humanity! /sarc
kiakjones on January 14, 2007 at 1:14 PM
Paula heard about this site & what we were saying about her. Unfortunately she couldn’t find the Comments option. So she just stared at the front page for a while…
Coronagold on January 14, 2007 at 2:46 PM
Coronagold on January 14, 2007 at 3:04 PM
Can someone please show me how to post a link? I’m not trying to have an image show up here at the site, but I would like to be able to at least point to it via a link. I tried the “link” thing & put in an address but it’s not working…so it seems.
Coronagold on January 14, 2007 at 3:07 PM
Call me a lightweight, but I’ll have about half what she’s having. I’d like to be able to hold onto the floor this time.
gekkobear on January 14, 2007 at 5:33 PM
the site code won’t display images.
google “anchor tags” if you want to know how to do a link.
jummy on January 14, 2007 at 6:42 PM
I agree. Unless she had been up for over three days straight, I don’t see how that could just be from her being tired.
Esthier on January 15, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Paula knocks back a few cold ones while visiting the object of her rage.
Coronagold on January 15, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Thanks jummy! ;o)
Coronagold on January 15, 2007 at 4:11 PM