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A lot of American Idol fans are feeling the sting of the news that Paula Abdul will no longer be part of the show. Ryan Seacrest recently went on his Twitter to tell us how he felt when he found out. The host said “Idol and the cast have grown with each other over the last 8 seasons..I can’t imagine the panel without puala. She’s a star @ a great friend.” Funny how he can’t even spell her name right. I wonder how Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson feel about their fellow judge leaving. I think anyone could care less about Kara DioGuardi’s thoughts on the matter.

Janice Thibideaux, the woman who attacked Simon Cowell’s ex, Terri Seymour, after last week’s American Idol finale, has come out to talk about the motive behind her attack. She said “I wasn’t cool with Simon Cowell choking Paula Abdul on the show last week and with her crying-out ‘help’ as he did so. Nobody said anything about that so I wanted to confront him about it because that is not appropriate behavior, is it? She was taking some photographs with her camera and I knew she was his girlfriend so I went up to her to tell her how I felt. We started arguing and then I put my hands around her neck and started choking her just like Simon had done with Paula. Then I walked away and I was tackled by the police but I don’t regret what I did because of what Simon did to Paula, nobody seemed to care about that.” Crazy!

Feel free to fire any type of ammo at Paula Abdul just as former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has done. He was recently asked to comment on Paula’s claim that Idol allowed her alleged stalker Paula Goodspeed to audition. Nigel said “You do not take somebody in that room that you believe is a danger to herself or a danger to Paula… [Goodspeed] had been through an audition process with the producers, an audition process with the executive producers, and we were wheeling her in as a huge fan of Paula Abdul. This is what we knew: She was a great fan, she was a lovely girl. And a great fan of Paula.” He also said that he doesn’t even remember Paula making a request to have Goodspeed removed.