Aug
7
X Factor’s Simon Cowell calls Paula Abdul ‘a dog’
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When Simon Cowell invited Paula Abdul to be a judge on ‘The X Factor’ people were puzzled. This is the same man who dropped her from American Idol, so what was his motivation?
“It’s like owning a dog and the dog will only sit next to its master,” Cowell, 51, explains. “If she’s away from me, she pines. She’s unhappy. She has to sit next to me.”
The two formed quite a bond while judging on ‘Idol’ and Simon says he finds Paula’s odd personality quite endearing:
“I like loopy. I can be a bit loopy at times.” Cowell, 51, tells the scribes. “And she gets on with my friends. We have a similar sense of humor and I tell her there are no rules on this show, so don’t worry about how you behave.”
Paula was an Idol judge from the first season but quit in 2009. Simon left a year later when the ratings began to deflate. His new gig sees him partnered with former ‘Pussycat Doll’ Nicole Scherzinger, respected record executive L.A. Reid, and Paula. And Simon believes it’s a great chance for his 49-year old pet to shine;
“She has got an opportunity to prove she (Read more...)