Paula Abdul to make appearance on SNL
NEW YORK (AP) – Apparently Paula Abdul has no plans to keep a low profile.
The American Idol judge being investigated for an alleged affair with a former contestant will make an appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend, the entertainment magazine show The Insider reported Friday. Abdul is a paid correspondent at The Insider.
A spokesman for Saturday Night Live would say only NBC is hopeful such plans would come together.
A former American Idol contestant, Corey Clark, claimed this week Abdul had an affair with him while he was competing in 2003 and coached him on how to do better on the Fox show.
Abdul issued a statement Friday expressing “my deepest appreciation” for fans who have expressed their support for her.
“All my life, I have been taught to take the high road, and never to dignify salacious or false accusations,” she said.
“And I have been taught never, never to lie. Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.”
“I do trust my fans who can see through attempts at character assassination and I do trust the essential fairness of the American public,” she said.
A spokesman for Abdul, Shawn Sachs, said he could not clarify what “lies” Abdul was referring to in her statement.
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