Paula Abdul calls out 'American Idol' for encouraging stalker

daisyj- I tend to agree with you, the truth lies somewhere in between

omg…”a sack of hamsters”…lmao

This doesn’t wash.After seeing how Paula,Randy,especially Simon go out of their way to harangue and humiliate obviously mentally disturbed people year after year,I have the feeling Paula was part and parcel of the humiliation of this young lady.Paula probably thought it would be a hoot to castigate somebody she knew was sick.

This past month there was a young woman killed in the Bay area of California. A married mother of three I beleive. An average everyday woman that was a former beauty queen. Well she had a stalker mostly unknown to her…someone she met in passing at a party that gave her a ride home one night. Well he became obessed with her and snuck into her house, through the garage, he cut the wires to the Electricity and disabled the phones, she was able to contact the police via her cell, she also saved her children by passing them through a window to the police,shortly there after the stalker shot her through the wall and then turned the gun on himself. While Hollywood stars have to pay the price for fame yes, however they should not have to live in fear of their lives, the media elevates these starts to levels of Uber Gods and we the all consuming audience are the cause of these types of situations. Shock value= entertainment=a story=money in the bank. Sadly someone lost their life in this mess

I completely understand how Paula feels. Believe me being stalked its not a joke and its not pleasant – its scary. I know how it is for I was a victim myself and whats more with Paula she is a celebrity and she a woman and I am man and just an ordinary guy. The only one who would know how it feels is the one who experienced the situation – sometimes you cannot sleep for you are just so petrified. I hope people won’t experience this plus I agree with Paula, Idol producer ignored her plea and yes I believe her when say they want it for entertainment value. I don’t think this is the only reason why Idol need a lot of changes I believe based on my observation its really started and hit hard during the season 7 finale outcome and a lot of viewer were not happy and dissatisfied with the result and to save the show they need to do some drastic changes for they were losing viewers so fast that they need to do something about it – there cow money will be gone.