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Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

American singer and dancer

May 6, 2026

9:54
Mm-hmm
9:54
... and get to be front and center, first row, you know, the ticket that everybody wants to the party o- of a lifetime, I felt like, I felt so humbled, and I felt yet so darn grateful because I had so much fun.
10:11
I didn't realize I was gonna have the kind of fun that I had tonight, and it was, it was beautiful.
10:16
And I've known Lionel for half my life.

5 MINS LATER

15:46
Okay
15:46
...
15:46
in those areas so that it becomes second nature.
15:50
And, like, even when I would work with Michael or, and Janet, it was consistency with rehearsals.
7:23
Right.
7:24
And I remember it when I was done with the dancers audition.
7:28
I would go outside and get coffee from Dunkin' Donuts on little breaks.
7:33
And not only was there a models call, so I had to see from Elite and Ford, and there was another big, big modeling agency.
7:44
I can't think of the name right now.
7:45
But after that, I had to audition open call.
7:47
Mm-hmm.

31 MINS LATER

38:42
Sure.
30:51
Wow.
30:52
And so I knew since I was young that I create, I could see entire productions like full blown, like in a Polaroid picture.
31:04
And I would wake myself up and I would start writing notes and talking into my tape recorder and, videotaping myself like in a drunken slumber, five, six.
31:16
That's how I would create because I could see things.
31:19
And I realized I can be a choreographer.
31:23
It doesn't mean I have to do that, but I know exactly how it's supposed to look.
31:28
And God forbid, God forbid.

19 MINS LATER

50:12
yeah.
22:36
You know, he would tell us if he disliked you.
22:39
Oh, I think, no, what I've read is Simon thinks that there's sexual tension between us.
22:45
That really just touched me.
22:47
Of course he does.
22:50
I don't know what dream he is having.
22:52
I seriously don't know.
TammyUNKNOWN
24:09
You know,
24:10
there were plenty of times that both myself and Randy Jackson would completely disagree, but, you know, it's just, it's the way he feels.

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