Paula admits to drug addiction (who knew!?)

Paula Abdul finally came clean today about her history with drug addiction when news of her feature story in the June 2009 issue of Ladies' Home Journal broke. As reported by PopEater.com:

Abdul revealed that all the drugs combined made her very restless and even led to last year's controversy when many thought she looked loopy and high while on 'American Idol.'

"I'd been working nonstop, [but] the show must go on. I'm an old school professional," she said. "I didn't want anyone to count me out. I tried to keep everything hush-hush."

While this news comes as no surprise (hmm, maybe Daughtry should dedicated its performance of its single to Paula tomorrow night?) and we all hope Paula can get well, nothing will change the fact that Paula lied to us all these years, even lying to a national audience as recently as April 23 to Cynthia McFadden on ABC's Nightline about never being addicted to drugs in her life. Not only this, but Paula came out and tried to discredit McFadden via her Twitter account the following day:

Disappointed that Cynthia tried SO HARD on Nightline to make it look like I'm on drugs & alcohol. U know it's not true. THX 4 yr support!

The sad part of all of this is Paula will be seen as a victim of her own poor choices and will receive a wave of sympathy from the media, but she really does not deserve that. Yes it is a tragic thing that has happened to her and she needs moral support in this troubling time, but for her to sit there with a straight face time after time and lie to everyone, and then to make Simon look like the bad guy for "making stuff up" about the whole ordeal is just irresponsible of her.

News this morning also broke regarding Paula's premiere of new music in a performance on tomorrow's Idol results show. She will perform for the first time in the show's history, choosing to belt out her new single "(I'm Just) Here For the Music," which was premiered on Ryan Seacrest's morning show on KIIS-FM at 7:30 a.m.

The test will be whether Paula opts to lip the performance. IDOL LIVE is putting money on the affirmative.

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Paula opens up to 'Nightline'

A cloud of controversy has surrounded Paula this week, with rumors swirling that she blew up during talks of her contract with Idol producers, which is set to expire at the end of this season. Tonight she opens up to Cynthia McFadden on ABC's late night news magazine Nightline, on which she dishes on a host of topics including Kara as the fourth judge, her medical history and whether or not anyone could ever replace her as a judge.

Watch a clip of Paula talking about how she found out about Kara being added as a fourth judge below:

A snippet from the conversation about Paula's future as a judge on the show can be read below:

"This is my last season under contract," she told "Nightline" in an exclusive interview. "I love the show, I do. I love what I do on the show and I'm loving it more this season than ever."

And whatever the future holds, don't count her out.

"Don't bet against me," she said, "because the most powerful kryptonite I possess is the connection with the people."

Now, this is not the first time ABC News has tried to inject itself into an Idol controversy. Back in 2005, ABC's Martin Bashir interviewed Season 2 expelled contestant Corey Clark about his charges that Paula had a romantic relationship with him while he was on the show in 2003. The charges were denied by Paula and a FOX internal investigation turned up nothing, leaving Corey to look like an idiot that just was interested in peddling his album release.

This left ABC News with a black eye, so it is interesting that it has taken until now for the organization to go after one of its chief rivals. This time around it is not as cutthroat, though, as Paula is directly involved in the report and will obviously defend herself when some of the more controversial questions are lunged at her.

Paula's interview will air on Nightline tonight at 11:35 p.m. ET.

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