“Hey, Paula”: The premiere
Paula Abdul delivers a speech during the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund event that honored her in January.
“Welcome to Paula time.”
There’s really no way it could have been better. She cried four times (at least) in the first 30 minutes, and there were more bizarre moments in the first hour than there are during an entire season of “American Idol” auditions.
A jewelry designer, wannabe movie producer, fragrance designer and, of course, “Idol” judge, the behind-the-scenes life of the former pop star certainly is more entertaining than anyone could have imagined. This is some seriously hilarious television.
Aside from the crying, the first two episodes of the reality series featured a Paula Abdul that’s a lot more rough around the edges than she seems to be on “Idol.” The amount of silliness was through the roof. Here are some of the best quotes from tonight’s premiere episodes:
“I wanted to say to Joan, ‘What doctor is your face wearing?’” she said about Joan Rivers after her red-carpet appearance at the Grammys.
“I bore myself sometimes with the chai latte,” she told a barista at Starbucks.
“Last time I had a hit record, Bill and Hillary were having sex,” she said of her carefree attitude. Seriously? Did that just happen?
“I put on a lab coat, and I’m walking down the aisles. … I’m like a scientist, a mad scientist,” she said after her first trip to test fragrances for a possible perfume line.
“I like Dunkin’ Donuts. I like their coffee.” This may not seem funny, but from the back of a limo when she was about to pass out from exhaustion (allegedly) it was pretty entertaining.
And, just before the second episode ended …
“I’m right in the middle of a big ol’ crap sandwich.” And we love it.
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