Paula Abdul can’t go back to American Idol without a big, fat lawsuit. Of course you’d expect Paula’s name to get thrown around with the Idol mess that is going on…she can’t stay away from it, even if she really isn’t wanting to come back. Which is good, because she’d have a big fat lawsuit on her hands if she did supposedly.
More pictures of Paula after the song…
Paula left, but then she just signed a huge contract to judge a reality dance show, Got to Dance. That contract prohibits her from appearing on any other show.
According to a source familiar with Abdul’s recently executed contract with CBS, she is prohibited from appearing on any competition show on any other network, both broadcast and cable.
She signed the 7-figure deal in the spring, when it was announced she would judge and executive-produce the upcoming American version of the U.K.’s Got To Dance.
“If Paula did Idol she would get sued big-time by Viacom,” says the source. “She’s locked in exclusively with CBS.”
The source adds that the former chart-topper’s obligation to CBS is for “about five years” and that the only way for her to appear on Idol would be if CBS to amended her deal.
After all the hubbub with Paula’s departure from Idol, do you think she’d even want to return?
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