Paula Abdul is the Perfect Spokesperson

The Fox station in Seattle had a live interview with Paula Abdul to promote American Idol, and ... let's just say she seems to have gotten an early start. I know it's 4 hours difference in Washington, but c'mon, it must be at least 10am in New York...



According to her publicist and friends, Abdul was not drunk, merely exhausted. Sooo, those times we saw her in public and on the show, obviously under the influence of something other than lack of sleep, she was just tired? Yeah.

"But Abdul's spokesman, Jeff Ballard, denied that was under the influence of alcohol or on some kind of medication and said the U.S. performer never drank.

Ballard said the interview was one of the last in a string of question-and-answer sessions she had done over two hours on Thursday ahead of a new season of "American Idol," debuting next week on the Fox network.

"She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too," said Ballard, referring to a new documentary series about the star's life.

"She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes."

Ballard said Abdul, 44, had canceled all media interviews on Friday because she had a sore throat after sitting in the chilly studio on Thursday.

"She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. ... And no, she is not on any kind of medication," he said. "She was a little tired."

Mhmmmmm...