Ryan Seascrest & Randy Jackson ‘Shocked’ By Paula Abdul Leaving ‘American Idol’
First Published: August 5, 2009 4:11 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images
Caption Paula Abdul and Ryan Seacrest backstage at the 2008 ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on August 17, 2008 in Pasadena, CaliforniaLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Paula Abdul’s suddent departure from “American Idol” has left her colleagues on the FOX reality show stunned.
“about to go to sleep when I started seeing my blackberry blow up. I have read what u have read and I am shocked and saddened about paula,” “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest wrote on his Twitter.
“Idol and the cast have grown with each other over the last 8 seasons..I can’t imagine the panel without puala. She’s a star @ a great friend,” Ryan, who recently inked a deal to return to the reality competition show for $45 million over three years, continued in his Tweet. “Spoke to randy..hope to speak with paula privately overnight.”
Judge Randy Jackson also expressed his surprise by Paula’s exit.
“I am shocked. Paula is a dear friend and will be missed,” Randy said in statement released to Access Hollywood.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Paula broke the news of her departure from “Idol” via Twitter.
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #Idol,” she wrote Monday night. “I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon.”
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