paula abdul
07/23/2007
Paula Abdul Has Hair and Makeup Meltdown
In this clip from the delightful Bravo series Hey Paula, America's favorite unstable singing judge learns that thanks to a snowstorm, neither her hair and makeup artist nor her "consultant" will be able to be there for her Letterman appearance. Paula's initially most concerned about Daniel, the hair and makeup artist, but it's the loss of consultant Billy that really seems to unhinge her.
Billy, apparently, basically scripts Paula's interview responses and other public appearance chatter for her. Given how often Paula's speech and behavior are rather ruthlessly mocked in the media, I can understand why she feels vulnerable without his support. Then again, given how often Paula's speech and behavior are mocked in the media, maybe Billy's support is the kind she could do without.
Paula's so unravelled here, I confess I do feel a little dirty about kicking her when she's down. Then again, given the frequent cuts to a filmed-much-later Paula cheerfully narrating the thing like it was just another day at the office, and Paula's staff displaying a complete lack of emotional response to her fit as if it's, well, just another day at the office, I'm guessing this kind of thing happens a lot around there.
