American Idol Is A Murderer

Gabe — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:33:52 +0000

All day, the gossip has been unfolding about the woman found dead in her car outside of Paula Abdul’s house last night of an apparent suicide. As more and more details have made into the press, the sadder and sadder the whole thing has become. The young woman, Paula Goodspeed, was apparently obsessed with Paula Abdul to the point of stalking her, and when her parents reported her missing to the police they suggested that someone check Paula’s house. To make matters more unbearable, Paula Goodspeed appeared on American Idol as one of the unwitting contestants who’s used for comedic relief in the audition episodes because of how ashamed they should be to have such outsized dreams unbefitting their lack of talent. Inevitably, someone has dug up the video of Goodspeed on American Idol. It’s macabre.

As a website that spends most of its time heaping onto the humiliation suffered by reality TV participants, contestants, stars, and would-be stars, it’s hard to take the moral highground and criticize American Idol for its callous lack of respect for the sensitivities of human beings, but let’s.

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American Idol Is A Murderer