Tina Fey Calls Paula Abdul On "SNL" A Disaster

Tina Fey has no kind words for "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul. She tells the January issue of Playboy that Abdul was a "disaster" when she appeared on "Saturday Night Live.' How so?

"In the ways she generally appears to be," Fey says. "It was an 'American Idol' sketch, and she wanted to change parts. So Amy Poehler had to play her."

Fey goes on, "A year later I saw her on a flight. We both looked at each other like, 'Do I know that girl?' And then we both had the same moment of recognition, and she was like 'uuuggh.' I saw it register on her face that she had had a terrible time with us."

Fey says Abdul's appearance "was awful."

"I was pregnant at the time and probably a little moody, but I remember thinking, 'She's a disaster! I gotta prop this lady up and get her on TV.' "

Comments

[AnnoyedCanuck]

01:03 PM on 12/06/2007

What a cheap shot. The easiest thing in the world for a current celebrity to do is to dump on someone whose career is in decline. It's also the most lacking in class. Tina Fey has no doubt worked with many other performers during her career, and dealt with all their virtues and flaws. Why dump on Paula Abdul? The wiser choice would have been to keep her scorn to herself.

[Leontes33]

02:31 AM on 12/06/2007

everything on SNL sucks. It hasn't been funny for years.

[bryanphoto]

06:49 PM on 12/05/2007

PAULAS PROBLEMS ARE THAT SHE LIVES, BY CHOICE, IN A NON-REALITY. FIRST BY "BUYING" THE IDEA OF CELEBRITY, THEN BY PILLS-PILLS-PILLS. I WONDER HOW PAULA HAS ANY GENITALIA LEFT AFTER SUCKING HER OWN ROD, THEN HAVING IT SUCKED BY AMERICA...MUST BE WORN DOWN TO A NUB!

[Grizelda]

03:09 PM on 12/05/2007

Tina reveals her true self (petty and mean-spirited) by criticizing Paula Abdul, who has obviously has problems. Nothing like kicking someone who is down. It is unseemly.

[ShockandAutism]

02:23 PM on 12/05/2007

What's with that big Jack Nicholson Joker scar Tina's got on the side of her face?

It's like the elephant no one mentions, I mean c'mon. What's up? Is that where the zipper is so Chevy Chase can get into his costume?

[donw]

11:35 AM on 12/05/2007

Why is Tina Fey, who's star is rising, commenting on Paula, who's star is falling?
Did Paula walk through a picket line or something?

[AmericaIsATerroist]

10:13 AM on 12/05/2007

Who the fuck keeps giving this woman work? I mean, wasn't Paula Abdul famous for something like 5 minutes 15 years ago?

[hootie1fan]

10:02 AM on 12/05/2007

You've got to watch Kathy Griffin 'Straight To Hell' over on BravoTV. SHe's spot on about Paula Abdul and funny, funny, funny.

[micdago]

07:14 AM on 12/05/2007

"I was like" and then "she was like" and "I was like..."

Ladies and gentlemen, Tina Fey -- yet another great orator of her generation.

PS: How do you tell when someone or something on SNL is bad? It ALL sucks.

[Janco54]

02:13 AM on 12/05/2007

After seeing "Hello Paula" I think I'd believe Tina.
Abdul is a wreck!

[lvogt]

01:58 AM on 12/05/2007

I don't think about Paula Abdul at all but Tina Fey is hilarious. 30 Rock is by far the funniest show on TV.

[LoRiseAntlers]

11:34 PM on 12/04/2007

Ah,Tina Fey,the terminally unfunny person who's managed to BS a lot of people into thinking that she is funny or that they should act as if she's funny,so as not to appear uncool,on one of her "I'm so friggin" awesome and everybody who's not an anal biatch like me is crap" rants.

Whatever.

[RGKahn]

10:56 PM on 12/04/2007

WTF is Tina Fey? She's on SNL? That is so not going anywhere!

[robotfog]

09:19 PM on 12/04/2007

God. I think Tina Fey is living the life that was meant for me except I was born the wrong everything.
Actually, I don't think I'd mind being Paula either. If she is dealing with depression, I hope she finds her way.

[peepeeray]

09:00 PM on 12/04/2007

All the guest hosts are disasters. (And the writing sucks, too. Ask Chevy.) That's what makes SNL... SNL.