TV Guide Talks To Paula Abdul on "Drop Dead Diva"

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Exclusive: Paula Abdul on "Drop Dead Diva"
Aug 6, 2010
by Megan Walsh-Boyle



What is it about "Drop Dead Diva" that keeps bringing you back to the show?

I'm such a fan. It's charming. I love the characters, and it's so well written.

I love the message and the positivity — accepting who you are and where you are and making the best of it.

I love that Brooke Elliott's character, Jane, is always looking at the glass half-full. When they asked me to start coming on as Judge Paula Abdul, I was in my eighth season of Idol and it was cute.

I play Jane's conscience and her cheerleader. It's fun.








Now you're playing someone other than Judge Paula...a wedding planner.

It's very clever the way [creator] Josh Berman writes. He decided, "We want to be able to bring you back more often and we want to make it so it's not predicated on you always being Judge Paula."

So now this time in her dream Jane's like, "What are you doing here, Judge Paula Abdul." To which I respond, "This time I'm Paula Abdul...your wedding planner." [Laughs]

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