Abdul Unsure of American Idol Future, Chats With Letterman

With the American Idol season 9 auditions only days away, the producers are really cutting it close with extending contracts to the show’s judges.

During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Paula Abdul revealed that she’s “not sure” she will be returning to Idol but confirmed that her contract is under negotiation and added: “I love my job.  I do. I feel that I’ve had a really wonderful journey with the show. It’s called ‘negotiating.’ ”

Simon Cowell has one year left on his contract and Kara DioGuardi only signed on for a single season.  No one seems to care or report about the status of Randy Jackson (ouch!) but I think it’s fair to say that he will be returning.

Paula also did some damage control about the rumors of a feud with Kara: “Kara, she’s great.  And I don’t understand why they do this to women. They love to pit women against each other. Maybe because it’s sexier? I don’t know. Maybe mud-wrestling? The whole thing. What they never expect in a million years was that 10 years ago Kara was my roommate.  I was one of the first believers in her and we wrote a song together and it became one of the biggest songs. It’s called ‘Spinning Around.’  The story of my life!”

She also talked a bit about American Idol winner, Kris Allen, and runner-up, Adam Lambert.

She also talked about being tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen for his upcoming movie, Brüno.  I can’t wait to see that scene in the movie because it sounds incredibly insane.  Too funny!