Paula Abdul Claims ‘American Idol’ Winner David Cook Caused a Major Fight Among the Judges: ‘I Threatened to Quit’
Paula Abdul claimed that she almost left American Idol after the judges fought over contestant David Cook.“I threatened to quit the show because I believed so much in David Cook, and Simon [Cowell] and Randy [Jackson] weren’t big believers,” Abdul, 57, recently told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her partnership with Voltaren. “I said, ‘This is crazy.