<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Paula Abdul told David Letterman Thursday night on his program that she loves her job on American Idol but it is still up in the air as to whether she&amp;apos;ll return for another season.\r\nSee Paula&amp;apos;s wacky outfits!\r\n&amp;quot;I never said [I wasn&amp;apos;t returning].  I just said that I&amp;apos;m not sure,&amp;quot; Abdul said cryptically.    &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s called, um, &amp;apos;negotiating&amp;apos;,&amp;quot; she joked.\r\nRead what Idol producers said about Paula\r\nDrawing on his own personal experiences dealing with network suits, Letterman dryly advised Abdul to be cautious.   &amp;quot;One time, I tried that, I was coming up to the end of a contract, and I said, &amp;apos;I don&amp;apos;t know, maybe I won&amp;apos;t come back,&amp;apos; and they said, &amp;apos;Fine because we&amp;apos;ve got another guy ready to go&amp;apos;,&amp;quot; cracked the 62 year-old late night host.\r\nRead David Letterman joking about Jay Leno&amp;apos;s new gig\r\nAfter taking a few good-natured swipes at her colleague nemesis Simon Cowell, Letterman turned the conversation to Abdul&amp;apos;s relationship with her fellow co-host Kara DioGuardi.  &amp;quot;Kara&amp;apos;s great,&amp;quot; Abdul told Letterman.  &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t understand why they do this to women; they love to pit women against each other. Maybe because it&amp;apos;s sexier, I don&amp;apos;t know.  Maybe mud wrestling, the whole thing.&amp;quot;\r\nRead what Paula said about the possibility of being replaced"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/paula-abdul-uncertain-about-whether-shell-return-to-iamerican-idoli--200946>