Paula Goodspeed, Paula Abdul’s Suicide Stalker, Appeared On American Idol

The identity of Paula Abdul’s stalker, found dead outside of her home Tuesday night, has been revealed by TMZ. Paula Goodspeed, the victim, actually auditioned for American Idol in 2005, appearing on the tryout portion of the show. In the clip above, Goodspeed describes drawing life-size drawings of Abdul (”…as a kid, my first drawing was of Paula”) and howls a painful version of “Proud Mary”. After her rejection, Goodspeed dismisses their critiques (”I was pitchy on a couple notes, big f*cking deal.”) while Simon Cowell mocks her braces (”how did she get through the metal detector?”). Ryan Seacrest, previously referring to Goodspeed as “Paula’s #1 fan,” ends the sequence with “strange way to start out the day.” He doesn’t know the half of it.

Her MySpace page—unedited since 2006—has several references to Abdul (”my secret crush, shhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!“) and a blog post concerning her appearance on the show, which aired in February ‘06.

It’s very hard reading such awful things being written about yourself…..or hearing things being said….. not like alot of people would understand what it’s like having so many haters , just because I made the mistake of trying out for a singing competition before I was ~even~ ready vocally, emotionally and physically.

UPDATE: Police were called to Abdul’s residence on “multiple occasions” over the last two years to deal with Goodspeed. “I can’t say whether Ms. Abdul was directly harassed,” an LAPD representative told People. “Ms. Goodspeed had been causing enough of a disturbance [to have police called].” TMZ claims this was not the first time that the victim overdosed in front of the Sherwood Oaks home.

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Paula Goodspeed dressed for Halloween in 2005 as Elphaba from Wicked. [Photo: Paula Goodspeed's MySpace page]

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