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So Paula isn't sneaking rum in her Coke cup after all, eh?  And the only happy pills she's taking this season are Tic Tacs.  She's just euphorically happy, all those endorphins are just running amok on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, because for years those little happy hormones have been dormant, a prisoner of pain due to numerous accidents and myriad surgeries.

And now she says she has a rare disorder. 

Like we didn't already know that.

But, it seems, Corey Clark, the gentlemen of all gentlemen, is claiming Paula wasn't in too much pain during season two, apparently, to prevent her from keeping little Corey as her own personal love slave.  She even went as far as threatening him, says he, if he went public with their affair.

He tells all in the book that he's hawking to publishers, an expose of his (interrupted) tenure as an Idol wannabe.

Remember this guy?  He's the one who got punted midway through when his arrest, pending trial and active restraining order were brought to light, much to the surprise of AI producers, to whom he had assured a clean slate.  (A spelling error had allowed the criminal charges to escape undetected through the background check.)

He also makes other "astonishing charges":  there was tons of wild drunken sex among the contestants.  (Okay, Simon already dropped the bomb on that one, Corey.)  Clay was a quiet humble guy who turned into an arrogant egomaniac.  And Justin Guarini was a "cheeseball" (gee, stop the presses) who also bragged about seducing Abdul.  (Why would one brag about such a thing?) 

I have two questions:  Why would anyone believe this sleazebag in the first place, but, even if it's true, why would anyone care?

And finally, it appears as though Constantine's band, Pray for the Soul of Betty, has signed a deal with Koch Records.  The album is set to be released in early May.

Koch insists this deal does not breach the highly-restrictive contract that 19 Entertainment forces the Idol contestants to sign, because the band recorded the album prior to the summer of 2004 when its lead singer became an Idol contestant.  Koch is proudly hyping "Betty" as one of the best rock bands in years.

And they should know quality.  Count Jim Verraros and William Hung among their artists.

Nuff said.

Idoling away...