Did Simon Cowell keep Paula Abdul from getting fired?

Simon Cowell apparently stuck up for Paula Abdul:

Paula Abdul may have been fired from "American Idol" if not for Simon Cowell.Abdul told the New York Post that when contestant Corey Clark claimed they had sex and producers were thinking of kicking her off the show, Cowell is the one who stepped up for her.Fox later cleared Abdul of doing anything inappropriate.Abdul said Cowell is like "a big brother or a lover" sometimes, but when he’s "annoyed" about something, she gets "the brunt of it."

Brother or a lover? Okay, either she’s Angelina Jolie in her pre-Brad Pitt days, or Paula is SERIOUSLY HIGH. I vote for number two!

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