Paula trades troubles for laughs on 'SNL'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2005 | by Donna Freydkin and Bill Keveney

Paul Abdul has pulled a Paris Hilton. The American Idol judge appeared on the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live to laugh off allegations of an inappropriate relationship with former contestant Corey Clark, just as Hilton used a December 2003 SNL appearance to make fun of her sex-tape scandal.

Abdul appeared in SNL's opening sketch, introducing what she dubbed "a re-enactment of some events from this week's biggest news story."

With Amy Poehler playing Abdul, SNL mocked last week's Primetime Live report on which Clark charged that Abdul had coached him and had sexual relations with him. "Corey, that was beautiful," said Poehler's Abdul in critiquing his singing. "You really blew me away. It's like I rolled over and said to you this morning, 'You have real star...