Paula Abdul Axed by “American Idol”

Paula Abdul is not expected to return to “American Idol” next season, according to the LA Times. “Very sadly, it does not appear that she’s going to be back on ‘Idol,’ ” David Sonenberg, Abdul’s manager, told the L.A Times’s Idol Tracker. Sonenberg stated that Fox had not offered Abdul a contract. “I find under these circumstance particularly unusual; I think unnecessarily hurtful,” he said. “I find it kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful that they haven’t stepped up and said what they want to do,” he added.

Abdul, 47, has not commented. Auditions for the next season of American Idol are currently underway.