Singer-turned-"American Idol" judge Paula Abdul called off all her interviews Friday after clips of an earlier TV appearance appeared to show her drunk, Daily Dish reports.

The video, in which Abdul slurs and bizarrely gesticulates, emerged on YouTube on Thursday, prompting speculation alcohol or medication were talking, not Paula.

Paula Abdul quickly abandoned media engagements scheduled for Friday aiming to quiet further rumours.

 

"She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. And no, she is not on any kind of medication. She was a little tired," Abdul's spokesman Jeff Ballard said, adding that tiredness and a minor throat infection, not inebriation, were the causes of the cancellations and earlier odd behavior.

"She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too," Ballard said.

"She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes." 

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