Lifestyle | Paula Abdul 'Hurt, Angry' Abdul Likely to Quit Idol: Manager By Neal Colgrass Posted Jul 19, 2009 7:00 PM CDT Copied In this Aug. 26, 2008 file photo, "American Idol" judges, from left, Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson arrive at a promotional event for the show in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file) Paula Abdul is unhappy with her American Idol deal, and her manager wants the world to know it. The famously tongue-tied and tearful judge "is not a happy camper" in contract negotiations, manager David Sonenberg tells the Los Angeles Times. "Very sadly, it does not appear that she's going to be back." Ryan Seacrest recently reached a $45 million deal with the show, which reportedy offered Cowell a jaw-dropping $144 million. Sonenberg's complaints likely signal a new, intensifying stage of negotiations between Abdul and Idol—but she may lack leverage since producers hired a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi. "I think at this point we're going to be considering everything," says Sonenberg, "including some kind of a competition show. She has tremendous ideas for a whole variety of shows." Read These Next One wrong step costs teen at Yellowstone. A Virginia politician was set on fire at his office. This Fed decision was unlike any other in decades. Delta sued after masturbation videos end up on child's lost iPad. Report an error