I knew this was eventually going to happen when they brought in Kara DioGuardi last season. I was always wondering why there was the need for a 4th judge and a female at that.
Well, there’s the answer.
Paula, last I heard, was making about $5 M from the show. She was negotiating for something like double that amount ( Ryan Seacrest is now earning $15 M a year ).
Apparently the negotiations broke down.
Kara DioGuardi is awful. She reminds my wife and I of that girl in the movie Coming To America with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall who sits in the booth with them at a club going on and on about being a star and a pop singer and writing my own songs zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.