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Chihuahua Breaks Paula Abdul’s Nose
Monday May 21, 2007

Paula Abdul Nickelodeon's 20th Annual Kids' Choice Awards Westwood, California March 31, 2007

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Don’t be surprised if Paula Abdul has a bandage on her face for the season finale of American Idol tomorrow night and Wednesday. Abdul suffered a broken nose over the weekend after tripping in an effort to avoid her chihuahua, Tulip.

Reached for comment today, Abdul's spokesman, David Brokaw, told Usmagazine.com his client is in good spirits after her fall last Saturday. "As we speak, she's in a car on her way to press tour for the finale of Idol," he explained, adding that the only treatment the Idol judge received was a quick check-up from her doctor.

The judge herself explained her injury to Extra, revealing "[I] tore cartilage. I took a nasty fall... trying not to hurt my dog. I bruised myself on my arm, that's nothing... my chest, my waist all the way down to my hip. All from my little chubby Tulip." Looking back on the incident, Abdul explains "The dog, I saw her... I just remember saying 'Oh my God, I'm going to do a face plant!' It hurt so bad! I screamed like a little baby would scream," she said of the pain. "I fractured my toe as well."

This isn’t the first time the Idol judge had nursed an injury on the air. In 2005, she contracted a staph infection in her right thumb, allegedly due to an unsanitary manicure.

Abdul, 44, even testified at the California State Capitol pushing for stricter legislation for nail salons.

"It's frightening to see what this does," she said of the infection at the time. "I almost went into cardiac arrest, I was told."

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