American Idol "scandals" raise some eyebrows

Who will judge the judges?

PASADENA, CALIF. - It would have been nice to ask all of the American Idol judges precisely what they were thinking when they allowed "Crazy Dave" to go on to Hollywood. But all the judges weren't in attendance Tuesday for Idol's session with the television press.

Paula Abdul was a no-show.

Abdul had been cleared of any wrongdoing by Fox, which looked into her involvement with Corey Clark, an Idol finalist who claims to have had an affair with her during competition, but she's still the target of journalistic inquiry.

A Fox publicist said that sometime between her appearance on Monday night's Tonight Show and Tuesday morning's press panel, Abdul developed an eye infection and was en route to a doctor.

Had she appeared, she would have gotten at least a question or two about Clark.

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