GLOBE Challenges American Idol Host Paula Abdul

GLOBE Challenges American Idol Host Paula Abdul

Offers to Pay for Polygraph Test to Determine if She Had a Secret Affair With American Idol Contestant

NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The new issue of GLOBE is continuing its exclusive coverage of former American Idol contestant Corey Clark's claims that he had a steamy secret affair with judge Paula Abdul during the show's 2003 season.

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On sale May 5, the GLOBE responds to vehement denials from Abdul's camp on Clark's alleged claims that he had a relationship with Abdul while a contestant by giving both camps a chance to tell the truth; GLOBE will arrange for Abdul and Clark to be tested by a board certified polygraph expert for which it will pay and print the results.

"All eyes are on Corey and Paula right now," says GLOBE Editor-in-Chief Candace Trunzo. "They owe it to American Idol fans to settle this thing once and for all. We invite both of them to sit down and take a lie detector test. We'll let our readers judge who is telling the truth on American Idol."

The claims first became public as Clark was shopping around a book proposal on his relationship with Abdul, which GLOBE reported exclusively in its May 2 issue.

The new issue of GLOBE will hit newsstands on May 5.

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CONTACT: Stuart Zakin, +1-212-743-6524, or szakim@amilink.com, or Candace Trunzo, +1-561-989-1026, or ctrunzo@amilink.com, both of GLOBE

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