Carmen Rasmusen Backs Paula Abdul

Carmen Rasmusen, who was on the second season of ‘American Idol’ along with Corey Clark, whose allegations of backstage wrongdoing and of an affair with Abdul have rocked the show, tells The New York Daily News she doesn’t believe the chatter. “I just do not see Paula Abdul as a person who would try to sabotage ‘American Idol,’” Rasmusen said of talk that Abdul coaches her favorite contestants. “I do not see Paula doing something that stupid that would hurt her image and hurt the show as well.”