Simon Cowell Says Paula Abdul Is Like A Dachshund

Simon Cowell visited ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Monday night, defending his behavior on ‘American Idol’, including his “shut up” remark to fellow judge Paula Abdul. “Well, it gets to a stage. How can I compare this? What do you call those sausage dogs? You know, the long dogs with the little legs — Dachshunds. You know they always grab hold of your leg. They hump your leg. And you just kind of go along, ‘Shut up!’ That’s what it’s like working with Paula. She’s like — like on my arm like a dog, and I’m trying to say something constructive. And it’s like, ‘Paula, shut up.’ And so she left.” Cowell then said Abdul “wants me” and said, “If she begged, I’d consider it.”