Remember Paula Abdul's insistence that there was no cat fighting between herself and the new American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi?  When she called Kara a "true sister?"

Looks like it's on now. 

Paula reportedly told OK! Magazine in an interview that she did not think four judges "was a good idea."  Kara, the fourth judge, responded publicly.

'Paula has a right to her opinions, but I was
disappointed by her comments, and hurt that she did not address them to
me in person,' Kara said in an exclusive statement to Access Hollywood."

In the interest of accuracy, I must say that although I've read reports of Paula saying this in several places on the internet, the OK! website does not have any mention of this in their interview excerpt.  

However, Paula's rep gave Access Hollywood a statement that certainly isn't a denial.

'Paula’s quote was taken out of context,' the rep told Access. 'She was referring to previous ‘guest judges’ from past seasons. Not Kara.' "

Hmmm... that doesn't sound good.  Especially in light of the fact that Paula did tell OK! that this is the last season of her American Idol contract and there are "so many other things I want to do." 

For those of you who watch, what do you think of the four judge set-up this season?

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