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R&B Singer Once Offered Paula Abdul's Job on 'Idol'

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In the December 17 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, December 10), R&B singer Patti LaBelle reveals to Newsweek she was once offered Paula Abdul's job on American Idol but she turned it down because she didn't want to be mean. "I said no because I didn't want to be someone giving bad news by saying you didn't make it." LaBelle says cutting singers was the hardest part of her job on her new reality show "Clash of the Choirs." She does, however, offer them words of encouragement. "I did tell them, because Patti LaBelle said no, it doesn't mean it's the end. Jennifer Hudson ...

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