'Idol' bosses let my stalker on show - Abdul

'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul launched a scathing attack on the US television network Fox and the show’s producers, accusing them of allowing a a known stalker of the singer to audition for the programme.

“I said this girl is a stalker of mine and please do not let her in,” Abdul said in an interview with US radio host Barbara Walters.

The stalker, Paula Goodspeed, was found dead following an apparent suicide in a car near Abdul’s home last month.

In the radio interview, Abdul claimed Idol producers ignored her protests and brought Goodspeed on the show “for entertainment value”.

“It’s fun for them to cause me stress,” Abdul said. “This was something that would make good television.”

At the behest of producers, Goodspeed appeared on the show more than once, Abdul said.

Both Fox and Fremantle Media North America, which produces 'American Idol', declined to comment today.

Abdul, 46, said Goodspeed had written her “disturbing letters” for nearly 18 years and that she maintained a restraining order against the woman at times.

She also accused Fox of making her home address public, although she added that Goodspeed found the place on her own after an audition, saying: “She followed me home with her mom.”

When Walters asked why Abdul remained on a show that put her in peril, the singer replied: “I’m under contract.”