Paula Abdul — pictured here with Orlando Magic center Shaquille O’Neal — opened up to Ladies Home Journal about her addiction to painkillers? Well, she was probably high on painkillers when she said that, because now she’s saying she didn’t say that. Follow?

Paula Abdul said on WKQI’s Mojo in the Morning radio show today that the quotes in the Ladies Home Journal article referenced below are fabricated…

“It was very stressful for me to hear that and to be quoted saying something I never said,” she explains. “I’ve never checked into a rehab clinic. I’ve never been addicted or abused drugs, and I’ve never been addicted or abused alcohol. I’ve never even been drunk in my life.”

Yup, that’s right. Ladies Home Journal interviewed Paula, but it wasn’t interesting enough, so they totally fabricated a painkiller addiction story about someone who’s obviously addicted to painkillers. Thank goodness that Paula Abdul — a woman known for her eloquence and clear minde — could right this journalistic wrong. Shame on you, Ladies Home Journal! That’ll teach you to print the things Paula Abdul told you in an interview!