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Tuesday night, on what Simon Cowell called the “strangest show we’ve ever done,” Paula Abdul seemed dazed and confused as she critiqued American Idol finalist Jason Castro‘s two songs, although he had only performed one.

Rumors immediately began circulating that Paula was drinking or on drugs. On Wednesday night’s elimination show, host Ryan Seacrest came to Paula’s defense, saying the rumors are not true and adding “She’s part of our family, and we love her.”

Giving Paula the benefit of a doubt, I understand how the change in format for Tuesday night’s show could have tripped her up, however, I still think something’s wrong here. This is not the first bizarre behavior we have seen from Paula, and there is no way the producers, Ryan, Simon and Randy are oblivious. Whatever the issue is, I’m sure they are aware and surely something is being done.

View video of Ryan defending Paula below and then check out the incident that sparked all the rumors in THIS VIDEO.