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Ever the articulate has been, Katharine McPhee weighs in on Paula Abdul's replacement. While performing for a Los Angeles Regional Foodbank benefit concert on Monday night, McPhee said that it "wouldn't surprise" her if Simon Cowell also left Idol.

Katharine claims that Simon, Randy and Paula have been judging "for so many years," so it's natural that some  of 'em may want to go. She's apparently unaware of how badly Paula wanted to stay!

Kat says,

"People try to figure out the real stories and I'm like, 'Who cares? She wants to go.' I imagine some of the crazed fans who love Idol and don't want it to change at all would be upset, but I think it's a great changeup."

Katharine says that Ellen brings "the cool factor" and she can't explain what's so cool about her, but she just is."You can go around and around and say, 'What can she bring to the show?' but she's just cool!"

Yet another reason why I've never had McPheever. "Who cares? She wants to go," Katharine speaks about shiz she knows nothing about. What is she, a gossip blogger?

Ellen DeGeneres is jumping the shark by signing on to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol. The hilarious host says she's heard that a lot of folks like myself are skeptical about her qualifications. On today's show, Portia de Rossi's wifey fires back.

Ellen DeGeneres says:

"I'll tell you right now, how I know I'm going to be a great judge ... I've spent my whole life being judged. So I know what it's like. So I will be kind. I will be compassionate. I will be empathetic, and I will be truthful. I will be an honest judge without being mean.

"I thought America had moved past this. First, we have the first African American President.  We've sworn in our first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. I think American Idol is ready for their first blonde judge ... I do.

"I'm very excited to be on the show. I will tell you that right now. I just continue to be excited every single day."

Ellen then told Paula Abdul that she wants her wig back and that she has never patted her a*s like Paula did when she was dancing like her. As much as I disapprove of Ellen replacing Paula, she may prove everyone wrong. I'm interested in her showing us all what she's got!

Paula Abdul is a dancer and former choreographer, so executing Ellen DeGeneres' signature moves that Ellen does on her talk show must have been easy for Paula.

Paula Abdul looked like she had a little too much fun as she shook her a*s and acted just like Ellen does. It was perfection. Paula is obviously bitter, but at least she gets us all to laugh about it.

Pill popping princess Paul Abdul did what celebs do best these days which is talk through twitter.

Paula wanted to let us all know she sends kudos to Ellen on her new judging gig on American Idol.

“I think Ellen will b a gr8 judge on Idol. She is wildly funny, talented and I wish her the best of luck!”

Come on now, she can't seriously be happy that Ellen is taking her spot! Paula's gonna pull a Tonya Harding and have someone bust Ellen's knee caps before the first show. I know we can't get lucky enough to have some drama like that between Paula and Ellen but it would make for some great TV!

Ellen DeGeneres will be replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol. So what exactly are Ms. Degeneres' credentials?

She says, "I have not missed one episode," she loves to dance, and she frequently sings off key. I smell some sh*t and it came from a bull, y'all, cause this is some straight bullsh*t!

After the audition rounds, which will feature celebrity judges, Ellen will fill Paula's seat beginning in January.

At yesterday's taping of the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen announced, "I've been dying to tell everyone. It's just been so hard to keep it a secret and we just finally got the OK and I'm so excited. It is going to be so much fun."

Music is not this woman's area of expertise and she's probably going to try to be funny. American Idol isn't the right fit for Ellen's snarky sarcastic genius. She thinks that judging will "be so much fun," but how fun will it be when she doesn't have an ear for music? And to think that Paula couldn't get the money that you know Idol will be paying Ellen. I guess this is a lame attempt for Idol producers to spike ratings and prove that they're not sexist. Can I vote Ellen off the show?

Check out the video of Ellen talking about being the new judge after the jump!

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Lindsay Lohan is still on damage control. After Samantha Ronson dumped her and after she gave an alleged drunken interview to Us Weekly magazine with their headline, "I Am So Alone," it's easy to see why Linds is on the defense.

However, LiLo claims that her breakup has been "really good" to her! The bones don't lie! Maybe she's saving money on food, but that isn't always a "really good" thing. Ms. Trainwreck also hints that her and Samantha may get back together! Desperate, anyone?

In an Ellen DeGeneres show airing Thursday, Lohan tells the talk show host that the breakup with Samantha Ronson, 31, earlier this month “came out of nowhere.”

“I had no idea what was going on. I just hadn’t seen her in, like, a week. She, like, disappeared,” Lohan says.

Lohan didn’t discuss what may have led to it after a “really tough night” but denied infidelity was the cause. “I don’t believe in cheating on someone,” says Lohan.

DeGeneres said that after her own public breakup, “I kind of lost my career for a little while and I went away … and I literally hibernated and got myself back together.” She asked Lohan if she wanted to run away.

“I feel like I want to get my career back in shape,” she said, adding that being away from Ronson – and not dating anybody regularly right now – may be a positive step.

“You know when people are together so much it gets really difficult and you forget who you are because you’re more concerned about being with the other person,” said Lohan. “I think it’s been really good for me. I thought it would be so much harder and it hasn’t been. My sister’s been here with me.”

And Lohan still holds hope that the split won’t be permanent. “I really care about Samantha and we’ll see what happens,” she says. “Maybe when we’re fully in the right place. And I love her.”

Apparently there's some "She's Fine (Halle Berry)" song by Hurricane Chris that's taken the internet by storm. Never heard of it.

I could not stop laughing at Ellen's reaction to Oprah's invitation! I love Ellen so much, she is too funny. Ellen has been saying that she wants to be on the cover of Oprah's magazine, so Lady O surprised her by calling Ellen up and inviting her.

Ellen and Oprah have quite a history together. Oprah guest starred on Ellen's TV sitcom Ellen during her famous coming out episode. Ellen also attends Oprah's various house parties and Ellen has appeared on Oprah's show a few times. They're friends.

Katy Perry and Ellen sing "I Kissed a Girl" on the Ellen DeGeneres show and Katy is fighting the urge to slap Ellen and stuff some toilet paper down her throat. They sound worse than conceivable. Hideousness. Awfulness. Disastrous! Katy wants Ellen to stop butchering her song so much that when verse 2 comes around, Katy says, "I forgot the words!" What a lie teller!

Ellen DeGeneres was not backing down, she wanted answers. That's when Diddy got black on her ass and you could tell he was visibly upset before he started dancing.

Why do we have Paris Hilton's BFF show and we don't have one for Diddy?! Even if you just get arrested and need a place to liquor up and fuck your boo, Diddy will let you stay at his mansion. I would so try to compete to be Diddy's BFF. Totally worth it. And, as I've said, I think those who know Chris and Rihanna know that Rihanna's a crazy bitch and they have much more insight than we all do. There are reasons why Diddy did what he did that he won't share.