Poor Paula Abdul! The American Idol judge will attend the season six finale tonight…with a broken nose. Ouch!

The former Laker Girl tripped to avoid to stepping on her Chihuahua, Tulip. Her spokesman, David Brokaw, told People magazine that “She went to the doctor and she did break her nose, but she's moving on and doing great.”

As for the dog, she’s doing fine. Abdul jokingly says that Tulip has “no remorse.”

Paula has struggled with chronic pain in the past and was even diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) in November 2004. RSD is a 'chronic neurological syndrome characterized by burning pain, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, sensitivity to touch and pathological changes in the bone and skin.'

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