Kirstie Alley Claims She is Replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol

Yesterday Paula Abdul announced via Twitter that she was leaving "American Idol", which shouldn't really surprise anyone who's been following the gossip rags in recent months. The writing was on the wall - she wanted more money than what the network was willing to offer her and thought that by playing hardball she would get them to cave and give into her demands. She found out, however, just how expendable she really is. Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrst really integral to the show's success; the rest of the judges - including Paula - can easily be swapped out and changed up, especially when ratings are down and the network needs something to spice things up.

After Adbul announced her departure from the hit FOX show, another celebrity took to Twitter to make an announcement of her own. Kirstie Alley tweeted that she was replacing Paula on American Idol.

She wrote:

WANTED TO ANNOUNCE FIRST ON TWITTER...that I AM REPLACING PAULA ABDUL ON IDOL!!!!!!!!! THe network will kill me but THERE IT IS FOLKS!!

Followed by:

DEAD SERIOUS! I AM REPLACING PAULA ON IDOL..CAN'T WAIT TO F SIMON UP...BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR MONTHS!

It seems pretty out of left field, so who knows if her Twitter account was hacked or if like Paula she was popping some happy pills, but I don't think she'd be half-bad on the show. Plus, she has a history of successfully replacing actresses on hit shows, which she acknowledged via Twitter:

FIRST SHELLY LONG, NOW PAULA ABDUL...AM I ALWAYS SLOPPY SECONDS

Network executives have yet to comment on the bizarre Twitter posts.