Paula Abdul has shot down claims she used to abuse painkillers.

The singer-turned-TV star apparently came clean about her long-running battle with prescription drugs in a new Ladies' Homes Journal magazine interview.

The article also detailed her visit to a California spa in a bid to kick her habit, and the withdrawal symptoms she suffered when she attempted to wean herself off the painkillers, which she started taking after suffering agony following a car accident and plane crash in 1992 and 1993 respectively.

She was quoted as saying: "I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain. It was excruciating. But, at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been. I could have killed myself."

But the wacky American Idol judge has now spoken out to clarify her comments - and she is adamant she has never struggled with drug addiction, as reported.

She says: "It was very stressful for me to hear that and to be quoted saying something I never said. I've never checked into a rehab clinic.

"I've never been addicted (to) or abused drugs, and I've never been addicted (to) or abused alcohol. I've never even been drunk in my life."

And she insists she never told the magazine she checked into a spa for a rehab stint: "It's a spa. I was there for almost three days having fun, doing spa stuff. It's not a clinic. It's not a detox place. It's a luxurious spa. It's like taking a mini vacation.

"I just wanted to chill out and get massages and maybe a manicure and pedicure."

So she's just been pretending to be completely out of it all these years?

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