Paula Abdul got on a plane at LAX and flew off to begin the rest of her life. The airport people don't even bother doing the body cavity search on Paula anymore - they know she has drugs, they know she needs the drugs, they understand.
And what exactly does Paula think she's gonna do now that she's left American Idol? Go back to singing? Prediction: Paula crawls back to the American Idol people on her knees, and says she'll do the show for a couple bottles of percocet and a fingering. You watch.