Remember the news about Ryan Seacrest being the most well paid host ever, after rumors were saying he signed a new $45 million deal for three years for ‘American Idol’ show? It seems also that this is one of the reason for which Paula Abdul who was offered only $5 million, left the show. Well, too bad for her, if this is true. Because it turns out that Ryan didn’t sign any new deal with Fox. Or at least this is what Pete Rice, the network’s Chairman of Entertainment declared on Thursday morning. He claims, that Seacrest has not signed a new contract for ‘American Idol’.

“That’s been written a lot recently. Ryan is still in his old contract on ‘Idol. Ryan made a deal with CKX, which encompasses much more than ‘Idol’ and Ryan is not being paid $15 million a year to be on ‘Idol’”, Rice declared.

And by the way, despite the fact that Paula Abdul officially said good bye to ‘America Idol’, the door wasn’t definitely closed yet. As we said before, it is all about the money. It seems that Abdul is willing to make a new deal for the ninth season if she receives $ 10 million a year.