Courtney Love's Idol?

It's an early frontrunner for the most bizarre story of 2007, but reports circulated on Wednesday morning that rocker/actress Courtney Love may be replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol. Abdul has taken some criticism for her erratic behavior in interviews for the show and Love tells Us magazine that she's being considered as a judge on the show, and the magazine speculates that it may be to replace Abdul with all of her recent headlines.

Love herself has certainly dealt with her share of erratic behavior in her years as Kurt Cobain's wife, the lead singer of Hole, and the star of movies like The People vs. Larry Flynt. She has fought very public battles against addiction, but seems to have cleaned up recently and claims that she's ready for the public stage of American Idol.

Courtney Love tells Us magazine's website that American Idol's executive producer Nigel Lythgoe called her office to inquire if she would sit in for Abdul on the show. "He called. He was wondering if I was interested. I thought it was kind of weird but brilliant."

Courtney Love is currently in Los Angeles working on a solo album and didn't reveal any more details about the job or the call. For the record, she never said she was replacing Abdul and may simply be considered as a guest judge like Jewel in the first episode this season. However, Us magazine claims that they have an unnamed source who tells them that Lythgoe made the call because he was considering hiring Courtney Love to "replace Paula."