DELETE AND RUN

“American Idol” judge PAULA ABDUL shrieked when paparazzi spotted her shopping at LA’s outdoor mall The Grove and started snapping. “No, no…NO!” she screamed. “I look terrible today. Please…don’t sell those pictures.”

When the foe-tog finally quit clicking and walked off, Paula chased after him – then amped up the girlie charm and convinced the guy to let her pick her own photos.

Shrugging, he held up his camera and clicked through 50-odd pics he’d shot, allowing Paula to delete ones she hated – and they finally agreed on just five photos.

Paula, who was roughing it that day in plain-Jane jeans, T-shirt, light makeup and pulled-back hair, sighed to the guy: “I still don’t like the way I look, but I can live with these.”