Paula Abdul broke her nose over the weekend when she tripped over her dog Tulip. She had been trying to avoid her little dog but it was tough cause she was seeing three of them, when in fact there was just one.

Abdul broke her nose over the weekend, when she tripped while trying to avoid stepping on her dog — a large, threatening, fear-instilling chihuahua named Tulip. (We kid, of course.)

Though she wasn’t hospitalized, “EXTRA” says Abdul did suffer the nose-mashing fate just days before the live finale of “Idol.” There’s no indication that she’ll be missing the big event, or that she’ll have to wear any protective headgear — to avoid Cowell’s no doubt stinging barbs.