Was this a ploy for attention that ripped off of Gloria Estefans accident? Regardless of whatever the actual story is regarding the plane crash, its pretty clear that Paula Abdul struggles with chronic pain and I do not intend to make light of this at all or to shame her if she has struggled with addiction. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. But even through all of that there was one thing that kept me going, one gift that stood by my side, and that one gift is each and every one of you. You can especially see how high she used to be when she was a judge on American Idol. Little known fact: It happened while Brian Willams interviewed her. So, I really don't care what people have to say. Further speaking about that time in her life, Abdul said during her Forever Your Girl Vegas show, I lost myself, I lost my passion and that little girl inside me who was once fearless. This sets a date of June 19, 1992 for St. Louis. She might not feel she was ever addicted to opioids because it was all prescribed and she was using it as prescribed not in a recreational way. "The problem was that, at the time, I was. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Not a crew member or friend flying with her? Additionally, Abdul has been quoted several times as saying the plane landed in a cornfield in Iowa. As far as those who don't believe her, Abdul simply stated that she doesn't care what other people have to say (via Yahoo! The strongest piece of evidence cited by those who believe Paula Abdul is lying is the lack of evidence. Back then, we didn't have tabloids like we do now," she said. We have a news anchor and multiple presidential candidates who have either made up or altered aviation stories to make them the hero. I cannot find any news about what Abdul wouldve been doing in Nebraska in September 1991, so I dont believe this is the accident. Make of this what you will. During the opening night of her show at Flamingo Las Vegas on Thursday, the 57-year-old "Straight Up". The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. I met her several times - this would be 10 years AFTER the alleged plane crash, etc. Paula Abdul has wowed onlookers with her recent death- and gravity-defying live performances, during which she has swan-dived from "Cold-Hearted"-style scaffolding into the waiting arms of her. In the process, she told a story shes previously told several times about surviving a plane crash during her Under My Spell Tour, which ran from 1991-92. I agree. --Well, one thing nobody has done is CALL HER OUT and make her PROVE she was in a plane crash. Despite her claims of the crash, some internet users believe the singer fabricated the story. She probably repeated it so much and refined it in her mind she forgot there are records of such things, or it actually started feeling real to her. It also doesnt care if you are using it for fun, to cope with life or to cope with pain. This, in conjunction with her (also consistent) story about a cheerleading accident in high school followed by several smaller car accidents over the years, means that Paula Abdul already has a pretty good reason to be using painkillers. I want America to know that I have never been addicted to anything, no chemical dependency, nothing for recreational purposes.". Sure, rx is cleaned and safer than street dope but the body doesnt care. However, no record of any such plane crash exists, and her telling of the events surrounding the supposed event has changed over the years. Paul Abdul claimed to have been involved in a plane crash. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. She was divorced twice between 1994 and 1998. I took care of that. 9 1 2 2 Sep 9, 2020 #20 LemonLimeSoda Dollar General Brand Joined Aug 15, 2013 Messages 10,174 Reactions 55,318 4,123 684 Alleybux 26,840 ForumsStaySpilling said: ). Later in her career, she transitioned to television, becoming a fixture on the early iterations of the "American Idol" franchise beginning in 2002, according to Britannica, while continuing to be a dominant force in the music industry as well. "I could have killed myself. Withdrawal -- it's the worst thing," she says. Its a horrible horrible disease. An in depth Jezebel investigation from 2019. Others had scary experiences and shared them with their fans. Now, Abdul is focused on self-esteem and self-care. ", "If there's something that you know you can actually work on that can improve who you are as a performer or as a professional or as a human being, I resonate with that," she concluded. Then, at the height of her fame, she took a few years off, before hitting the ground running again later with the release of more successful albums and singles. Abdul arrived in the entertainment industry as one of the most promising talents of her time. "I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating. But thats not quite true, either. . Everyone was saying prayers. Thanks! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. So back then neurosurgery, especially with having spinal cord injury and having surgery, there was a 50/50 chance to get better. (--Somewhere between 13 and 15. Paula Abdul Plane Crash American Idol The Brain Reality TV More stories from Paula Abdul Top 10 Biggest American Idol Scandals WatchMojo Movieguide Awards: Terry Crews to Host, Chrissy Metz to Perform at 2023 Ceremony (Exclusive) hollywoodreporter.com - Kimberly Nordyke 100 Best Music Videos Of All Time yourtango.com - Alice Kelly Paula Abdul knew Jennifer Hudson "didn't need to win" 'American Idol' to realize her dreams. I can understand that rationale to a point but its also how we got into this opioid crisis to begin with. Admittedly, the story has changed so much that at least some versions will be lies even if one version was the truth. I'd stare at a screen and look at red squares, yellow dots. At any rate several of them must still be alive and some may have been injured just like she was. 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Then it would be classified as an incident, as opposed to an accident., (A search of other NTSB reports in Kansas around the time of the supposed Abdul crash pulled up a seemingly minor-sounding one from April 1993, in which a pilot lost control of the plane during a landing roll, resulting in the collapse of landing gear and the right wing tip digging into the ground. As she did on RuPaul, Abdul has consistently told this story to explain the chronic pain that led to a series of surgeries and explain her absence from the spotlight in the late 90s, though her account as to whether this led to an dependency on painkillers has varied through the years (in 2005 she told PEOPLE, No drug ever worked for me, while a 2009 Ladies Home Journal profile said, For the first time in 12 years Abdul says shes no longer dependent on medication). Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation. I find it hard to believe she claims she was never out of it during her time on American Idol. To me, the most shocking part is that she said that she had to take a break from her music career during that the time frame of the incident in 1992 all the way to her stint as a judge on American Idol, ten years later. Theres a lot of overlap between this theory and the others, and how much overlap exists between theories depends on who you ask. For the first time in my life, doubt outweighed my spirit, she said. We didnt have the extent of paparazzi or the (internet), so you were able to contain some information.. Is Paula Abdul actually sober like she claims, and is her strange behavior actually just her being Paula Abdul rather than drugs or alcohol? There seems to be no record of this crash ever having happened. That wasn't happening., Despite losing all feeling on her right side and developing reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD), a disorder that fires so intensely that sometimes your skin can break out in lesions like shingles, Abdul says she was doing anything and everything I could to stay in the game. ", "I was so afraid of being counted out and looked at as damaged goods," she continued. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet," she told the outlet. "I went through all of that, mostly, privately," she said, adding that because the tabloids and the internet were different back then, she was able to contain some information, per Music News. Offers may be subject to change without notice. None of them seem likely flyovers 30 to 40 minutes into such a trip. In a 2005 cover story spread with People, Paula said she dealt with chronic pain from the accident for years, and that it was a big issue during her first season of American Idol. I want to bring to everyone's attention a scene from her reality show where is fucked up out of her mind while sampling perfume. A detailed account of the accident itself, told in 2019. Before a rapt crowd, she recalled the time everything came crashing down., It all happened when I boarded a seven-seater plane and an hour into the flight one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught fire and everything went black, she said. 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Anyone able to verify that better? It also seems to have taken off in Nebraska with an intended destination elsewhere in Nebraska, rather than going to either St. Louis or Denver, and it crashed shortly after takeoff rather than the claimed forty minutes to an hour into the flight. A mysterious 1992 plane crash leaves more questions than answers. Abdul has also cited car accidents and her long history as a dancer (including her famous stint as a Laker Girl) as contributing to her pain. This doesnt fit with her claim that the flight was from St. Louis to Denver. And she credits the cutting-edge laser treatments Evoke (for the face) and Evolve (for the body) by a company called InMode, for which she is an ambassador, for helping her look and feel her best as a woman and trying to age gracefully.. And that changed my life.. "I went through all of that, mostly, privately. I'm guessing she has a new album out or is promoting something. Since at least 2003, Abdul has been vocal about suffering a slew of traumatic injuries during a 1992 plane crash. All three of the outlets have reported that there is no public record of a plane crash occurring that included Paula. I was really injured. It was in 1994 when I spoke with him, and I believe at that time he was VFR. We had plenty of tabloid journalism then it was simply in print. I love you from the bottom my heart. Did you know that Paula Abdul allegedly suffered a serious plane crash in the early 1990s and that this plane crash supposedly led to years of dependence on . In the same year, Paula released her second album, "Spellbound." It sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. Odder still is that the National Transportation Safety Boards accidents database lists no record of a plane crash in Iowa at any time between Abduls St. Louis and Denver-area shows in 1992. Watch Paula Abduls full Yahoo Entertainment interview below, in which she discusses MC Skat, her friendship with Gene Kelly, working with Keanu Reeves, her lost 1978 musical movie Junior High, new music, and the possibility of her working again with original American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. This compounded her existing spinal injuries and her condition deteriorated for several years until around 1994 her health problems prevented her from working. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. There are only a handful of aircraft accidents, in fact, in the general vicinity during the timeframe between June 19, 1992, and June 22, 1992in Meade, Kansas, in Rocky Ford, Colorado, in Brighton, Colorado, in Falcon . The injuries from the crash affected her more mentally than physically. In fact, according to her, she has never even been drunk. You did a kick ass job! In an interview with Music News, she said, "I was so afraid of being counted out and looked at as damaged goods," pointing out that she actually was because she had to take so many years off. Here's What Happened to Randy Jackson and the Other OG 'American Idol' Judges. On Tuesdays episode of RuPauls new talk show, RuPaul (which kicked off a three-week trial run Monday on selected Fox affiliates), consummate survivor and savior of this years Billboard Music Awards show, Paula Abdul, took to Rus pink couch to promote her upcoming Las Vegas residency. This possibly compounded with previous injuries (such as the cheerleading accident she often mentions in conjunction with the plane crash story) and caused severe harm, but the plane did not crash. After becoming the head choreographer for the "Laker Girls," she was discovered by the popular family group "The Jacksons.". Before undertaking any course of treatment please consult with your healthcare provider. While I know someone else who has it that's in a wheel chair, I have it and it mostly just means I get these random spasms from time to time and some other weird shit. Did you ever see the very brief reality show about her life? And I wasn't getting significantly better., After she traveled around the world unsuccessfully in search of a miracle cure (I felt like I could become an honorary neurosurgeon, because I knew so much about what was happening to my body, she quips), Abdul finally tried neuroscience. A good title for this study would be, Paula Abdul- Plane Crash, or Train Wreck?, You know what? But Abdul shrugs off such accusations. Gloria Estefan was in a horrible bus accident, maybe shes mixing that into her own life in a chemically altered, desperate way. Paula Abdul Tells Jennifer Hudson Why She Didn't Need to Win American Idol. None of the descriptions in their accident reports remotely match Abduls story. Abduls 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview describes her spending Thanksgiving 2008 weaning herself off of a painkiller addiction: The rumors that her sometimes-bizarre behavior was fueled by drugs just may have been true. Hard to diagnose. Wouldnt she have some sort of Entourage with her? In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. There are a few aspects of Abduls story that are pointed to as proof that she is lying. Abdul later choreographed music videos for Janet Jackson and enjoyed more success. A spokesperson in the press office of the Federal Aviation Administration wrote to me that its possible that such a crash would have not been investigated if it resulted in minor damage to the aircraft and minor injuries to those on board. Use it long enough you are gonna have problems. I mean, the CRPS at least doesn't necessarily mean as dramatic as it sounds if you look it up. https://www.iheart.com/content/201992-plane-crash-during-vegas-residency-opener/, "Paula Abdul Keeps Talking About Surviving a Plane Crash for Which No Record Exists", https://jezebel.com/paula-abdul-keeps-talking-about-surviving-a-plane-crash-1835445212, https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employmeev_id=20001212X21252&ntsbno=LAX00FA213&akey=1, https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/RtID=20001212X21252&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA, https://www.yahoo.com/entertainmentwant-to-talk-too-much-about-it-182841961.html, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. No other passengers have spoken about a crash. And then I re-appeared on American Idol.". "During the end of my world tour when I was traveling from one city to the next, in a small seven-seater plane, one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught on fire, and we crash-landed. I disappeared for seven years, endured 15 cervical spine surgeries with the top doctors from around the world with the hopes that theyd put me back together again.. Translation: These are my excuses for constantly being fucked up on pain pills.. But at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been.. The tour she mentions ran from 1991 to 1992, and most articles state 1992. Dependency and addiction are also not the same thing. That album flopped, and then she disappeared for about seven years. ', Adele Personally Apologizes to Fans Over FaceTime for Rescheduling Las Vegas Residency, Carrie Underwood and Her Stylist Share All the Details Behind Her Las Vegas Residency Wardrobe, Victims of Deadly Multi-Vehicle Las Vegas Crash Included Family of 7: 'There Are No Words', Adele Says Her Las Vegas Residency 'Has to Happen This Year' as She Wants 'More Children', Blake Shelton Joins Gwen Stefani to Perform 'Happy Anywhere' Duet as Her Las Vegas Residency Wraps. The veteran singer remarked that she is glad there were no social media platforms during her crash, or else she would have been considered a damaged star. She said that the crash happened when she was on tour at the end of 93. Likewise, Im sure Princess Diana would be pleased to know that paparazzi didnt exist then. | Photo: youtube.com/RuPaul. All content, including text, and images contained on news.AmoMama.com, or available through news.AmoMama.com is for general information purposes only. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. She also said that she was 27 at the time (she would have been 31 at the end of 1993) and that she broke through her seatbelt during the crash. The earliest mention of Abdul surviving a plane crash that I could find was the May 20, 2003, episode of Dateline. And I was knocked out again, only to wake up in a hospital where a microsurgeon had told me that I had crushed my entire cervical spine, which led to [inaudible] paralysis on my right side. But I was willing to try, because the quality of my life was starting to really suck, and it hurt. Her fame earned her many accolades, working alongside stars like Janet Jackson and other popular artists. I work out a lot, I'm pretty healthy and active, but there's certain areas that I felt like could use a little more sculpting and I just wanted to have a sleeker jawline. Paula Abdul at Build Studios in 2019, in New York City | Photo: Getty Images. Why did it take eleven years after the alleged accident for there to be a single documented mention of it? LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul has revealed she suffers from a rare and painful physical disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. I 100% agree with your point about no one coming forward--she has said things along the lines of "ask anyone who was on the plane with me, they'll say the exact same thing happened", but we haven't heard from anyone on the plane with her even though it was people like her makeup artist who I'd think it would be easy to track down. "[I] didn't want to talk too much about it, because it took me a long time to build the career that I had, and I didn't want to be counted out or fearful of people not understanding and thinking that, 'Well, maybe she's really not doing well,'" she told the outlet. No news stories from the time of the supposed crash report, and no National Transportation Safety Board records exist of any plane crash in that area within that time frame. The 2005 account mostly matched her earliest mention of the accident in 2003. Paula Abdul has been a feature of popular music, and pop culture more generally, for the better part of four decades now. Advertisement Paula Abdul made a name as one of the most popular dancers and singers in the 1980s. To be fair, in 92 it would be very very easy for a small private or charter company that caters to the rich and famous to hide a crash or accident to avoid negative image. So I needed something that was so minimal, I literally was out walking and enjoying my life the next day. She got into a plane accident not a plane crash. Not too long after that, the actor was glad to resume his flight. She explained that she and some of the crew from the tour were constantly traveling between cities in a seven-seater plane, and that the engine caught fire about 40 minutes into the flight after a performance in St. Louis. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. Ill admit to not being knowledgeable about aviation records, but it also seems telling that no one else has been able to find these records either. His plane made an emergency landing in Iceland after encountering problems with the brakes and tires. Its stranger the more you read about it, and there dont seem to be concrete answers. He was a VFR pilot when he bought the airplane, I dont know if he ever got his IR. Pop singer and dancer Paula Abdul is "opening up" about her 1992 plane crash: The only date possible for this "crash" is around June 8-10, 1992, which resulted in various tour dates of hers being cancelled with no explanation. I worked for a dog walking company in 2002, and one of the clients I occasionally walked for was Paula Abdul. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. If there's something that you know you can actually work on that can improve who you are as a performer or as a professional or as a human being, I resonate with that. The Truth About The Plane Crash Paula Abdul Claims She Was In. He was very nice on the phone, we had matching airplanes and he joked about me not flying west Of the Mississippi, so we wouldnt be on the same ramp! What Exactly Is Happening for the Rest of This Season of American Idol? Could she be lying? if you notice, actors, musicians, etc always seem to get arrested or end up in the news right around the same time they are promoting something new. Dave Ryan in the Morning provided the audio from that interview for Jezebel to post: (Credit where its due: It was KDWBs in-house conspiracy-theorizing after the interview that inspired me to write this post.
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