-, Press J to jump to the feed. 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. Others had scary experiences and shared them with their fans. I was a perfect pain-management patient at Cedars-Sinai. From her '80s hits, including "Straight Up" and "Forever Your Girl," to her high-profile marriage to Emilio Estevez to her time as a judge in the early seasons of American Idol, Paula Abdul is considered by many to be an icon. Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. None of them seem likely flyovers 30 to 40 minutes into such a trip. That wasn't happening.". Her own website does not list a St. Louis tour date (although there is a date for Greenwood Village, near Denver, on June 10, 1992). We didnt have the extent of paparazzi or the (internet), so you were able to contain some information.. So yea, shes probably telling a half truth. Thanks! ", "From a [pain] scale of one to 10, my 'normal' was hovering at seven. This doesnt fit with her claim that the flight was from St. Louis to Denver. "I went through all of that, mostly, privately. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. He was a VFR pilot when he bought the airplane, I dont know if he ever got his IR. And when I came to, all seven of us were holding hands. Born in San Fernando, California, in 1962, Abdul's career began as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team when she was 18. 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview, discusses going to rehab for painkiller addiction. She explained that during turbulence she hit her head and suffered a head/neck injury. Paula Abduls website page for the tour, which mentions the plane crash but does not list the relevant tour dates. Worth noting for this point is the fact that Abdul has consistently been open about her diagnosis with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, an incredibly painful condition. In 2005, she told PEOPLE the engine caught fire 40 minutes into the trip and landed in a cornfield in Iowa. Copyright 2023 Distractify. However, no record of any such plane crash exists, and her telling of the events surrounding the supposed event has changed over the years. and how it resulted in her needing multiple back surgeries. Did you ever see her when she was on America's Got Talent? When asked about whether or not it upsets her that people doubt her story, Paula explained that it doesn't. When we plummeted, I hit my head on the ceiling of the plane. Theory 1: Paula Abdul was actually in some sort of incident on a plane in 1992, but has embellished what happened and this is why no one has been able to track down records of the event. Was Paula Abdul in a plane crash? One is that this went entirely unreported at the timea search of Nexis archives yields no news stories from the 90s about Abdul, who was at one point a bonafide superstar, surviving a plane crash (or even being in a plane that required an emergency landing). I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. Her tour ran from October 1991 to August 1992 and despite having searched accident records 3 for that timespan I have been unable to find any record of this crash. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The singer has said in a 2018 interview with Music News that the crash was kept under wraps because she didn't want publicity for it at the time, or for people to think that her career was over. Or I chewed the side of my mouth. Fans and tabloids during Abduls run as an American Idol judge often commented on her strange behavior, although she was quick to explain it away. What Exactly Is Happening for the Rest of This Season of American Idol? Her comment about not having tabloids in the 90s is laughable. The same Jezebel article also cites an Entertainment Weekly article from September 25, 1992, which refers to Abdul performing a show at the Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre in a suburb of Denver on June 22. Its not my time to go. Then we crash-landed in flames in a cornfield. Ep 7: The Great Debate: Paula Abdul's Plane Crash Revisited! Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation.Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/barelysociableMerch: https://teespring.com/stores/barely-sociableTwitter: https://twitter.com/SociableBarelyPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/BarelySociableReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/barelysociable/ -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/barelysociableBackground music Myuuji - blackout I didnt want people to feel sorry for me or to count me out., Back then, we didnt have tabloids like we do now, she reportedly told journalist Allison Kugel in 2018. A mysterious 1992 plane crash leaves more questions than answers. I believe her. So she says there was the plane crash requiring 15 spinal surgeries, a car accident the same year, a "cheerleading accident" at age 17, was a victim of battery in 2006 suffering concussion and spinal injuries and suffers from CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). Paula Abdul at Build Studios in 2019, in New York City | Photo: Getty Images. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. 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. I want America to know that I have never been addicted to anything, no chemical dependency, nothing for recreational purposes.". Forever Your Girl runs through Jan. 4, 2020. I don't, Abdul asserts. 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. Im unsure on whether or not she had an addiction to painkillers but I lean towards no. The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. Because Paula was in the height of her career at the time when the alleged plane crash occurred, many outlets, including Jezebel, KDWB, and DListed, have been skeptical about whether or not it actually happened, since it wasn't reported on or spoken about at the time. Everyone was saying prayers. But last Thanksgiving, determined to overcome her habit, she checked into the La Costa Resort and Spa, in Carlsbad, California, to wean herself off her medications in one fell swoop. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. Plane crash inspires Ohio train derailment conspiracy theories. When she has specified it, as she did to VH1 in 2008 and in a 2009 interview with Twin Cities radio station KDWBs show Dave Ryan in the Morning (now The Dave Ryan Show), shes said that the plane landed in a cornfield in Iowa. His plane was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Palm Springs, California, and he took to his Instagram to share the news with his fans. It's all through exercises that are like audio-spatial. Paula Abdul is interesting. Part of this was due to her seeking treatment for her bulimia in 1994, which came with rumors that she was being treated for opioid addiction at the same time. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. The earliest mention of Abdul surviving a plane crash that I could find was the May 20, 2003, episode of Dateline. In an interview with Yahoo! About 40 minutes into the flight, an engine [caught fire], Abdul told People magazine in a May 2005 story. 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. I couldn't find this as I was writing, but u/bookdrops dug up this Springfield News-Leader article from June 19, 1992 that references the same June 20 date at the Sandstone Ampitheater. Make of this what you will. But 2019 was not the first time she told this story. Id bet even people who have no experience with drugs can at least sense theres something off about her during that show. ._3wvjcIArtO7kKPJabZfZ9S{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:24px;opacity:0;transition:opacity .1s ease-in-out}._3wvjcIArtO7kKPJabZfZ9S._1c98ixuh4QUWO9ERiFID3p{opacity:1}.RtAsN7UrR7u51W5kaOXvp{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-left:4px;margin-right:0}._1JRtpiobR4jYtbw-xx1tPO{border:1px solid var(--newRedditTheme-body);margin-left:-7px;transform:scaleX(-1)}._1JRtpiobR4jYtbw-xx1tPO:nth-child(2){margin-top:4px} 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 last year or so, as shes become more outspoken both in interviews and onstage about her injuries and recovery, some gossip sites, like Jezebel and DListed, have claimed that Abdul entirely fabricated her mysterious plane-crash story. I tried taking the different medications the doctors prescribed, but it was the same old story," she told the magazine. "And the other stuff isn't my business.". I dont mean this disrespectfully, just objectively: Some of that shit messes with your mind. These two are the only records that I have seen that match any part of her story, and neither is a good fit. In the early '90s, Paula Abdul was in a plane crash that required cervical surgeries. She got into a plane accident not a plane crash. Over the years, Abdul has been more vocal about her past struggles, including addiction problems, but she claims her biggest nightmare happened in the early '90s, changing her life forever. I'm guessing she has a new album out or is promoting something. Entertainment, Abdul explained that she didn't want to talk about the plane crash much because it took her years to build her career. It's USA not Congo. Use it long enough you are gonna have problems. Following her recovery, Abdul spends more time caring for her skin, doing what she loves best, and living her life to the fullest. Sure, rx is cleaned and safer than street dope but the body doesnt care. She was outweighed by doubt for the first time in her life as she battled excruciating pain. She suffered years of chronic pain, a battle she dealt with privately. Yet she released an album during this "break" period of healing, she even made choreographed videos. I ended up having to take almost seven years off to have all these different neurosurgeons operating on me.". As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. 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 Not impossible, but certainly implausible at least from a laymans understanding of air travel. Afterward, she signed her record deal. Sounds like some Jameela Jamil level of storytelling! I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. 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. 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. 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. I'm not ready for the facelift and cutting I wanted any alternative to doing that and I don't have downtime. Abdul later choreographed music videos for Janet Jackson and enjoyed more success. Another remarkable thing is that none of the plane crashes in the National Transportation Safety Boards database remotely fits Abduls description, given the possible dates when such a crash allegedly took place. It would definitely explain the pain pill addiction other posters have mentioned. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. The fairy godmother of aspiring pop singers revealed she survived a plane crash while on her "Spellbound" tour in 1992, leaving her with many injuries requiring several surgeries. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://. Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation. All content, including text, and images contained on news.AmoMama.com, or available through news.AmoMama.com is for general information purposes only. The LHJ interview had direct quotes from her talking about her struggle with drug addiction. For years, Abdul has claimed that she was compelled to take a few years off in order to recover from trauma and injuries she supposedly suffered in a plane crash. (--Somewhere between 13 and 15. Now, Abdul is focused on self-esteem and self-care. The good thing was that she was able to sit out a few years and focus on her health without having to deal with the negativity that often arises on the internet. The dates, circumstances, and other specifics have changed over the years, but the general outline she gives claims that she was flying from St. Louis to Denver when the plane caught fire and was forced to land in an Iowa field. Since at least 2003, Abdul has been vocal about suffering a slew of traumatic injuries during a 1992 plane crash. I was really injured. Abdul claims keeping her woes from the press saved her career. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. In July I saw this comment and decided to look up the plane crash story, expecting it to be easily explainable one way or another. ), I was knocked out unconscious, she recalled during the Staten Island stop on her (utterly incredible) 2018 Straight Up Paula Tour, which incorporated the plane-crash story in its narrative of Abduls perseverance. 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. Plus, she toured with New Kids on the Block and headlined her own Las Vegas residency until early 2020. ), she didnt walk normally. There is enough room for the basic story to be true. 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: At any rate several of them must still be alive and some may have been injured just like she was. One of these theories revolves around the idea that Paula invented the plane crash in 2003, after regaining the limelight as an American Idol judge, to give herself an excuse for falling out of the public eye and to distract from the downturn in her career and personal life during this period. Abdul has had to endure a series of professional and personal challenges to build the career she now has. 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 reliable backup dancers. Was she covering for being out of the spotlight? The strongest piece of evidence cited by those who believe Paula Abdul is lying is the lack of evidence. While Abdul when asked about her time away from the limelight did discuss the emergency crash landing in a few early/mid-2000s interviews, until recently she 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 explains to Yahoo Entertainment. Abdul claims to have performed in St. Louis before the fateful flight, heading to Denver, and to have boarded immediately following this performance. Patrick Swayze was in real, honest to goodness accident: I remember hearing a rumor years back that he got drunk and crashed a plane. No other passengers have spoken about a crash. To her credit, she lived up to the expectation, making herself one of the most popular choreographers in the industry. There are a few aspects of Abduls story that are pointed to as proof that she is lying. 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. Abdul started undergoing intense biofeedback. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Abdul wasnt so specific on RuPaul, but in previous tellings, she has pinpointed the date of the accident as occurring between the St. Louis and Denver stops on the tour. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. Not sure why aviation seems to create those false memories. And then Paula Abdul went on record saying she had never said those things. The 59-year-old has also worked as a songwriter, actor, and television personality, appearing on popular shows like "So, You Think You Can Dance?" In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. 4h ago. It was not fun," she continued. Still, it was a fun experience for her.
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